There has been a lot of discussion as to what the Vccdd or Developer owns or controls. As it relates to the golf courses, the Vccdd owns and operates 36 of the 41 executive golf courses. The five executive golf courses south of Hwy 44 are still owned and maintained by the Developer. At some point in the future the Developer will probably sell them to the Districts. All of the Championship courses are owned and operated by the Developer.
As to who controls everything in The Villages. It is the Developer.
The Vccdd is a governmental body. There is a contract among all of the different districts that allows the Vccdd district to run everything in The Villages. The board that runs the Vccdd are elected. They are elected by the property owners within the district. The Vccdd is a commercial community develop district centered in Spanish Springs. Since the Developer owns all of the commercial land in the Spanish Springs area the Developer simply puts his own people into those board positions.
I don't understand why the Developer hasn't demanded that the maintenance contracts be complied with. I would think that well maintained executive golf course would help sell houses.
Down to Earth is one of three companies handling the maintenance. They have improved the quality of their work within the last 6 months. The other two contractors, ASG and Brightview don't seem to care. ASG actually blocks my emails from getting to their Management.
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