Ultimately this will come down to your local ARC approving whatever fence you install. Having a record that you did the best you could with no help from The Villages might be important when they say you should have matched exactly. I do hope you have a written record, or recorded conversation of your failure to be informed of the original manufacturer/installer.
Perhaps a lovely archway or gate in that space which would differ from the original but be architecturally interesting might pass muster. I don't know if you can go to the ARC for ideas that might fly other than an exact match.
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