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Originally Posted by Minnie101
To address most of your valid concerns
1) A non-profit group has been formed to establish and run the facility on a pay as you go and as almost all such facilities around the country with assistance from benefactors, corporate grants, donations, and ticket prices. This group has implemented customer surveys, hired consultants to evaluate potential mix of programs, financial viability, preliminery architectural plans, and evaluation of potential locations.
The best location to serve the most people is within the Villages. The best use o the facility is in conjunction with the Villages Entertainent Department not in competition with it.
To secure land (obviously donated land reduces the costs of construction tremendously) within the Villages, to work with the entertainment departmnt requieres the interaction and cooperation of Mr. Morse, as well as the VCDDD, SLCDD, AAC and county and local governments.
All parties that have been contacted including all of the above have been "unofficially" enthusastic about such an endeavor. Mr. Morse through his representatives has not been so forthcoming.
His cooperation, the assistance of the outstanding Desgn and COnstruction people, the assistance of the entertainment department, the input from all the talented Villages emploees would go along way to making sure that this facility would be both a entertainment and financial success.
It would be run by an independent not-for-profit cooperation with no financial ties or responsibilities to The Villages or require funding through Amenity Fees.
However, Location a usual is vital.
However, everyone is waiting for Mr. Morse's input and go ahead. and that is not going to come about without a larger show of interest from Villages residents.
Unforunately, in the real world there would be press coverage, people would see articles, pictures, stories, interviews, radio and TV coverage about the plans as we all know this does not occur (and has not occurred) without "the blessing" ; thus "Talk of the Villages" becomes the only way to reach Villages residents, and for you to discuss with friends and neighbors.
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Minnie,
Thanks for the additional information. Could you share the study (a pdf link maybe)? It would be helpful to know more about the financial assumptions, proposed location, architectural recommendations and other details. I don't know whether locating within, but having "no responsibilities to" The Villages is a good thing.
If Mr. Morse's representatives are not sold on the idea, I would at least like to know what their concerns are.
I don't usually throw either my support or opposition to something in my community that I know so little about, but interested in knowing more and could possible support this. Thanks again.