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Originally Posted by andercat
I have been following this forum for couple of months. I am considering retiring to The Villages because my only child has a job in Orlando. I would like to be close but not too close. This is just an observation I am making as an outsider. All my info comes from this forum. It seems like the developer (the Morse family) needs to hire a PR person. Example: when they decided to not support parades, people on the forum were up in arms. Why not get the people involved in running the parades together to discuss the problems and work out a solution to the problem before the change thus diffusing the situation ahead of time. It seems that is what they ended up doing but there was such an uproar that could have been prevented. The same type of thing occurred with the Veterans use of the polo grounds. I believe Mark Morse meets with the community once a year. That seems woefully little time. I know that the developer cannot give away all there future plans, but by being proactive and increasing communication their detractors would have less to complain about. Maybe they do this already and I just don’t see it on the forum. As I said I do not get all the information you folks who already live in TV do so this may not be relevant.
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Hi Andercat,
You make good observations from the outside looking in-- and you've come to the perfect place to discuss and seek feedback on your concerns.
From my perspective, The Morse family has many venues of public relations: The Daily Sun, Villages Radio Station, Vmail, Recreation News, the Villages website, DVD, annual membership meeting, annual survey, Lifestyle Tours, trolley tours and personal contacts/relationships with interested prospective Villagers with sales agents to name a few.
Still, the developers cannot please all of the people all of the time. And of course, they are not infallible. Nor is The Villages perfect.
That said, there is no place on earth like The Villages and I mean that in the best way. For me, it's Lower Paradise for its beauty, fabulous and affordable amenities, the ease of making loving and caring friends here and the ease of being a loving, caring friend here.
Where else are you a golf cart away from live entertainment, hundreds of recreational activities, scores of restaurants, a lifelong learning college and all manner of service and health care providers.
And the people! Oh my. Sure there are unhappy people here. But I daresay you'd be hard pressed to find a larger concentration of happy, giving, inspiring and welcoming people anywhere.
Please come down for a visit. I have a feeling you'd be glad you did.
p.s., bring your checkbook.
