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Old 09-21-2013, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by DianeM View Post
That's what I thought so I'm at a loss to try to understand why people are up in arms. Don't want to share their lifestyle?
For quite a few years, TV has been building homes in unincorporated Sumter County. The property had been purchased years ago (I don't know how many years). They have just kept rolling along, a.k.a "A Building Machine" (my words). New villages have been created, as well as town centers.

Now for the new "attention getters."

For the first time in quite a while, TV wants to purchase a sizable parcel. It is located in Lake County and within Fruitland Park. This location requires public notices and public meetings and public hearings which we newer residents have not witnessed before. And so you are witnessing the "excitement" that follows these meetings.

The reality is TV is adding a couple more villages with pools, a rec center, and a golf course. Same old, same old. BUT it is making headlines because of these meetings.

Here is a preliminary site plan for the property. It indicates there will be123 Premiers, 1647 Designers and 202 Villas. It seems to show (my guess) 2 Neighborhood pools, 1 Village rec center, and 1 Executive golf course.
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