[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by eweissenbach

In all the reading I have done about Mr. Schwartz, it seems obvious that he was not a BIG thinker. He may well have been satisfied with a community like Continental CC, Spruce Creek South, or Water Oaks. It was when he brought son Gary aboard that the vision that would become the Villages began to take shape. People who were here in those days say that it was not at all unusual to see Harold at the town square, or anywhere else in TV, much unlike his offspring. I surmise that he was overwhelmed with the growth he lived to see, and I am sure that much of what would become the Villages of today, was already planned out on the drawing board. I would think he would be proud of what he, and his son and grandkids have built, but without them his legacy would have probably been that kindly old man who roamed around the trailer park several years ago.

Well said. As always.