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Originally Posted by Cedwards38

At the "Evening with the Developer" meeting of the VHA last night (5/14/14), Mark Morse was very candid and open, as well as all the other family members who accompanied him. I was very impressed with the directness and sincerity. He stated (paraphrased but closeJ):

1. We (the family) will be here in perpetuity.
2. We will have jobs here for our grandchildren (most of whom came on stage and were very small children.)

I'm happy about this. It's obvious that this family loves what they do and is proud of what they have done. Your thoughts?

There are not enough words to describe my feeling of thankfulness, to the The Morse family for creating and maintaining this paradise. When I first saw TV, seven years ago, I couldn't believe such a beautiful place existed on earth.

Originally Posted by champion6

Thanks for starting this thread. Here are some additional notes from the meeting. These are notes that don't appear in the article in today's Daily Sun.

• At this time there are 51,778 homes in TV.
• At this time there are 101,348 residents in TV.
• Average age of men: 70
• Average age of women: 68
• New businesses soon to be located in Brownwood: SAS Shoes, Dunkin' Donuts, Village Cycles, TooJay's.
• A typical commercial lease is for five years.
• There were 53 lease renewals last year.
• TV commercial is at 98% occupancy.
• The programming that will be booked at the Sharon L. Morse Performing Arts Center (formerly Church on the Square) will be determined by us residents. They will try different entertainment. The types that are successful will be repeated.
• The Charter School has a 98% graduation rate. 92% go on to college.
• They expect to have over 3,000 students this fall.
• Charter school in the workplace - this is one of only two in Florida.
• One-third of the students have a parent in the medical field.
• Citizens First Bank opened 9,584 new checking accounts last year.
• Citizens First has 68 ATMs.
• TV Health System has 36 doctors.
• 17 docs have full patient lists.
• At this time the TV Health System serves about 20,000 patients.
• TV Health System has about 200 employees.
• TV has 73 pools, 120 pool tables, 170 pickleball courts.
• The number of TV residents participating in the Senior Games exceeds the total in the rest of Florida.
• In 2013, the new home average selling price was $266,000.
• In Q1 2014 the new home average selling price was $292,000.
• In Q1 2013 the pre-owned ave. selling price was $199,326.
• In Q1 2014 the pre-owned ave. selling price was $253,179
• TV expects to begin selling homes in TV of Fruitland Park area in Q2 2015.

Great info C6. The best is yet to come.