Originally Posted by Lisa22 (Post 1824835)

I'd like to add another possible consideration for the future of TV: the need for a new and high quality health care system to address the aging population. Is it possible that the new development projects along with their planned locations will help to address this future need?

The population aged 85 and older is the fastest growing age group in the U.S., and it is projected to be nearly six times as large by 2050 as this age group was in 1990. A 65-year-old person can expect to live another 17 years, and those who live to age 85 have an average of 6 more years of life remaining. This rapid growth of the oldest-old population will have a major effect on the health care system. (ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK232661/).

I am a 59 y.o. health care worker hoping to relocate and work/retire to TV in the next few years. I am thrilled to hear of the new Medical Village complex that will be developed in conjunction with the UF Health System. Is it possible that these new high-density developments will help to serve as alternatives to home ownership for older TVer's or help to attract high quality health care professionals in the short term as new medical services come on line?

I am one individual that is thrilled by the possibility of having a first rate health system in the same community that I wish to retire to as well as to be an individual that will also be able to contribute my knowledge and experience as a 25+ year health care worker coming from a top rated academic hospital system in the northeast U.S.

I wish to own a residence in TV someday and also share the concerns with how my future lifestyle will be impacted by high density living areas nearby.

Can someone help me to correlate whether these new developments are in close enough proximity to the current TV hospital and the future Medical Village complex? I am hoping that future needs for a first rate health system in TV helps to explain the recent developments that are occurring now?

Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 1825037)

I guess 40 years of failed experiments by the Morse family keeps them from figuring out what the market wants.

Sarcasm meter at full tilt.

Originally Posted by amorep (Post 1825249)

My real question is what will the reason be to chose the Villages?

Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 1824836)

The you either don't read the paper or just don't understand. Clearly they are always adding pickleball court and executive courses.

Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 1825338)

are they building any within a 20 minute cart ride of the new apartments at Hacienda?

Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 1825423)

Your question was are they building more with the population growth and clearly they are.

I think we've beat this to death so I'll move on the the next Negative Nelly.

Originally Posted by Laker14 (Post 1825458)

And the follow up question you refuse to answer was "are they building any new executive courses or pickleball courts within a 20 minute cart ride of the new apartments at Hacienda", which of course would be more meaningful to the neighborhood than new courts on the other side of the turnpike.

Well you can move on if you like. But the reason you are moving on is because the answer to the question is "no". The concern raised is how the increased population density resultant from adding the apartment building at Hacienda will increase congestion at the neighborhood amenities, e.g. golf and pickleball. You have repeatedly denigrated those concerns. They are real. Building new courses and courts in the newly developed areas, south of Brownwood will do little, if anything ,to alleviate the neighborhood congestion around Hacienda.
There is a legitimate and understandable reason to be concerned that this could be the beginning of a trend. Any of the country clubs could be handled the same way. There is ample reason to believe that if comes down to a choice between increasing revenues, or maintaining the current density of population of a neighborhood, the current owners/developers will grab the cash, and if the area gets more jammed up at the pools, courts, and executive courses, well, that's just too bad for the folks who invested in what they believed was a certain lifestyle.

Originally Posted by Jayhawk (Post 1825510)

I'm moving on because you bore me, but I will say there are ALWAYS openings on the executive courses and the pickleball courts north of 466, which is where these apartments will be. So you are wasting your valuable time continuing with your head in the sand. Get over it. They are building the apartments and it won't harm in the least. And people will still be able to acces the courses and courts that are lightly used in the north areas.

Bye Felicia.

Originally Posted by npwalters (Post 1825559)

I play pickleball north of 466. You are absolutely wrong. In the summer the courts are full every day. In the winter/high season it is normal to have a 20 to 30 person waiting line. That is true for EVERY PB court.