[Halibut]

You never were promised a golf cart path to businesses outside The Villages.

I think there was an implied contract to everyone who bought a house there with cart access already established.

[CFrance]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

oh, I forgot - there is a shuttle from the hospital to that urgent care facility - like you want to wait for a bus when you need urgent care!

[QUOTE=joycem;723194]THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE SHAME...they cut off our access to all the stores and especially the urgent care facility..."

If I ever get hurt and need to get to an Urgent Care facility, I...

a) probably would not be at the ER to get a shuttle, and

2) wouldn't want someone taking me to it in a golf cart!

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by drooney60@hotmail.com

We tried to go to Walmart this morning and yes indeed there was a cement wall there. Alot of folks had to back up and were really upset. My thoughts are why didn't they notify us in someway that this was going to happen! It wouldn't have been such a shock! How do we get to Walmart now???

you will have to go to the developer's/village's walmart at the end of 466 - by golden corral. will hafta use their lowe's store and bealls, too.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by gocubsgo

One lady told me they put up that sign at 7AM this morning. I was able to get through 3 days ago and that sign was not there.

bkcunningham posted the sign/gate yesterday...donn't know what day it was put up there.

[duffysmom]

I'm sad to hear this. We were going to Lowe's for flowers today but changed our minds. The poor people who are now stranded on the wrong side have a problem. Of course they didn't advertise the closing, they knew there would be an uproar. Yes, it looks like they constructed a continuation of the wall where once there was an opening, there is no way around it.

[Bogie Shooter]

Originally Posted by drooney60@hotmail.com

We tried to go to Walmart this morning and yes indeed there was a cement wall there. Alot of folks had to back up and were really upset. My thoughts are why didn't they notify us in someway that this was going to happen! It wouldn't have been such a shock! How do we get to Walmart now???

By car.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by joycem

THIS IS AN ABSOLUTE SHAME...they cut off our access to all the stores and especially the urgent care facility...its not bad enough they are distroying the church to make more money for another savannah center... THIS IS NO LONGER FLORIDAS FRIENDLIEST HOME TOWN.. they people in here then they take stuff away...access to this golf cart path was a huge part of all of our lives...I hope we can somehow find an alternative...

PLEASE. The church had one service a week and rotating leaders doing it. It was always a venue for musical performances. It was enlarged because people wanted it enlarged and Mark Morse volunteered to make it bigger a couple of years ago but the committee wanting a lollapalooza performance center initially turned him down because it wasn't big enough. So it is now being enlarged because people wanted a bigger place. The performances there range from just a couple of bucks to quite a lot for season tickets to the Villages Philharmonic which is incredibly good and a plus for our community.

Let's not get off track here. Can someone post a map of the new Berlin wall and where it is in relation to the rest of the world so we can all be hysterical?

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by duffysmom

I'm sad to hear this. We were going to Lowe's for flowers today but changed our minds. The poor people who are now stranded on the wrong side have a problem. Of course they didn't advertise the closing, they knew there would be an uproar. Yes, it looks like they constructed a continuation of the wall where once there was an opening, there is no way around it.

Duffy's mom. Can't people cross the street there on 441? Wasn't that a new deal that you could? Couldn't people cross the golf cart bridge then to go out and get home? They can't get to Lowes by golf cart but they aren't like REALLY stranded there, are they?

I am waiting to understand this better. Where is MeMason with a map??? Or someone who is map savvy? We need a map before the uprising.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by champion6

I'm sure you meant Lowe's because it's right there.

Catch-22 - I can't get to Lowes now because I don't have a car...

...although a number of people (not affected by this wall issue) seem to be offering free lifts in their cars, unless I'm mis-reading their posts?

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

Catch-22 - I can't get to Lowes now because I don't have a car...

...although a number of people (not affected by this wall issue) seem to be offering free lifts in their cars, unless I'm mis-reading their posts?

artic fox - there is both a walmart and a lowe's on 466 out by the golden corral restaurant that can be reached by golf cart...not as convenient as 441...but now your $$ can be kept within the villages. there is a bells out there, too.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by buggyone

You never were promised a golf cart path to businesses outside The Villages.

I wasn't promised anything when I bought here - not a cart bridge over 441, not a tunnel under 466, not a causeway across Lake Sumter - but I have a right to feel aggrieved when something that was in place when I bought is suddenly taken away

with no alternative provided

with no notice or consultation

and probably solely for commercial reasons

I bought here because I could get everywhere I wanted in my golf cart without the need for a car - change that and you change the whole atmosphere of The Villages

The sad thing is that the developer of the new assisted living development on the way to Lowes seemed to go out of his way to ensure continued golf cart access - I even had high hopes that the whole route would eventually be on paved roads.


Many Villagers living south of 466 have probably never used the path that has been blocked, so may not be able to empathize with those of us who used it regularly as a part of our normal routine

It will be a major loss to us

[champion6]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

a lowe's on 466 out by the golden corral restaurant that can be reached by golf cart

Nope, there is NO Lowe's there.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

artic fox - there is both a walmart and a lowe's on 466 out by the golden corral restaurant that can be reached by golf cart...not as convenient as 441...but now your $$ can be kept within the villages. there is a bells out there, too.

I do prefer the 466 Walmart anyway (and I wasn't aware that there is a Lowe's out there - where is it, in relation to the WalMart?) but I do like Aldi's for fresh fruit and veg.

Not the end of the World - at least, not for me - but a shame that the change has been made, and in such an underhand way

who knows what will be next?

[ajbrown]

That is a bummer for sure. Will be interesting if we ever learn why. I I have the correct place, here a map showing the cart path....

Click on the link then zoom in or out

Existing golf cart path

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by graciegirl

Duffy's mom. Can't people cross the street there on 441? Wasn't that a new deal that you could? Couldn't people cross the golf cart bridge then to go out and get home? They can't get to Lowes by golf cart but they aren't like REALLY stranded there, are they?

I am waiting to understand this better. Where is MeMason with a map??? Or someone who is map savvy? We need a map before the uprising.

gracie - here's the link to the carting in the villages map: Carting The Villages -Home

slide the map over until you see the golf cart bridge over 441; now imagine coming over the bridge and making a left onto paradise dr.; follow along the green route to the blue thingie just past the tacks for the paradise rec center on the right and softball fields on the left; the blue thingie is the path where the wal has been erected blocking continued travel on to the shopping centers for rt 441 lowe's, walmart, cracker barrel, sonic, etc. hope ya know where you are new!

and no - as of today one cannot cross 441 in any area of the villages - unless and until the county gives permission to do so. only 441 crossing is up the road aways - in summerfield, i think.