And they would not take the opportunity to bash the developer.

I wasn't aware that the developer's corporation had control over that particular bank. I don't use Citizen's bank and I don't keep track of what the developer owns and doesn't own. I honestly don't care.

Developer runs a tight ship. He is good to those employees close to him and rewards them with trips to the Carribbean, etc. He pretty much has the final say on those things he deems essential.

I can understand why some folks are wowed by The Villages, however, I believe some folks go overboard. Its nice here but there are other towns, cities or developments that can also wow you.

There are some residents especially the those who knew the father that have romanticized this family viewing them as being benevolent maternal, etc. so when the see something like a wall going up they over react.

Careful Rubicon, you will kick up the wall firestorm...........again.

Two banks close by, visit to the bank are down, why keep 2 open. Here's another thought. Maybe as there was a post a week or so ago about the post Office on the old side moving, MAYBE don't know for sure they'll move to the bank lobby, more room and more parking, just a thought. Another thing is in all big businesses consolidate and cut your overhead and you'll do better. As for the restaurants the family is getting of the food business period.

Probably closed the restaurants because they were too successful and the bank because it was too busy.

Well, I can say (for an absolute fact) up until about six months ago he still would come to the meetings and visit branches often. Have no direct information since.
It was a very practical decision for goodness sakes.

still scratching my head over that one! biggest parking lot ever located to the left of the bldg and there will not be any growth that needs to be serviced since those neighborhoods are long build out! any time other that 'the season' does not usually present a parking or crowd problem. and why woud a post office want to be in the a bldg with a drive-up bank and vice-versa?

Tierra Del Sol
 

Why? What are the other four? How is the new Havana singing waiters?

But wait... you can't just say the OP's opinion is incorrect without stating why.

You're both entitled to your opinion, but back it up with something.

I agree with this. We have kids who live overseas, and for whom we do a lot of banking here in the US. And we ourselves have had to transfer monies overseas for various personal reasons. It requires a face-to-face time with a banking personnel to accomplish this. This is not something you can do online. They have had to make a few telephone calls to other departments to find out the proper ways to do some of the things we have needed to do. This is not an infrequent occurrence for us. Several times a year.

Today I went to Bank Of America on Parr drive (off 466) to deposit birthday $ into our younger son's account. He lives and works in Australia with his wife. I can't do this at an atm. I don't have a bank card for his account. I need to go into the bank. I could possibly do this at a drive-through, but communicating to them that I don't have a deposit slip, what his bank account number is, and providing my ID proof is... well, I much prefer to deal with all that in person.

Oh, and the teller... I can't believe how nice they are in there. It's not even our bank. Did you know her son plays the string bass and so does ours? And that his real passion was drums but they agreed he would only play them while she was at work? And how many times have we been to Australia, and BTW another patron was in earlier wiring funds to her daughter in OZ who was having a little too much fun...? And she hopes we have a great next trip over in November.

Sorry... got carried away. I loooooooooooove online banking, and that's all we do for ourselves. But this really reminded me how great face-to-face interaction can be.

Sorry your lobby is closing.

I find this lack of concern for others—in this instance for working people who've lost their jobs—more pervasive here in TV than I have in any other place I've lived. And I've heard this feeling expressed by others as well. And to think we criticize younger generations as living by a "me, me, me first!" attitude....

And how do we know that anyone lost their jobs???? Ever consider retirement or possible relocation to other branch locations?

What does this mean "here in TV"? Village employees or employees of businesses around the villages or both? What lack of concern can you cite?

The manager of the semi-closed branch will be the new manager at the Pinellas branch opening in late October. Probably the staff will have the option of going there or another branch when personnel are reshuffled.

Waiting for the facts before jumping to conclusions is a good idea.

Twinklesweep.

Business is run to stay in the black. That means that if a building is not being used, the upkeep, the heat and air, the insurance, the salaries paid for those who work in it, and their benefits, than WHAT FUND is going to pay for it? It takes a lot of balancing to keep business so that it will continue to make money, which is the goal and in so doing keep people employed.

When types of business become passé such as railroads here in the U.S. than people lost their jobs. Even if the owners funded the bank staying open from their private funds, it would not be a sensible move, a very kind one granted, but it isn't the way business is run.

It is very sad when people lose their jobs. It than requires all the things that we Americans are good at. Strength, stamina, courage, ingenuity and perseverance to find another job. Most of us have faced losing jobs sometimes in our lives and I would guess most of us truly understand and sympathize.

Big business is run by people who sometimes are nice. Some of them are retired now and live here.

Maybe you're right. But is it possible that you're wrong, that a bank branch lobby closed and its employees (or some of its employees) are out of work?

I can cite the 56 preceding posts on this thread, that with the exception of the poster I quoted and myself, there is not a single one that addresses even the possibility of people being out of work as a result of the closure and the impact on their lives! If anything, the focus seems to be on the minor inconvenience of having to use a different branch—of the many branches in TV—of this bank.

I am a former business owner, so please trust me when I say that I understand the requirements of operating a business. I certainly understand the closure of the lobby of one bank branch in an area where there are countless other branches of the same bank to do one's banking in. But this is not what I'm talking about.

Prior to creating my own business (and I might add an extraordinarily successful one), I too experienced the loss of a job at a time when I had a young family to support. I appreciate your expression of sadness [my emphasis above] at the loss of their jobs, and yes, hopefully they'll find another quickly. But please re-read through this entire thread and see if you see any concern expressed for those displaced employees. I could not....

What facts are you talking about? What conclusions did I jump to? All I cited was a lack of any concern expressed for these employees on the part of virtually all of the posters on this thread. If you say I am wrong, please cite the numbers of the posts that expressed any consideration for these displaced employees. Thank you.

I don't know what to say.

There's nothing to say; it is what it is. And I'm sure you know the story about "killing the messenger." All I did was notice something and point it out....

I'm biased, as I really like dealing with Citizens First Bank. Prior to my move to TV I was a loyal credit union member for about 25 years and never wanted to deal with a commercial bank again. Citizens changed my mind with its excellent customer service and convenience. That being said, I mostly use the branch office they are closing and I often wondered how they could justify keeping it open as there was seldom any waiting line, even on Friday afternoons. So I'll just have to use the branch office that's probably less than 1/2 mile away, one block off the town square. Not an inconvenience at all.

I know nothing definite, as I said it was just a thought. One can never tell what will happen in TV. As I said it was an earlier post about the PO moving. I believe there was also something about it in one of the papers also but can't remember which one. Bank & a PO one stop shopping.

double dipping potential for criminal activity, too! ;)