[PaPaLarry]

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?

I really agree with that!!! They worked hard to put smiles on our faces. Any profit they get out of it, is well deserved. How can you not like living here?

[Bogie Shooter]

Daily Sun front page as part of the headline article.

You can watch the VHA's "An Evening with the Developer" in its entirety on Comcast Cable's Channel 2 at noon,3,6, and 9PM Saturday. From start to finish, you'll get the news from developer Mark Morse and family.

[bluedog103]

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter

Just makes you wonder how some posters can post such vile remarks.

Very true Bogie.

[swrinfla]

champion6:

Obviously your shorthand is faster and better than mine! I started out with the intent of compiling a list of Mark's statistics, but quickly abandoned the idea.

I have attended at least 9 of these presentations. They've never been boring, always've been informative. This year's was exceptional in the plethora of immediate and extended family on stage.

Well done!

SWR

[annmarie]

Thanks for the info!

[mrbgull]

Thank you it's a dream

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by janmcn

Mark Morse also referred to the Orange Blossom Country Club as the Orange Blossom Recreation Center. Did he ever explain this discrepancy, for those of us who didn't attend?

Originally Posted by NotGolfer

He talked about the fact they closed the restaurant to make updates as well as the golf course. Said it wouldn't be fair to whomever takes over the restaurant to do so while the golf course is closed. Said more would happen with this, this fall. Talked about expansion of an outdoor restaurtant and bar. So, in answer to the question of "correction"....don't remember that coming out of his mouth. So much was being talked about unless one took notes and we didn't it's hard to remember. The Sun is a re-cap of the evening!

I so want to wish the Morse family a HUGE thank you for ALL that they've done with making our community what it is. It was emphasized we're one of a kind. I'm very happy and proud to be a citizen here as it's a HUGE blessing to be sure.

Can you say El Santiago?

[2BNTV]

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.

[golf2140]

Originally Posted by njbchbum

Can you say El Santiago?

Can you say Jersey Shore with all it's traffic, noise and smell

[Steve & Deanna]

I say good for the Morse family. It appears that the kids didn't grow up to be 'entitled' as a lot do today from videos we've seen as Brownwood was in the works. They all seem to start at the bottom, as it were, and work their way up. Sorry we missed that meeting as we had pressing health issues with one of our children. Is there a video of this meeting somewhere?

[Scoops]

Originally Posted by Quietman

In past years the entire presentations have been repeated on VNN, Channel 2 of Comcast cable. There were at least 4-5 rebroadcasts during the week after original. Hopefully they'll do it this year too.

The only problem is I don't have Comcast. We have Brighthouse as do many other people that live south of 466A so a replay at the Rec Centers would be a great idea.

[njbchbum]

Originally Posted by golf2140

Can you say Jersey Shore with all it's traffic, noise and smell

Are you saying I am part of or responsible for traffic, noise and smell?

[tedquick]

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.

Fantastic information -- thank you. My wife and I purchased in TV last June and will be moving into our house Oct 1st of this year. We have very good friends who live there already. As I go about my business/church life where we live now I speak often and proudly about TV. This information is very much appreciated.

[Lbmb24101]

Originally Posted by EnglishJW

Champion6 - thank you for posting this additional information.

Ditto

[RErmer]

So nice to have a thread where there are thanks to the developer instead of bashing. I love living here, and appreciate the vision it took to build this wonderful place. The developers (including all related entities) are entitled to their profits.