Originally Posted by NY_Newbie;1191***

Recycling bins at mail boxes

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1189962)

I go through the Mallory gate and Odell gate at Morse Blvd. regularly. My gate pass opens both of those gates without having to open my window. I just pull close enough to the pad and put my gate pass up to the window. Both gates open every time without having to roll down the window.

Originally Posted by xNYer (Post 1191353)

More big brother handouts. - lighted pickleball courts and softball fields.

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 1191646)

Carry your junk mail home..................................

Originally Posted by Topspinmo (Post 1190969)

Like you said you have NO dog in the fight, therefore no input. :posting:

Originally Posted by xNYer (Post 1191353)

More big brother handouts. - lighted pickleball courts and softball fields.

Originally Posted by Bogie Shooter (Post 1191646)

Carry your junk mail home..................................

Originally Posted by joldnol (Post 1189988)

4 pools in the historic district are open at night. There is no good reason at least 4 south of 466 couldn't be lit also. It would not be a "freebie" and a much needed amenity for those less heat tolerant or for those that have o avoid the sun. Grace it is a twenty minute drive for those of us in the south and that's by car.

Originally Posted by Fraugoofy (Post 1191919)

Which four pool are they? I'd like to go there. Thanks.

Originally Posted by Jim 9922 (Post 1189470)

:agree:


Seems to be too much of "gimme the free stuff" and let "big brother" wrap me in bubble wrap going around !
I have found most of the past surveys are comprised of leading questions or those that are self serving to the Developer. I would love to see the responses to questions concerning correction of major design errors such as cart traffic south of Hy 466 on Morse Blvd or the need for a cross over tunnel under Morse Blvd at the Hy 466 Morse Blvd gate, or widen the Lake Sumter bridge cart path, or who should pay for the apparent shoddy underpinnings for the island built on swampland in the middle of the Lake Sumter Bridge (note that the lake is privately owned, the road is owned by the county), change the traffic light left turn signals in our major intersections to prohibit turns when the opposing traffic has the green light, etc. Yes, some of these corrections will cost money and who should pay for it, The CDDs, The Developer who originally did the work and assessed all the homeowners under the "bond" scheme, the county governments who happily took over "ownership" of the roads for "free" just as soon as the Developer finished building them, should we build a new special covered/enclosed pool? or a combination of ???. Not easy questions to answer or maybe even fund, so probably nothing will ever be done about these and other major problems.
So, many of the Questions center around our "lifestyle"; how many times do you eat out?, how many times do you golf (who cares, there is a finite number of course available to the whole Villages and already there are a bunch of rules as to usage)?, how many times do you go shopping?, where? what hospital?, etc. All nice statistics for marketing rental space to outside commercial establishments.

Originally Posted by jchase (Post 1191846)

I bet the people who live near the pools wouldn't want pools lit after dark!

Originally Posted by LuckySevens (Post 1189528)

What about a tunnel under Buena Vista and 466A. I hate going backwards from St. James toward Colony to actually get to Pinellas.

Originally Posted by coffeebean (Post 1189962)

I go through the Mallory gate and Odell gate at Morse Blvd. regularly. My gate pass opens both of those gates without having to open my window. I just pull close enough to the pad and put my gate pass up to the window. Both gates open every time without having to roll down the window.

Originally Posted by NY_Newbie;1191***

Recycling bins at mail boxes

Originally Posted by Taltarzac725 (Post 1191841)

https://www.ymcasuncoast.org/locatio...-harbor-branch

We should get a YMCA with a diving pool and that is open at night as well.

the Y: About Us

There should be enough young people-- children of Villages' employees-- to qualify for a YMCA here??

Originally Posted by DonH57 (Post 1191927)

I've never seen so much junk mail. It's almost a daily barrage of car dealer pamphlets,cremation service, and other useless mailers that won't be riding back to the house with me.

Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1191997)

I prefer the junk mail from financial advisors, and those who sell annuities. Obviously a higher quality of junk mail.

::jester::

Originally Posted by dbussone (Post 1191997)

I prefer the junk mail from financial advisors, and those who sell annuities. Obviously a higher quality of junk mail.

::jester::

Originally Posted by lovsthosebigdogs (Post 1190129)

I love this piece of info. Also the gate at Belvedere does that when you come in from off of 466 near CVS.

My friend lives in a retirement community and they have a Sunpass type of screening device on their windshield that opens her gates. It's very easy and convenient for her. I would like that here too. Good idea.

Originally Posted by Jim 9922 (Post 1189470)

:agree:


Seems to be too much of "gimme the free stuff" and let "big brother" wrap me in bubble wrap going around !
I have found most of the past surveys are comprised of leading questions or those that are self serving to the Developer. I would love to see the responses to questions concerning correction of major design errors such as cart traffic south of Hy 466 on Morse Blvd or the need for a cross over tunnel under Morse Blvd at the Hy 466 Morse Blvd gate, or widen the Lake Sumter bridge cart path, or who should pay for the apparent shoddy underpinnings for the island built on swampland in the middle of the Lake Sumter Bridge (note that the lake is privately owned, the road is owned by the county), change the traffic light left turn signals in our major intersections to prohibit turns when the opposing traffic has the green light, etc. Yes, some of these corrections will cost money and who should pay for it, The CDDs, The Developer who originally did the work and assessed all the homeowners under the "bond" scheme, the county governments who happily took over "ownership" of the roads for "free" just as soon as the Developer finished building them, should we build a new special covered/enclosed pool? or a combination of ???. Not easy questions to answer or maybe even fund, so probably nothing will ever be done about these and other major problems.
So, many of the Questions center around our "lifestyle"; how many times do you eat out?, how many times do you golf (who cares, there is a finite number of course available to the whole Villages and already there are a bunch of rules as to usage)?, how many times do you go shopping?, where? what hospital?, etc. All nice statistics for marketing rental space to outside commercial establishments.

Originally Posted by dotti105 (Post 1191971)

It kills me to see residents putting all their junk mail in the trash at the mail stations. Why can't they wait and put in in their recycling at home????

I would hope that a recycling can at the mail stations would help.

Originally Posted by Ionic Woman (Post 1192219)

Wi fi at every rec center

Recycling bins for junk mail

Originally Posted by gsovas (Post 1192202)

Do traffic lights
mean anything in The Villages? I was one sitting in the middle of an intersection of 466 & Rolling Acres ready to turn left into Rolling Acres. The traffic signal turned Red for the oncoming traffic and since there are 2 lanes, the car in lane one stopped for the Red Light. Even though the opposite traffic had a green light, no one moved because I was caught in the middle waiting to turn left. However, some woman in her Lincoln driving 50 mph in the first lane just came barreling through the Red light as if it was never there. Since I was in a convertible I threw my hands up at her and she just continued on her way. If I hadn't been sitting there blocking traffic, this woman would have wiped out numerous cars because she just didn't care or was not paying attention.

Originally Posted by Ionic Woman (Post 1192219)

Wi fi at every rec center
Recycling bins for junk mail

Originally Posted by Abehmer (Post 1192269)

The consensus of our neighbors and friends in the villages
We would love to have TRADER JOES HERE
MANDATORY seat belts for ALL golf carts
PEDESTRIAN crosswalk signage...no one stops for anyone in crosswalks here!
Window tags for gate access...
LOWER your rental fees in the squares so we can have all the EMPTY buildings occupied which would attract more people to shop and increase revenue for the restaurants
Although not eye appealing, metal/steel barriers on 466a along the golf cart paths so we do not have any more fatalities with cars and golf carts.
BROWNWOOD needs more security when TOP bands are playing...
PINE RIDGE needs a golf cart path out their gate to be able to access PUBLIX
Down the road you will need ANOTHER SQUARE....with all the additional homes going up south of 466A.....and after all a square is 4 square!
Thanks you for this lifestyle. Arlene/Village of Dunedin

Originally Posted by courtyard (Post 1192343)

The Villages to do all lawn mowing for a minimal charge.
Then we wouldn't have multiple trucks on multiple days clogging our streets.
Other retirement communities have this service.