[gmcneill]

That map (Thanks for posting!) shows that the City of Wildwood is fairly geographically large and rather disjointed.

Who knew?!

[gmcneill]

I don't know if this will work. It is a link to a Wildwood P&Z (planning and zoning) Agenda that includes a basic boundary map at the end.

http://www.wildwood-fl.gov/vertical/...EA77FF4%7D.PDF

[kittygilchrist]

it works, great document as well. best yet. Worthy of note is that the Planning and Zoning Board was given Special Magistrate to act as Local Planning Agent.
I think that means they did not have a planning agency, and none is listed currently on the city website that I find.

[shcisamax]

Originally Posted by Grannynance

to kittygilchrist
I don't believe wildwood really needs your help maybe you can find something in TV that you could devote your time to and maybe your helpers could assist you. Your post tend to struss that wildwood is in bad need of help from the villages do you know wildwood was here a long time before the build up of the villages. And there were many shops that have left when the villages began to expand.

There also was a craftt store, clothing, store, serveral restaurants, a gas station in the middle of town,jewelry store, an iga, and others.

Help TV wildwood is OK.

I think that is precisely the point. TV development with its extensive resources, economic capital as well as human capital, is in many cases the reason Wildwood has lost so many of its little stores like the craft store, clothing, restaurants, jewelry etc. TV took the business. Wildwood couldn't compete.

If Wildwood wants to continue with the town the way it is, that's fine. But I have yet to meet anyone in Wildwood or who works in Wildwood that thinks it has a future on its current track. I have spoken to people in five or six establishments there, a couple people who live nearby, none of whom
show the least excitement about the future of Wildwood to put it mildly.

Every time I go down 301, I look at what could be a really charming area. There are small inklings with Cotillion, Decades, a Butcher shop, etc. But most of the businesses are not thriving. Most are hanging on. Wouldn't it be nice for the people who live in Wildwood to feel proud that their town is successful as
is TV instead of watching it slowly decay because TV sucks all the business their way? They need to become a destination not the road to get to the Turnpike.

Having said this, I will be signing off from this thread because it has become
contentious and there is no point. Those that want to help will find a way to do so and those view the spirit of volunteering to help their neighbor a bad idea don't need to do anything.

[memason]

Do you think that golf cart accessibility would help in revitalizing Wildwood?

[bkcunningham1]

This may be of interest.
http://www.wildwood-fl.gov/vertical/...ch_11_2013.pdf
and

http://wildwood-fl.gov/vertical/Site...10-2011%29.pdf

You may reach the Wildwood Development Services Department at 352.330.1330 ext. 118

Or contact one of the Wildwood Citizens Advisory Task Force members. You can get their contact number by calling the above number:
Gwen Lewis-Brown
Cynthia Brunette
Kenneth Chase

My suggestion would be to join the Wildwood Area Historical Association, attend their meetings and educate yourself. Their mission statement is: The WAHA is a group of volunteers from Wildwood and surrounding areas, interested in the history and future of our community. We are funded through our membership fees and fundraisers. Anyone can be a member. Yearly membership dues are $10.00 for an individual and $100 for a business. Please JOIN US in our mission to preserve the priceless history of our town & outlying areas. We will be accepting donations of historical artifacts & documents, as well as written or recorded testimonies & memories of long time area residents. Membership will be an option, as well as opportunities for service & fun.

http://www.wildwood-fl.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={75A7B449-93F9-454E-97D9-CB69D532EA94}

Originally Posted by memason

Do you think that golf accessibility would help in revitalizing Wildwood?

Yes

[bkcunningham1]

Do you mean golf cart accessibility?

[buggyone]

When I first visited The Villages on a Lifestyle Visit in 2006, I got off the Turnpike and drove through Wildwood on 301 to 466. I had never been to The Villages before and never had imagined that such a dilapidated town such as Wildwood would be so close.

Those posters who believe that Wildwood is a charming rural community should go there and volunteer with the Wildwood Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry. It is an eye-opener to see all this poverty within a few miles of our beautiful community. They are always in need of volunteers.

I like to go walking either at night here in The Villages or early in the morning. No way I would consider that in Wildwood in the dark.

I saw a posting on this forum about a new bakery that is going to open in Wildwood and the excitement posted about the need for a good bakery. I am a realist. Unfortunately, most restaurants and bakeries close within a year of opening. If you really are excited about this new bakery, make it a success by going to it a few times a week and buying more than a bagel or a couple of cinnamon rolls. Businesses need a lot of repeat customers buying good quantities in order to survive when there are easier ways such as going to Winn-Dixie or Publix.

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by bkcunningham1

This may be of interest.
http://www.wildwood-fl.gov/vertical/...ch_11_2013.pdf
and

http://wildwood-fl.gov/vertical/Site...10-2011%29.pdf

You may reach the Wildwood Development Services Department at 352.330.1330 ext. 118

Or contact one of the Wildwood Citizens Advisory Task Force members. You can get their contact number by calling the above number:
Gwen Lewis-Brown
Cynthia Brunette
Kenneth Chase

My suggestion would be to join the Wildwood Area Historical Association, attend their meetings and educate yourself. Their mission statement is: The WAHA is a group of volunteers from Wildwood and surrounding areas, interested in the history and future of our community. We are funded through our membership fees and fundraisers. Anyone can be a member. Yearly membership dues are $10.00 for an individual and $100 for a business. Please JOIN US in our mission to preserve the priceless history of our town & outlying areas. We will be accepting donations of historical artifacts & documents, as well as written or recorded testimonies & memories of long time area residents. Membership will be an option, as well as opportunities for service & fun.

http://www.wildwood-fl.gov/index.asp?Type=B_BASIC&SEC={75A7B449-93F9-454E-97D9-CB69D532EA94}

BK, I love you.

[kittygilchrist]

Originally Posted by nkrifats

Yes

I don't think so with what is there in Wildwood. I would go watch and listen to trains but then what?
IMO WWD needs a major tourist attraction that will draw traffic from TV, I-75, 44 east/west, and FTP.

[bkcunningham1]

Not to draw traffic off the interstate, but to add local support to the community and to enjoy yourself, here are a few things to do and see in Wildwood and surrounding area:

Wildwood Family Food Truck Night, August 12, next to city hall on Main Street.

Chinsegut Conservation Center

Dade Battlefield Society

Traditions Antique Mall
3107 East State Rd 44, Wildwood, FL

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aEhqqKZ38M]Ribbon Cutting at Blue Moon Ranch Wildwood, Florida - YouTube[/ame]

Miona Lake Golf

Cotillion Southern Cafe

Home

[skip0358]

By looking at the map the new bowling alley and the hotel on Rt.44 will be in Wildwood. When the shopping center w/o Brownwood on 44 builds that will be Wildwood but very little is planned for downtown that I've read except for the Bakery. The used car dealer opened on 301 s/o 44 and Poppa Johns on Rt. 44 and 301. Supposedly 48hr blinds left but that may have been due to the proposed widening of 466a.

[Grannynance]

Buggyone
So you drove north on 301 in 2006 and that is where you decided that the town was dilapidated and now your at the soup kitchen and things are really bad. Afraid to walk the streets. I bet the people in wildwood ready welcome you with open arms. Have you ever driven around the town, talked to some o the people that have live here for years or all their lives? I think you are making judements about thing you do not know. Who do you think ran the soup kitchen before or do you think it just came about after the building of the villages. In all you must drive from your beautiful home straight to the soup kitchen. Well you know how to tell things you have made a lot friend in wildwood I am sure
You should of been here in 1990's maybe you feel safe in the villages that is where should say
After all wildwood has made it may years.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by Grannynance

to kittygilchrist
I don't believe wildwood really needs your help maybe you can find something in TV that you could devote your time to and maybe your helpers could assist you. Your post tend to struss that wildwood is in bad need of help from the villages do you know wildwood was here a long time before the build up of the villages. And there were many shops that have left when the villages began to expand.
Please don't push an agenda where it is not wanted the libaray was located in town across from the school where the kids could use it now look where it is not very accessible for the kids.
There also was a craftt store, clothing, store, serveral restaurants, a gas station in the middle of town,jewelry store, an iga, and others. So most of the blame goes to the mayor who thinks the villages
Will handle everything. And for the trains several years ago the rail system was changed freight on the west and passenger on the east that includes auto train. Help TV wildwood is OK.

Grannynance

I just took the time to read all of your posts and many have great wisdom in them. I have always wondered if you live in The Villages or in Wildwood.

In all of your posts you get straight to the point and say just how you feel and many times you have made me think differently.

I am only two years younger than you but hope to be as smart someday.

I think any town improves when valid business is there. I think that the business drawn to the constantly growing Villages will in time also support and grow Wildwood. You have to have some NEEDED or POPULAR or DESIRED product or service to sell to people in order for it to be successful and then successful business encourages and draws more business that feeds the tax base that makes things all fancy and pretty.. I think the fact that Wildwood is so close to a large populated area will eventually cause Wildwood to draw a lot business to it.

You can have a plan, but you also have to have a need for that particular business and people who want to take the financial risk. Mount Dora has a lot of boutique-y things that cause people to come visit once or twice, but the lake and the restaurants and perhaps the well funded Civic theatre bring them back.

You can do blueprints and nice layouts but that in itself isn't "gonna cut the mustard" as me and Grannynance might say.

Grannynance? You from Ohio?