Harold Schwartz purchased the Orange Blossom Garden manufactured
home
park in the early 70's and in the early 80's convinced his son
H. Gary
Morse to join him and help run his enterprise. The Villages
concept
was born!!
40 Recreation Centers.
A polo field
4 fitness centers
74 tennis courts
100 pickelball courts
50 swimming pools
schuffle boards,
lawn bowling
Sand volley ball
12 fishing lakes,
85 horseshoe pits
115 bocce courts
two bowling centers with 40 lanes
A Woodworking shop
an archery range.
9 softball fields with 502 teams.
29 -nine hole executive courses--261 holes
7 -27 Hole Championship Courses--225 holes
2- 18 Hole Championship Courses--36 holes
Villages covers 26,000 acreas
40 square miles
15 miles North to South
8 miles East to West
There are 87 miles of multiuse
(golf cart) trails
80% of resident trips
inside The Villages are by golf carts
The
Villages is divided into separate sub villages with their own
village boards
There are 62 Villages as of May 2009,
at build out 72 are planned.
Our Savannah Center provides
live, on stage entertainment almost every night
There are two downtown centers with free entertainment nightly.
A third is in the planning stage
There are 80
Restaurants.
Sixteen Movie Screens/4700 seats
A daily news paper
2 television stations
A radio station
T
The Villages also contains
Veterans Clinic
A Hospice Center
Assisted Living Facility