Interesting Facts About The Villages
You might find interesting how a planned community has evolved over the past 25+ years into a lifestyle for approximately 80,000 people from all over the world.
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!!
R The Villages covers 26,000 acres (40 square miles)
R Average Temp in January: 70 high/48 low
R Number of Homes in 2009: 40,000
R Planned Homes: 55,805
R Population: 80,000 Jan 2010
R Planned Population: 105,000 by 2017
The Villages community has its own zip code and is located in the following three counties: Lake County, Marion County and Sumter County
The Villages is comprised of 62 “villages” as of May 09. More than 12,000 folks work directly for The Villages and there’s 2.4 million sq. ft. of retail
80% of resident trips are made inside The Villages by golf cart
Along with a 99,000 sq. foot VA Clinic completed in 2010, The Villages also has A Hospice Center, The Village Hospital with 198 beds and107,000 sq feet., The Promise Hospital with 40 beds for acute care, and a new assisted living senior center facility at Freedom Point
At the Village Lifelong Learning College, 98% of courses are taught by residents and there are three charter schools for elementary, middle, and high school with 2000 students
The Villages Currently Boasts…
40 recreation centers
1 polo field
4 fitness centers.
74 tennis courts
100 pickelball courts
50 swimming pools, shuffle board courts, and lawn bowling
2 bowling centers with 40 lanes (298,299,300 games were bowled in The Villages in 2009)
2 libraries
80 restaurants
40,000 golf carts operating on 87 miles of trails
32 nine hole executive courses (261 holes)
7 twenty-seven hole championship courses (225 holes)
2 eighteen hole championship courses (36 holes)
8000 PGA Members
12 fishing lakes
85 horseshoe pits
115 bocce courts
1,500 clubs of all kinds
9 softball fields
10 hydro-grid soft tennis courts and 20 hard courts
16 movie theatres with 4,700 seats