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Originally Posted by SALYBOW
IMHO the developer might not realize that some people chose TV especially because of the LLC. I know I did. My husband can golf at any of the place around here: Spruce Creek, Stonecrest, Water Oak. etc. But I could not get LLL at them. With us putting our home on the market anyway, this may send us to a place that sells, homes more reasonably, without the amenity fee. We are looking around outside the Villages. TV may not lose a lot of current people, but not having the LLC will definitely be a detriment to some people to pay the amenity fee if they can't get what they want here anymore. I know the artist around here are up in arms. If TV wanted to do something, they would think of some way around it.
There is already some place which is thinking of doing this. Will have to look up where.
At LLC I learned watercolour, acrylics, cooking, knitting. drawing, and proper techniques to strengthen my core. All good classes. I have always stuck up for the developer, but they have lost my respect land for future development, without beefing up the infrastructure so why add another discouragement to the mix. Even the people that build in Feeney will need to come north for medical care, shopping and worshiping and they all will need to take Buena Vista and Morse.
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I find the amenities fees to be incredibly low when considering all that they cover. In addition to the golf courses, there are the dozens of recreation centers (with meeting rooms; many with bocce ball, pickleball, shuffleboard, horseshoes, etc.); dozens of swimming pools, Multi Modal Paths throughout the entire area, baseball fields, three Town Centers with daily free, live entertainment, and golfcart accessible shopping and dining. In addition the streets and the public areas are maintained in impeccable order and cleanliness. And there is no separate Homeowner's Association fee. Although I regret the loss of the LLC, it is only one factor in an impressive array of amenities.
So, if you feel constrained to leave The Villages due to the closing of the LLC, farewell. Since your house was already on the market, perhaps this was not the determining factor in your decision to move.
You may find that your newly selected development has similar fees, or even simply a Homeowner's Association fee that meets or is greater than the amenities fee in The Villages......and still without a Learning Center.
If the "artists around here" are so up in arms about the loss of the LLC, why don't they form a club and bring in the former art instructors to provide some classes for which the club members could pay? Or even do it informally in someone's home.