The Villages Construction Update
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WOW …. Absolutely incredibly …. The expansive and detailed growth …. What a massive undertaking and exciting work - thanks Don … you are truly a master flying your drone ….
I love the detailed observations of things like the boxes in the dumpster. Fabulous!
Glad you enjoyed!
Thanks Don for all the construction updates in The Villages, your flying is amazing and always look forward to your videos!
Part of my life is a Brand New City? And you have bought it to my living room, great job..thank you don..
Thanks Don. You did a fly over on the lot we just bought in Shady Brook. Great stuff.
Why would anyone not like your videos?? We all love the details and information! The secrecy baffles me - information is the key to free marketing!
Best guess is that I don’t see the need to continually bash the developer like some individuals and websites do. I don’t have any allegiance to the developer nor any financial ties, but I spent 20 years in the construction industry doing mainly project management and I can appreciate and respect the level of skill and dedication it takes to build such a community/project as they are doing. Add to this that I love living in Florida, Sumter County, and The Villages so I try to stay focused on the positives of what is happening here, but I’m also unafraid of calling out what I see as mistakes and bad decisions. Some will just look to bash because of my conservative politics and see this as an avenue for such. And for some, haters are just going to hate. Whatever their reasons, it has long ago failed to phase me.
Don, many residents in Moultrie Creek feel the same...there should be a dog park right near Saluki. They are putting way too many patio villas in that area. The dogs need a safe place to run free off of the hot pavement down here!!! Thanks for all you do!
Yes, I agree, more areas are needed for the dogs and there will probably be more nearby in the near future. As far as the hot pavement goes, that is an owner’s responsibility to walk their dogs at appropriate times, this is Florida after all. As far as the patio villas go, they have traditionally and continue to build about 25-30% courtyard/patio villas throughout the community, the biggest change has been the addition of veranda homes (which are designer) and cottage villas to the mix, both of which have no impact on the home density of the community.
Took the grandchildren(ages 9 and 5) to Saluki and they loved it. It does have another flaw though. You can’t get to the equipment shack without walking across the grass 🤦♀️. I was told this is going to be rectified. Oh, and we did see a little dog on a leash inside.
Thanks for the updates Don. My wife and I picked a lot and will be building a home in the cottage neighborhood right behind the Shadybrook rec center. We will be down in early July to chose some options. Thanks you so much for what you do. It is nice to stay informed.
We just did the same !
@@richb.1453 We'll see you later this fall Rich B!!
Thanks, welcome to the community.
Great video Don.
Excellent show! Saluki Rec center looks awesome!
Grateful for the updates. Thank you.
This looks awesome, need to check it out next time I visit after it is finished.
Nicely done again ... thanks for doing these.
No problem 👍
Very interesting and informative as always. Thanks for posting these videos.
My pleasure!
Great opening music -- you should keep it. The sports teams of Southern Illinois University are known as the Salukis. Maintaining the trademark for The Villages will be difficult, since the name is commonly used to describe the entire 'metropolitan' area, and not just the retirement community.
Another great video, I was just wondering if you will be doing an update on what is going on over at Coleman Ridge?
Love your videos', thanks Don, great information.
Glad you like them!
I hope they are building in a sports pool in the new area. Everglades and Ezell seem to be full.
The drawings on-line for Eastport show a sports pool on the NW corner of the Olympia rec center
Thanks ❤
Love these videos. Any way you can provide an update on construction plans and progress for 301 from the turnpike down to 470?
Still in the design phase and they have started acquiring the necessary rights of way to widen the road, still about a year out from see (driving) any actual improvements.
Absolutely NO dogs should ever be allowed inside a club house
I wonder how the golf carts are going to be able to cross over to Richmond.
There are tunnels and bridges already in place for access
Great video. Thank you for the updates, they are very informative!
You mentioned that there was no dog park at the Saluki Rec Center but there would be one at Eastport. Where in Eastport will the new dog park be located?
Thanks
There's a triangular property between the ball field, the boat launch parking lot, and the Olympia rec center that will be the location for the dog park.
You noted that Middleton will be a new town like Brownwood. Is this same description true of the commercial area of Eastport?
Middleton and Eastport are “town squares” in the sense that they are centers for commercial, retail, and restaurants within the community, however neither will have a “square” in the center like LSL, BW, or SS for entertainment. Middleton has a pavilion at the south end of the main road that can and may be used as an entertainment venue, but as I understand it now, nightly entertainment will not be the norm in Middleton. Eastport has a waterfront stage area at the north end of the main road in, Barr Blvd. that will be built specifically as an entertainment venue, however it again is not a traditional “square”. Eastport has the potential for much more than the traditional “square” because it is designed with no parking on the waterfront road and they will have the ability to easily close off the road to vehicles, making it very pedestrian friendly. Also Eastport with the recreation venues - Olympia RC, golf, ball fields, etc., has the ability to to combine these areas with the waterfront area to create the largest public friendly venue (much more so than the polo grounds) for events with substantially more parking available than the other town squares.
Can you see the prison from Moultrie/shadybrook areas
It’s behind a quarter mile of woods, so no you can’t see it. If you go down old 470 about a half mile west from the fire station 48 you can see part of the prison. It’s basically not visible from Moultrie Creek and certainly not from Shady Brook.
👍 as usual.
I appreciate that
You said that the cottage villas in the WellPoint will have fences ??? Are you sure as I thought the only option for fences was courtyard and verandas ? Thanks …
They’ll be just like the cottage villas in the village of Hawkins. Yes, I’m sure.
I am curious how the pond in Eastport is full while the ponds all around are very low. Are the taking water from other ponds to fill Eastport?
No, it doesn't work that way, the ponds are interconneted within a given area/phase of development, but not throughout the community. For example from Well Point to Centeral Parkway is one system, south of Centeral Parkway is another, and the system in Monarch Grove/Linden are all 3 seperate systems and not interconnected.
The new ponds are being filled by ground water, storm water drains, and specially permitted wells. The ponds in the existing areas are filled with storm water draining (it hasn't rained much) only, and are being drained to water the common areas and golf courses. These are also being kept low in prepration for the storm/hurricane season, if we get another Irma coming through you'll be glad they are low.
So no they are not stealing water from the norther areas to make the new areas look pretty.
The dog parks create a lot of dog noise, you know if you live by one.
My Village rep says they’re not cottage villas in Wellpoint. Just cottages.
Your rep is mistaken. There are block walls separating the interior home sites from each other. This will be cottage villas. Look at the video. You will see the walls.
Interesting, because the ones we thought were Cottage Villas being built in Shady Brook have no brick walls in between them🤷♀️ I appreciate your insight as to the building process and what to look for.
The videos need a new twist. They are becoming repetitive. Can the viewers attention continue to be held by showing same empty lot where CVS is going, half built fire stations, construction equipment for Harry and the Natives, empty lots where the new Richmond will be…….. on and on and on……maybe throw a segment into each video that features a Village club or charity work done by Villagers.
Just a thought. Maybe I’m the only one thinking I’m seeing pretty much the same thing over and over. 🤔And yes, I know I don’t have to watch.
Thank you for the input, it has been something that I’ve been trying to deal with for some time now. New content is not an easy thing to develop and still maintain intent. Production time is also a consideration- being in the right place at the right time and then editing time ads considerably to the already tight production schedule. I have a few ideas in the works that I hope to bring on in the next few videos. Yes, I’m one of those that see some repetition on what I’m producing, from the production side I have to look hard each week to find more information to present to the viewers. Again, thank you for your input.
I would pay extra for a non-dog community. We need options