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The Villages developers operate a trolley-style bus tour of the community from the sales and information center at The Market Square in Lake Sumter Landing. Until 2004, when the train was shortened to Savannah, Georgia , Amtrak 's Palmetto (then on a New York–Tampa itinerary) served adjacent Wildwood .
[9] In 2001, the bank moved their headquarters from Lady Lake, Florida to The Villages, Florida. [8] Lindsey M. Blaise, granddaughter of Villages founder Gary Morse, [10] has served as President & CEO since 2019. [11] In 2017, Citizens First Bank sold its Leesburg, Florida branch to a real estate developer and moved to a newly built location. [12]
WVLG (640 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Wildwood, Florida, and serving The Villages. It is owned by Village Communications and airs a full service classic hits radio format . World and national news is provided by Fox News Radio .
In 1983, Morse moved to Florida to take over his father's business selling vacant lots to mobile home owners. Morse instead decided to build homes, restaurants, pools, and golf courses, and by 1986, Morse was selling more than 500 homes per year. In 2011, the Holding Company of the Villages Ltd. generated at least $550 million in revenue.
Sumter County is a county located in the central portion of the U.S. state of Florida.As of the 2020 census, the population is 129,752. It has the oldest median age (68.3 years) of any US county [2] and the highest percentage of residents aged 65 and older—at 55.6% in 2014–2018 (in 2009–2013). [3]
The Villages, a large retirement and golfing community for seniors, is situated in this district, aiding Republican candidates in the district and statewide. [6] Since the redistricting for the 2022 elections, the district includes Bay Lake, home to all four theme parks of Walt Disney World.
Sumterville is an unincorporated community in the U.S. state of Florida within Central Sumter County. Like the county in which it resides, Sumterville was named after General Thomas Sumter, a hero of the American Revolutionary War. The community was an early county seat of Sumter County.
This is an incomplete list of 2018 Women's March events - rallies, marches, community activities, and voter registration drives - that took place in cities, towns and villages on January 20 and January 21, 2018 (the latter as noted). By January 21, there were around 250 site-specific events reported. [1] [2] [3]