A reader writes in with a great question: "My wife and me are considering visiting the Villages for a Lifestyle Preview. She wants to schedule sometime in the summer months. I feel we should schedule during the peak winter months since that is the time when all the snowbirds are there and we can ... Continue Reading » about When is the Best Time To Visit The Villages?
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The Villages Hot Air Balloon Festival
The Villages Balloon Festival is an annual event that takes place at The Villages Polo Club. The next one is scheduled for March 4-6, 2022. The event features hot air balloon flights, tethered balloon rides, entertainment, food, a beer garden, as well as retail and arts and crafts ... Continue Reading » about The Villages Hot Air Balloon Festival
2019 Evening With the Developer
This week was the annual Evening With the Developer event, during which the developer provides his updates on what's going on in the community and what's to come. For the most part it was pretty standard "this community wouldn't be what it is without you, the residents" type fare, but there were ... Continue Reading » about 2019 Evening With the Developer
Burger King in The Villages Robbed
The main excitement in The Villages this past week did not involve two buddies scoring back-to-back holes-in-one or the announcement that The Villages is getting a Huey-Magoo's (which is only my favorite place for chicken tenders in the whole wide world), though believe it or not those things did ... Continue Reading » about Burger King in The Villages Robbed
Adios, Hacienda
Another piece of Villages history is gone. The Hacienda Hills Country Club restaurant, at least in its current incarnation, is closing its doors for good this weekend. You can't really say it will be missed. In recent years the food and service have gone down the drain. Villages-News ... Continue Reading » about Adios, Hacienda
The Villages Keeps Growing and Growing and Growing…
Nothing like a play on the Energizer Bunny commercials to start us off here...it is Easter weekend after all. New Census data came out this week, and as the title of this post suggests, The Villages keeps on growing! From July 1, 2017 to July 1, 2018, The Villages Metropolitan Area grew by ... Continue Reading » about The Villages Keeps Growing and Growing and Growing…