A few years ago, The Villages was awarded Silver-Level Bicycle Friendly status by The League of American Bicyclists.
It was the first time any community had been awarded that level on their first application.
But things just keep getting better and better, and this year The Villages was given Gold-Level Bicycle Friendly status.
The Villages is just one of 31 out of more than 400 Bicycle Friendly Communities in the United States given the Gold-Level designation, and the only retirement community with the designation.
You can read the full article from The Villages Daily Sun.
In other news…
One cool announcement at the 2018 Evening With the Developer event was “The Villages Grown”, a marketplace where quality, organic produce will be locally grown and provided to residents and local restaurants.
This week I came across a good article in the Orlando Business Journal with a few more details on exactly what this project will entail and who The Villages will be working with to make it a reality. [Orlando Business Journal]
Speaking of “grow” … here we grow again! The Villages recently acquired 5,000 more acres to the southeast of Fenney. [Villages Daily Sun]
