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Property swap aimed at easing flooding problems in Wildwood
WEB2 days ago · September 11, 2024. Comments. Continuing efforts to improve storm water drainage, Wildwood commissioners Monday night approved a property swap and the purchase of three lots that could be used for retention ponds. Both transactions involve property owner Louis Rivera, who recently acquired an Osceola Street lot through a code enforcement lien.
Wildwood officials vote to hike water rates by 5.3 percent
WEB1 day ago · Commissioners voted to hike water rates by 5.3 percent, based on the consumer price index, and wastewater rates by 20 percent to help pay for the new treatment plant. Wildwood’s growth required expansion of wastewater treatment capacity. When the work it complete, the two plants will be able to process 5.5 million gallons daily.
AAC reaches common sense solution about Paradise access gates
WEB2 days ago · September 11, 2024. Comments. The Amenity Authority Committee has reached a common sense solution with regard to gates at Paradise Park. AAC members had been asked to leave the 14 gates in place along the popular walking path on the Historic Side of The Villages. The gates were put in place in 2015 at the time of a major renovation at the ...
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WEB6 days ago · A 57-year-old Summerfield man called a Marion County sheriff’s deputy for help Sunday after realizing he’d been the victim of a theft. Live, breaking news in The Villages, Florida. Breaking news and event coverage before any other local source, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The only source for live, …
Population surging in The Villages thanks to new homes at the …
WEBApr 28, 2022 · Nearly 5,000 new residents moved into The Villages last year, thanks in large part to the new homes being built at the southern end of Florida’s Friendliest Hometown. The Villages populations climbed from 130,897 in July 2020 to 135,638 in July 2021. The 3.6 percent increase ranks as the fifth highest among all …
New pond maintenance company has made our pond unfishable
WEB2 days ago · New pond maintenance company has made our pond unfishable. To the Editor: The Villages hired a new pond maintenance company. The contract started last December, and is for three years. The plants in our retention ponds have grown out of control, some ponds totally covered by plant growth. Some have grass actually growing on top of the pond weed ...
New areas of The Villages shocked at assessment rate hike
WEBAug 11, 2024 · Maintenance assessments are paid once a year on a resident’s tax bill. Maintenance assessments pay for upkeep of landscaping and infrastructure within a particular district. Residents who want to question the rate hikes, will have an opportunity to speak out at upcoming public hearings: Middleton – 10 …
The Villages construction boom to include four new …
WEBJan 10, 2022 · Comments. The Villages construction boom continues unabated into the new year as the Wildwood City Commission approved plats Monday for four new neighborhoods with nearly 500 homes in the Villages of Southern Oaks. Three neighborhoods mark the westward expansion of The Villages to U.S. 301 south of the Florida Turnpike.