The signs of an improving real estate market continue in our northeast Florida golf community. Strong increases in pending home sales, decreases in inventory and higher median prices are welcome signs. The improvements in real estate sales activity dovetails with an increase in new home construction by major national homebuilders. Says Sherry Davidson, President of Davidson Realty, “Pending sales are very encouraging. We wrote over 2,100 contracts in May which was a 36 percent gain over last May. Meanwhile inventory is down year-to-date over 30 percent.”
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Pinterest is a virtual pinboard website where users collect and share images around a variety of themes mostly related to interests, hobbies and events. For example, food, crafts and design are popular themes on Pinterest. Thinking about a backyard makeover? Create a pinboard (like a bulletin) on Pinterest and start collecting your favorite outdoor living images and ideas. Or find great inspirational images and ideas for kids birthday parties, dessert recipes, home organization and more. It’s a visual social media site that lets users collect their own favorite images and browse other pinboards for inspiration, ‘re-pin’ images to their own collections and ‘like’ photos.
Now World Golf Village is on Pinterest. Check out our pinboards and share your pins. Follow us on Pinterest and watch for special rewards and contests coming soon. Happy pinning!
Tagged: Jacksonville Golf Course Community, Pinterest, Pinterest Rewards, St. Augustine golf course community, World Golf Pinterest, World Golf Village on Pinterest
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For a couple who thought they would never leave the Washington D.C. area, Allan and Audrey Freed are now among the biggest fans of living in World Golf Village. It’s been seven and a half years since the Freeds moved into Turnberry and Audrey Freed recently answered a few of our questions, including exactly how they ended up in our neck of the woods.
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Tiger Woods famously matched Jack Nicklaus’ PGA TOUR all-time win record when he won his 73rd victory at the 2012 Memorial Tournament. Now items from that victory, including the ball Woods used to make his dramatic shot on the 16th hole and the glove he was wearing for his final round 67, are on display at the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum.
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One of our favorite exhibitions at the World Golf Hall of Fame & Museum in World Golf Village is the Member Locker Room where life-size lockers are stocked with actual mementos from Hall of Famers’ lives, often telling little-known stories about their careers and personal lives. What makes the Locker Room so compelling is the same reason the exhibits and lockers of the new 2012 Hall of Fame inductees are worth a visit: the personal mementos that provide an intriguing glimpse into the real worlds of golf’s greatest players and important contributors.
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Contest draws 1,268 entries and plenty of water cooler chat!
We knew we’d have some entries when we created the new Name It, Play It contest but when the entries climbed to over 1,000 we were pleasantly surprised. The contest also generated a lot of buzz. We heard neighbors talking about it in the fitness center, it was discussed on the golf course and we even heard chatter about it in Publix. And then there were the emails…let’s just say some people were passionate about their entries. In the end, the entry with the most votes (591 to be exact) was Kingpin which cleverly speaks to Arnold Palmer’s nickname as The King and, of course, the golf pin.
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Looking for some inspiration to get in shape, live healthier or just fight like heck to reach your goals in life? Well read on about Glenmoor resident Winston Allen, a 29-year veteran of triathlons and Ironman competitions who still competes at 82 years old. Even a full knee replacement doesn’t keep Winston down – he just completed another triathlon this past April in Marineland, Florida.
How long have you lived in Glenmoor?
My wife Carolyn and I have lived in Glenmoor, since November 2010. We are not new to the area since we moved to Glenmoor from The Legends, where we resided since November 2004. Prior to that, we lived in Muirfield Village in Dublin, OH., which is an area very similar to WGV.
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For Jerry Shagam, “retired” is a relative term. The Cascades resident “retired” to World Golf Village with his wife, Lynda, about four-and-a-half years ago from their long-time home in Long Island, NY but his calendar remains as busy as ever. Jerry credits the abundance of social and recreational opportunities that The Cascades offers for keeping him active but it’s as much to do with Jerry’s outgoing personality and community-oriented spirit. Jerry Shagam has never slowed down, and if you’re lucky enough to run into him at The Cascades Clubhouse for Tuesday morning coffee, maybe he’ll tell you a joke or his latest fishing story (and maybe even a catching story)!
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Just as the cardinals are busy preparing their nests in our wooded St. Augustine, Florida community, so too are new World Golf Village residents readying their own cozy nests! The new construction that began to increase at the start of this year, continues on an upward trend in our master planned golf community. New homebuilding construction is happening throughout the World Golf Village neighborhoods with a range of projects underway by national homebuilders and local custom homebuilders.
National homebuilder Standard Pacific Homes has broken ground on 4 homes in the family-oriented GroveWood neighborhood of World Golf Village. The anticipated completion is summer 2012. Standard Pacific Homes purchased 16 lots in GroveWood late last year. The company is offering four floor plans, ranging from about 2,500 to 3,500 square feet. Pricing starts in the high $200,000’s and an extensive list of upgrades comes standard with the new homes.
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Tagged: Advantage Home Builders, Arthur Rutenberg Homes, CornerStone Homes, Inland Homes, J.A. Long Custom Home Builder, Jacksonville Golf Course Community, St. Augustine golf course community, Standard Pacific Homes
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Name Arnold Palmer’s Favorite King & Bear Golf Course Hole!
The Neighborhoods of World Golf Village, Renaissance World Golf Village Resort and Beach Club and Honours Golf are teaming up for a once-in-a-lifetime shot for golf fans to leave their mark on the renowned King & Bear Golf Course by coming up with a creative name for Hole 15. The person with the best name will win a three-night stay for two at the Renaissance World Golf Village Resort and Beach Club, golf for two on both the King & Bear and Slammer & Squire golf courses, a $500 travel voucher courtesy of the Neighborhoods of World Golf Village, a VIP tour of the World Golf Hall of Fame, two tickets to the IMAX theater and a commemorative brick on the Walk of Champions!
Click here to Name It, Play It. Invite your friends, family and golf buddies to Name It, Play It too.
Tagged: Honours Golf, jacksonville golf community, king & bear, Name It Play It, Name it Play it Contest, Renaissance World Golf Village Resort, st augustine golf community, The Neighborhoods of World Golf Village
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