Outdoors/Gardening
District News
The Villages Landscaping
The Villages Flower Show While recently driving around The Villages entertaining out-of-town guests, they commented on the beautiful flowers and landscaping. I enjoyed discussing how...
May 4, 2022
Bike Friendly Community Corner
Bicycle Safety - April 2022
Bike Friendly Community Corner by Bike Friendly Advocacy Committee (BFAC) “More About Safety…Again!” People tell us we should publish some articles about safety and maybe...
April 7, 2022
Bike Friendly Community Corner
Bike Friendly Community Corner - March 2022
Bike Friendly Community Corner Tandem Riders Are Closer Over our thirty-eight years of happy marriage, we have each bicycled an average of 7,500 miles per...
March 2, 2022
Bike Friendly Community Corner
Bike Friendly Corner - January 2022
“Be Ye Kind To One Another, Tenderhearted, and Forgiving…” We in The Villages Bicycling Community had a great holiday season. We collaborated with the...
January 5, 2022
Bike Friendly Community Corner
Bike Friendly Corner - December 2021
THREE GIFTS OF KINDNESS Katheryn Rogers begins her famous poem with the following: ‘Tis the season to be jolly? To be kinder than yesterday For that jolly ole St...
December 6, 2021
Bike Friendly Community Corner
Follow the Rules of the Road
BIKE FRIENDLY COMMUNTY CORNER PLEASE, FOLLOW THE RULES OF THE ROAD Be Predictable: When riding a bike, make your intentions clear to everyone on...
November 1, 2021
Bike Friendly Community Corner
Camp Villages Bike Rodeos
Camp Villages is the Recreation Department’s activity program to keep your grandkids occupied whilst they visit. This means they will be out-of-your-hair for a few...
June 7, 2021
Bike Friendly Community Corner
Can the Driver Who Never Actually Hit Me Still Be at Fault?
Jim Dodson, a personal injury attorney, bicyclist , and advocate for safe cycling shares his insights on this topic: “I commonly receive calls where a...
May 2, 2021
District News
Protecting The Villages Preserves and Wetlands
Did you know that in The Villages there are 1,400 acres of water retention areas and 2,700 acres of wetlands? The District currently owns and...
May 2, 2021
Bike Friendly Community Corner
Lights, Cameras... Consequences
The last few years have seen an explosion of small mobile video cameras. GoPro, Garmin, Sony and now Cycliq have created the “action camera”. This...
April 3, 2021