Golfing, Dining, Hospitals and Shopping Around Active Adult Communities
Q: Do all the active adult communities have golf courses?
A: Many of our adult communities do, they are: Pelican Preserve, Heritage Palms, Verandah, The Plantations, and Magnolia Landing just to name a few.
Q: Is it expensive? Are there annual passes I can buy?
A: Each community has it’s own fee structure and they very from Bundles Golf to Membership plans. Bundled Golf tend to have higher monthly HOA fees where as Membership plans tend to have a high Initiation fee along with an annual fee.
All community courses offer some sort of discount for their residents. Because they all change with the seasons I would recommend that you check with the courses in the areas you like.
Q: How close is dining and shopping to the communities?
A: Each community of course is different but none of the active adult communities are more than 10-15 minutes from dining and several of them offer a restaurant right in the community.
Bottom line is, you would always be within 15-20 minutes of restaurants, shopping, movies, etc.
Q: How far are most of the communities from the airport? Downtown?
A: For the most part all the communities are about a 30-45 minute ride to the airport with the exception of Pelican Preserve, The Plantation and Tidewater are about 10 minutes away. You may also want to consider Charlotte County Airport if Allegiant Air services your area.
The drive to downtown should be less than 30 min from any of the adult communities.
Q: Are there hospitals nearby? Are they any good?
A: As you can imagine with the advanced age of most of the residents, doctors and hospitals are close by. From just about any community you are no more than 20 minutes to a hospital and some are much closer.
Lee Memorial Health System consists of four hospitals and Healthpark Medical Center to chose from. You can choose NCH (Naples Healthcare System) if you prefer Naples.
Q: How far is the VA hospital? Are there any VA clinics nearby?
A: Bay Pines VA Healthcare System is a new facility located in Cape Coral.
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Q: I still would like to work, are there part-time or full-time jobs?
A: We have a very large service industry, which employs a lot of full and part time help. Being a growing area you’ll find many opportunities for employment.
Q: I have always volunteered, are there opportunities to do that?
A: There are plenty of opportunities for you to lend your expertise in a lot of fields locally. Also you’ll find places in SW Florida that always needs as much help as they can get.
Contact one of our agents for more information!