Village Center Community Development District

The Villages (population: approx. 130,000 residents) is a master-planned retirement community located mainly in Sumter County, Florida, United States, but also includes portions of Lake and Marion counties.

The Villages is developed and maintained using several Community Development Districts (CDD). The CDD is a form of special purpose local government available under Florida law; approximately 225 communities in Florida currently use this form of government.

The Villages currently operates 14 CDD's.

Ten of the CDD's cover the various areas of The Villages where residents own homes, and provide and maintain the roads and transportation paths, storm water systems and structures, underground utilities, curbs and gutters, and street lights.