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Rohan Regional
Recreation Complex is
filled to the brim with
Villages history
While there may not be an official Villages
museum (yet), the Rohan Regional Recreation
Complex is the closest thing to it.
Pay a visit to the recreation complex, located
at 850 Kristine Way in Wildwood near the new
Chitty Chatty golf car bridge, and you will find
a place full of Villages history and memorabilia.
Adorning the walls and hallways of the recreation complex are bits and pieces - some older and some more recent - that tell the story
of how The Villages came to be Florida's Friendliest Hometown. From VHS tapes highlighting
the early Villages lifestyle to vintage signs from
local recreation centers and restaurants to a
large ceiling mural featuring several Villages
landmarks - Rohan Regional Recreation Complex is the place to visit if you are interested in
seeing how everything we enjoy about The Villages came to be.
We caught up with the recreation complex's
namesake, director of The Villages Recreation
and Parks John Rohan, to learn more about it
and some of the pieces inside.
Vice president of design for The Villages
Tracy Morse once said in a Villages Vmail video
that anyone who comes into contact with John
Rohan knows joy.
That joy is evident with Rohan. He started
with The Villages as a recreation supervisor
at Paradise Recreation Center in 1993, and
for the past 27 years, he has brought smiles
to thousands of faces throughout The Villages
through videos, lifestyle events, grand openings
and more.
For Rohan, having a recreation complex
named after him and his family was not
something he ever expected.

JOHN ROHAN

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