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Located on Florida’s Space Coast The 2020-2021 Great Outdoors RV-NATURE & GOLF RESORT 1-800-621-2267 125 Plantation Dr. Titusville, FL 32780 StayStay aa Night…Night… oror aa lifetime!lifetime! For more information call us at 1-800-621-2267 • www.tgoresort.com WELCOME to The Great Outdoors RV Nature & Golf Resort, Inc. – a community that encompasses just under 3,000 acres. Developed in the mid 1980’s by drug store magnate Jack Eckerd and his son, Brevard County developer Jim Swann, with painstaking care to preserve the trees and natural lay of the land. TGO opened its doors in 1989; and 30 years later the resort offers the lifestyle RV’ers are looking for. Once thought to be just RV sites, it soon became apparent we could offer a variety of life- Our friendly Welcome Center staff: Wendy Shimski & styles. And that is where our motto was born – STAY Nancy Kuzma A NIGHT OR A LIFETIME. From renting to owning, TGO has it all: RV sites to custom RV resort homes! TGO Realty Thanking The Resort Community What a great community turnout we had when we host “thank you” BBQs. It was a great time with owners and guests, including renters, who brought their own chairs and were treated to hamburgers and hot dogs compliments of TGO Realty. We served over 500 happy campers during our Welcome Back BBQ and our end of season Going Away BBQ. The photos surely show we all had a great time! You can’t say we don’t have fun here at TGO! 2 • The Great Outdoors Larry McDaniel, Licensed RE Broker The only on-site real estate office in TGO! Located inside The Welcome Center, TGO Realty is the only onsite The tours we offer are more informational in nature – our chance real estate company in The Great Outdoors. Staffed with over 10 sales to show off the many amenities and explain rules and regulations con- associates, most of whom live at TGO, our company offers round the tained in our condo docs. We also offer the following services: clock assistance 365 days a year to meet your property research needs. • Fully staffed Florida licensed real estate agents Our friendly Welcome Center staff will greet you whether you are • Maintains historical files on TGO properties checking in or just asking for information. • Offers concierge services What does TGO Realty have that other companies do not? First and • Notary Public, fax & copy services foremost, TGO Realty does all the marketing for the resort: billboards, • Manages a rental pool of RV sites for owners trade shows, website with over 15,000 hits a month, advertising in • Holds fundraisers to give back to the community trade publications such as Good Sam, and our most popular info tours • Our Internet website, www.tgoresort.com, brings of the resort for visitors. Our agents’ knowledge of our condominium potential buyers to TGO documents and Architectural Review Committee guidelines stand us • A software program containing over 82,000 contacts apart from any other property sales agencies. of potential buyers and renters The Great Outdoors • 3 Throughout the resort you just might notice the “Love It Here” stickers on golf carts and cars. It’s no secret that our owners are our best public relations asset as they love to share with other RV’ers what a great place TGO is! Some of our residents have shared their stories below: ELDON WALLEN & BETH VILLODAS PAM ANGEL & DAVID LEGROW The Great Outdoors is our winter get We first came to TGO when we were thinking about escaping from Fort away; and we're so happy to be here. Lauderdale. Returning to Florida from our first summer away in an RV, We have been coming to Florida for we wanted to explore RV based living options. Knowing that TGO had the last 3 winters and have talked about all the options from a pad to a million-dollar home, we stayed for two buying a permanent spot. Eldon retired days to explore. We found the people friendly, and as in 2015 from 30 + years in law enforce- expected TGO provided a wide variety ment and Beth retired in 2017 from a 40+ of options. Thus, the mission began – to year career in psychiatric nursing. We just happened to see TGO when find a place like TGO on the west coast of looking for a new motorhome. The set up of neighborhood blocks so Florida, where some of our friends live. nicely groomed and arranged; the attention to safety and security were While many places we looked at had so impressive. We had been staying on the gulf side, but traffic there is a portion of the offerings of TGO, none becoming too congested, and this area with the national seashore and had the whole package. Some were class wildlife preserves is so ideal. It's great for our future plans of visits from A only, some had only houses, some had the grandkids. And we felt very welcomed by everyone at TGO and we only pads, some had only part time security or none! The only common- hope to be here for many years because WE LOVE IT HERE!.... ality is that they all had a pool and a main hall. So, to TGO we decided to go. The many amenities were a huge factor in our decision to make CHUCK & DIANA KIEFER TGO our home! We left Ohio late 2015 hoping to find an RV lot in Ft. Myers to purchase. One of the attractions was that in talking with folks, we were amazed We decided at the last minute to take a detour to park in Titusville, Flor- at how many people move within the community. Some moving up, and ida. After an extensive search of properties, and an attempt to leave TGO some moving down as their lifestyle changed. We met several people that to check out the west coast of Florida, we changed our mind after neigh- have owned three or more properties over time. One person purchasing bors took us for a golf cart tour of TGO. That sealed the deal! We loved and selling three times in three years! With pads, ports, park homes, and the many activities – euchre, hand and foot, full houses on site, there are many options to choose from. The fact that music at the pavilion, movies at the manor, many people choose to move but stay in TGO told us a lot about the com- and our favorite activity – meeting fellow munity. And that’s how we wound up here… and We Love It! RV’ers who are now great friends. GEORGIA & JIM DIXON All in all, we have bought three proper- We are long time RVers, having purchased our first RV forty years ties since 2015 and are now settled on Oak ago and never being without one since. We have spent many weekends Cove Road. After a year of renting and and vacations traveling with friends, visiting places we would never have touring, we realized we were spoiled, and found on our own, and developing lasting friendships that have endured missed the people and activities at TGO. Now we are quarantined in and strengthened over the years. Often we heard others speak of the The Ohio, and we miss our “Sweet View” and can’t wait to be back at TGO. Great Outdoors in Titusville. In 2003, while traveling with friends in We absolutely LOVE IT HERE! Florida, we decided to spend a few nights at TGO with our motorhomes. GLEN & ANNE DOUCET It was a short stay, but one we never forgot. Several times in 2018 we flew down and visited resorts on the Gulf coast, many of which were beautiful, We retired in 2015 and started looking for the perfect retirement spot, but just didn’t have the right “feel” for a long term stay. wanting to be near our son who lives in Sanford, Florida. We visited In April 2019, having recently retired, we a number of RV resorts, but once we found The Great Outdoors, we headed to Florida on a mission to find a spot knew we had found our forever home. Everything was so well kept and which we could call “home” during the winter the amenities were amazing. We bought our first property in TGO in months. Since we were heading straight down 2016 and decided to build a home in Hidden Rt. 95 from Pennsylvania, we decided to stop Lakes, which we now share with Anne’s and spend a few nights at TGO, curious as to father and Standard Poodle, Coco. what we would find sixteen years later. Would it TGO is a great place for multi-genera- be as nice as we remembered? Was it well main- tional families. All the clubs and activities tained? Still a premiere RV resort? YES - YES - YES!! All of that and so much more. The “Love it Here” attitude of everyone we met throughout keep us engaged and have a wonderful the resort was unmistakable. Simply put, we felt at home. We cancelled group of new friends. Plus our son is a col- upcoming reservations at another resort, extended our stay, and began lege student now and has a safe and quiet place to live and study. We looking for our special spot at TGO. Several months later, in July 2019, love the convenience of being next to I-95 and close to Orlando and the we purchased our port on Club Cove Drive. While we still love our home Space Coast.