History<\/p>\n
Heritage Village (formerly Heritage Place) was acquired on September 17, 1991 by Fernand Larose, a Gatineau businessman who had a dream to \u201cbuild a park for a large family\u201d.<\/p>\n
After exploring the many advantages of Heritage Village and its surroundings, he concluded that this site met his criteria, that of having a park located in a peaceful area, under tropical weather and, away from crowded cities. He undertook the necessary steps with the Okeechobee County authorities to make his dream come true. After a few months of negotiations, he became owner of Heritage Village.<\/p>\n
Visionary by nature, with a talent of entrepreneurship, Fernand Larose could already see the potential, viability, and eventual beauty of such a park. With fifty acres at his disposition, he thought of creating a site with twofold purpose; that of accommodating both mobile homes and recreational vehicles.<\/p>\n
Fernand, \u2018Fern\u2019 as he is now well-known, started to reconfigure the park by first creating the recreational vehicle (RV) section . Initially, there were thirty two (32) mobile homes in the park. Thirteen (13) of the thirty two (32) mobile homes in this RV section had to be moved to the Mobile Homes section. The recreational vehicles section was then officially opened January 28, 1992. By the end of the 1991-1992, the first \u2018winter season\u2019, Heritage Village now had 94 owners.<\/p>\n
The years following the acquisition of Heritage Village were busy ones for Fernand Larose and the Park Pioneers. With the support of these pioneers, he created the first Board of Directors; these undertook construction of the clubhouse, the swimming pool,\u2019 Petanque\u2019 and Shuffleboard courts, etc. From the very beginning, he has always supported succeeding administrations, never ceasing to embark on Park improvement projects. Through his efforts, Heritage Village has continued to embellish over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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