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Laguna Woods Village is an age-restricted community for persons aged 55 and over in
Laguna Woods, California Laguna Woods (''Laguna'', Spanish for "Lagoon") is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 16,192 at the 2010 census, down from 16,507 at the 2000 census, with a median age of 78. Laguna Woods became Orange Count ...
. The development, formerly known as Leisure World, was developed by Ross Cortese, a former fruit stand owner turned retirement community developer.


History

Ross Cortese’s early success in 1961 with Leisure World Seal Beach provided the concept of what would become Laguna Woods Village. Cortese purchased several sites across the nation, including of rural land on the Moulton Ranch, located in the Saddleback Valley of southern
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. Construction of Laguna Woods Village began in the spring of 1963 with an initial phase of 530 units. The first ten homeowners moved into the community on September 10, 1964. In October 2005 the community formally changed its name to what is now known as Laguna Woods Village, to avoid copyright disagreements with the estate of Ross Cortese over the use of the Leisure World name.


Geography

Laguna Woods Village is located within the City of
Laguna Woods Laguna Woods (''Laguna'', Spanish for "Lagoon") is a city in Orange County, California, United States. The population was 16,192 at the 2010 census, down from 16,507 at the 2000 census, with a median age of 78. Laguna Woods became Orange Count ...
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, incorporated in 1999 as Orange County's 32nd city. Laguna Woods Village comprises approximately ninety percent of the City’s . Laguna Woods is bordered by Irvine, Lake Forest,
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. Aliso Creek roughly bisects the community.


Demographics

The average age of the residents of Laguna Woods Village is 78.


Governance structure

The governance of the community is organized under the California Non Profit Mutual Benefit
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Law. There are four such corporations, two of which are mutual housing corporations, a third is the Golden Rain Foundation (commonly called GRF) which manages all common amenities and grounds, and a fourth, Village Management Services Board which oversees the self-owned management company. The housing mutuals are responsible for services directly related to housing and common areas within its mutual and GRF is responsible for all shared community amenities.


Recreation and amenities

The community has fourteen guarded gates with a private security department that provides traffic enforcement, patrol service and gate control 24 hours a day. Residences here are made up of three housing corporations known as Mutuals. The Third Mutual includes single-family homes and condo units. United Mutual offers 18 different sizes of co-op condos. The Towers 50 Mutual offers condo units in two high rise buildings. Homes are referred to as manors and owners are required to meet minimum financial requirements for purchase and a background check. In total there are 94 floor plans available in the community that range from . Recreation includes five swimming pools with four hot pools, a 27-hole PGA-rated golf course and a three par nine-hole executive course, three fitness centers, ten tennis courts, horse stables, seven
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courts, and pickleball courts (4 lighted), bocce courts, and seven clubhouses. There is an arts and crafts clubhouse with slip casting, pottery, sculpture, lapidary, stained glass, sewing, quilting, jewelry, glass enamel on copper, wood shop, machine shop, art studio and photography. There are also
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courts,
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courts, ping-pong tables, pool tables, and indoor archery. There are over 250 official clubs in Laguna Woods Village. Dozens of classes and activities are organized by the community's recreation department. In addition, nearby
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offers over 200
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classes within Laguna Woods Village.


Management

Laguna Woods Village is self managed by Village Management Services, Inc.


References


External links


Laguna Woods Village official website

City of Laguna Woods official website
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