Getting to Know Our TGO CSA Maintenance Crews

The maintenance crews here in TGO are the best of the best and an extremely hard working group! In the coming editions of The Happenings we thought we would spend some time getting to know more about them and what they do.

Phillip Wolfe and Lucas Hapeman work together as a team in the area of drainage and aquatics.

Phillip lives in Titusville with his girlfriend Becca and their 4-year-old twin girls and 11-year-old daughter. He is originally from South Carolina where he worked in construction and found his passion for working with drainage issues. In 2008 he moved to Florida and worked for TGO for about a year. Life took him away for a bit, but he returned in 2017 and has been working with the maintenance team ever since. He enjoys working on cars and frequenting the shooting range in his spare time (if he has any!) He loves traveling, especially to Atlantic City and visiting family in New York, Texas, and Alabama. Phillip is the “baby” of the with three brothers and one sister all older than him.

Lucas originally hails from northern New York where his family owned a dairy farm where they would milk up to 100 cows a day. The farm was handed down through the family for six generations before finally succumbing to modernization and family members moving on to different interests. He is the middle child having a young brother and an older sister. Lucas worked a variety of jobs before settling down with the TGO maintenance crew. In 2011 he came to Florida on vacation and decided it was a good place to be. In 2017, he was invited by a friend to come down when the golf course he was working for changed ownership and Lucas needed a change in his own life. He loves to hike and also enjoys detailing vehicles.

As for what they do with and for TGO - We were reminded how important the upkeep in this area is when we had not one, but two hurricanes impact our community this past year. A typical day for them starts by going throughout the park checking the drainage ditches and the storm drains to make sure they are clear. Keeping the drainage ditches clean can require anything from removing branches and raking out leaves and debris, to digging out collected mud and killing off weeds that might be clogging the drainage process. Storm drains must be kept clear of leaves and debris for proper drainage, fortunately many residents help with this process by regularly checking drains on their property before and after storms. They will also assist the irrigation crews when asked, whether it be digging holes or anything else that is needed. -