Since publishing a letter suggesting a nearby Costco announced in The Villages can serve Ocala residents, several more residents wrote in to share their opinions:. “Please highly consider opening a Costco in Ocala. We drive all the way to Altamonte Springs to go to Costco, we have been members for probably over 30 years. Their meats, chicken and seafood is so much better than Sam’s Club. We went to join Sam’s and my husband has to use a cart for handicap; they had none and the wait online was going to be close to 2 hours, so we left” – Susan Wagner, Ocala.