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Drive-in landmark fades as shopping center rises
Earl D. Edge and Jim Ponder built a local drive-in in Venice in 1954 and ran it until 1956 before selling. The site changed hands several times and was recently leveled by Trails Unlimited of Inda for a new shopping center with groundbreaking set for July 23. Edge reflects on changing times and rising land values.
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Ned Burke
Earl D. Edge
Jim Ponder
Jim
Edge
Earl
Edge & Associates
West
Venice Avenue
Ponder
S. Tamiami Trail
Venice
South County
Venice- Nokomis Bank
Laurel Drive-In
Vic Petty
Venice Gulf Theater
Jerb
Jeannette Hanchey
Nokomis
Trails Unlimited
Inda