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Venice Venice is a city in Sarasota County, Florida, United States. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2007 estimates, the city had a population of 21,015. It is
noted for its large snowbird population. Its newspaper is the Venice Gondolier Sun.
Tampa Bay's Univision affiliate WVEA-TV is licensed to Venice, though it is based in Tampa, and broadcasts from Riverview. Venice is a principal city
of the Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, Florida
Metropolitan Statistical Area. In the 1870s, Richard Roberts established a homestead near Roberts Bay. In 1884, he sold a portion of his holdings to Frank Higel. Higel established a
citrus operation involving the production of several lines of canned citrus
items and for the next 30 years, the Higel family members were boat builders,
fishermen, grove caretakers and contractors. Darwin Curry was the first
postmaster. The Higel and Curry families chose the name Venice for their
community post office, located south of Shakett Creek on what is now known as
Portia Street in Nokomis, Florida. The Venice Army Air Base
was established by the U.S. government in May of 1942. The 27th Service Group
was relocated from McDill Field in Tampa to provide training for support services to combat air units and later,
the 13th Fighter Squadron, 53rd Fighter Group, was transferred to Venice from
Fort Myers. They were operational training units for combat fighter
pilots and ground crewmen. After World War II, the city of Venice acquired the air base from the
United States government, with the stipulation it always be used for aviation or
revert to federal ownership. In February of 2001,
Robert Hanssen was charged with spying for the KGB. After it was discovered that his mother lived in Venice, national news
came to the city to report on the issue. On September 12, 2001, national news
and the FBI descended on Venice as it was discovered that three of the WTC 9/11 terrorists, Mohamed Atta, Marwan Al-Shehhi, and Ziad Jarrah, had all lived in Venice for the purpose of taking flight
training lessons at the Venice Municipal Airport. The trio had all enrolled in
Huffman Aviation. Atta's time in Venice has been chronicled
by Daniel Hopsicker in his book, Welcome to Terrorland. Venice, Florida has been
listed in many publications as being the "Shark's Tooth Capital of The World".
It hosts an annual festival, the Shark's Tooth Festival, every year to celebrate
the abundance of fossilized shark's teeth that can be found on its coastal
shores. Income & Housing Costs Numbers: Estimated median household income in 2008: $43,463 (it
was $37,536 in 2000)
Dec. 2009 cost of living index in Venice:
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