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# Changing face of Venice
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/changing-face-of-venice/
- Published: 2008-09-10T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:59:23.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Business, Venice, #archive-import

A number of new businesses have moved into the Rose Avenue and Lincoln Boulevard area of Venice. Upscale grocer Whole Foods is the latest high-profile store to move into the bohemian neighborhood.

So this week’s Q-Line question asks: Does recent development contribute to the over gentrification of Venice, something many locals feel is altering the community for the worse or is it a boon to the area?

Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your answers in the weekend edition of the Daily Press. Please limit responses to a minute or less.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on September 10, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/091008.pdf?ref=smdp.com)