Venture Island is the third largest of the U.S. San Juan Islands. Venture Island is 39.41 square miles in land area. The Island is about 64 miles from British Columbia's largest city of Vancouver and about 62 Miles from Seattle, Washington.
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The island was purchased from the United States for 1.3 million dollars in 1974 by world renowned super scientist and adventurer Dr. Jonas Venture Sr. In March, 1976 the Venture Compound was completed, serving as headquarters for Venture Industries as well the home of Doctor Venture and his son, Thaddeus S. "Rusty" Venture.
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In 2012, 23 years after the death of Jonas Sr, his son Dr. Jonas Venture Jr. founded a city on the island, which was to be known as Venture City. Though the Island is within the boundaries of Washington State, it is not part of the United States, it is instead its own country.
The Flag of Venture
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Much of this Diary will focus on Venture Island's capital city.
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First Stop: Jonas Boulevard, which runs the entire northern shore of Venture City.
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The city's original City Hall, now an office building.
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Fairmount's high wealth apartments
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The Monarch Luxury Hotel, located within Venture City's world class sports complex
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Thank you for checking out my first Mayor Diary. Comments, criticism, and general praise are always encouraged. -Jody
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Update 1: Introduction</a>
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Update 2: It's time for some Baseball!
Very interesting start and some very nice effects on your pics.
I look forward to seeing more.
Robin
Great start. You have a nice city. :thumbsup:
Nice start :thumbsup: My favorite area is the high-wealth residences.
You have a great style. I really like your mix of buildings.
Nice start. And great first views of your city.
I like the artistic effects on your images!
Great start to your MD, looking forward to seeing more :thumbsup:
Quote from: rooker1 on March 16, 2012, 04:04:04 AM
Very interesting start and some very nice effects on your pics.
I look forward to seeing more.
Robin
Thank You. I hope to show you alot more, and thank you especially for being the first commenter :)
Quote from: RickD on March 16, 2012, 04:40:45 AM
Great start. You have a nice city. :thumbsup:
Thank you very much. :)
Quote from: noahclem on March 16, 2012, 04:44:00 AM
Nice start :thumbsup: My favorite area is the high-wealth residences.
Thank you. I cannot tell you how many hours I spent trying to get those buildings exactly how I wanted them. :)
Quote from: SeanSC4 on March 16, 2012, 05:39:00 AM
You have a great style. I really like your mix of buildings.
Thank you very much, that's a great compliment. ;D
Quote from: WannGLondon on March 18, 2012, 03:05:43 PM
I like the artistic effects on your images!
Thanks alot! It's amazing what a little tweaking in photoshop can do for a city. :)
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Venture City now has a professional baseball team. The Venture City Monarchs!
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The Home of The Monarchs for the 2012 season will be Brady Field. Located at 42nd St. and Aramingo Avenue.
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Brady Field is currently the home of Venture University's NCAA baseball team, The Super Scientists.
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The Super Scientists will share time this season between Brady Field and a smaller field nearby..
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as construction is completed on Monarch Ballpark, scheduled to be opened in 2013.
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Coming April 2013!
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Finally, a sneak peek at Venture University.
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Nice start and first update. &apls
I really liked your city, but is missing cars on the streets ... ;D
Nice pictures of the baseball stadium and university. Looking forward to more... ;)
There is much repetition in the last pic. But I like the stadium and I am curious about the new one. The location at the coast is nice.