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Southern Ventures great history is the result of our drive for the future; a drive that remains as Venture Residential manages one of the largest apartment portfolios in Northwest Florida; Venture Hospitality focuses on growing a dynamic and well positioned hotel program that includes a planned Fairfield Inn and Suites in Crestview and a bayside Courtyard by Marriott in Fort Walton Beach; Service First provides our properties and the general public with an array of construction and maintenance services and in 2009 a return to our homebuilding origins with Craftsman Homes by Southern Ventures. Even in these uncertain times, as every company in America seems to be facing a challenge to some degree, Southern Ventures Corporation strives to meet those challenges as we have in the past; by providing our guests, residents and customers with great service and superior values.