Ventura-- The Rock ‘n Roll was live, the hamburgers and hot dogs were on the grill, hot rods were in the parking lot, and keepsakes were across the store as Antique Adventures celebrated its seventh anniversary Sunday, October 2.
THE celebration brought together a collection of people who found a home at the store through the Sunday Morning Car Shows, vendors who operate a business at one of the many booths, or residents who stopped by seeking a great Antique collectible.
The store is led by owners Chuck and Nerrie Ackerman, and Chuck said when he started the business, he hoped it would turn out so successfully.
“I decided that I liked the Antique Store business plan, so after a little bit of looking around and wanting to be in a really nice place like Ventura, I decided, once I looked online and found this building, it screamed Antique Store,” he said. “From there, I went through all the steps of creating it, and that was seven years ago. It took two months to set it up, and here we are.”
He said the vendor booths came on their own. They had some advertising initially, but when word of…
