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There's a warm breeze in the air that carries the
smell of smoked meats and the pulsing of live music
and dancing feet. Ednas' on the Green is hopping with
locals, toasting drinks, lounging in the glow of strung
lights beneath the outstretched arms of old oaks. In
the distance, the adjacent golf course hosts tee times
as the sun melts beyond the greens.
"This is our happy place," says Janice Capdepon.
Her husband Wes sits beside her on a picnic bench.
"We've been together forever," he says, when asked
how long they've been married. "We're high school
sweethearts that made it."
The couple smiles as they watch Scooter the DJ
stomp out a dance with the crowd. The lyrics say, "I'm
on fire, I'm on fire. I'm a fireball."
Grandparents with grandchildren, husbands with
wives, neighbors, friends and perfect strangers - the
beat sweeps them together in a flurry of laughter and
motion.
"We moved here in March of 2019," Janice says.
"Wes is a retired Marine."
"We had friends here, a Marine family. We were
living in Georgia and thought we'd rent a place here
for maybe six months - a vacation. But within a
month, Wes said, 'I think this is it.'"
At first, she'd protested, Janice explains with a
chuckle. "This is Florida, and we're too young. But
when I drove into Fenney for the first time, I thought
if I ever came here, this is where I'd move."
"The nature and newness," Wes says - it won
them over.
The Southern community features pristine homes
in a natural setting, among mossy oaks, spring trails,
walking paths and magnificent parks.
"There was just nothing else like it, and we knew it
was only a matter of time," Wes says.
Cornhole, bocce ball, card games, golfing and
happy-hour gatherings fill the couple's days with
excitement.
"Sometimes I have to say, 'Let's slow down,'" Janice
says.
Seven miles from the nearest town square, Wes
admits they initially worried about the distance.
"We thought, what are we going to do?"
With the arrival of Ednas' on the Green and Ednas'
Provisions & Vittles in August 2019, their former
concerns have vanished. They now have the ideal
hangout spot.

Janice and Wes Capdepon

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