Fans rally to save Redwood Drive-In movie theater, swap meet [Video]

For Maya and Joey Dominguez, going to the Redwood Drive-In Theatre and Swap Meet is more than a way to make money or pass the time.

“This is a business, but in here, it’s a community,” Maya said, gesturing around her on Saturday at the swap meet. “We lose this, we lose a lot.”

That sense of community — and many vendors’ source of income — might soon disappear.

EDGEHomes, a Utah home builder, has filed a petition to have the land where the drive-in sits rezoned from “commercial” to “housing” — and has proposed building condos, townhomes and single-family houses on the land, said Steve Pastorik, West Valley City’s director of community development.

The property at 3688 S. Redwood Road in West Valley City — valued at more than $1.3 million, according to the Salt Lake County Assessor’s office — is owned by a California company, De Anza Land and Leisure Corp, which also owns two drive-in theaters in Southern California.

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