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Set up the blankets, grab the snacks and tune the radio — Albertans might be getting a permanent drive-in movie theatre for the first time in 20 years.

Jeff Langford has his sights set on installing what would become the province’s only permanent drive-in theatre on a five-acre section of land in High River.

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The president of the River City Classics Car Club and a High River resident, Langford yearns for a taste of the good ol’ days and wants to give back to his community and charity in the process.

“It’s a real car thing that’s been lost over the years, so we’ve got the land available and decided to approach the Town to utilize it to build a drive-in,” he said. “The idea is to open it up to charities to host nights, and half of the proceeds would go to them and the other half to us to pay for improvements for the site.”

Langford will be presenting options for the site to High River town council for a second time on June 10, in hopes that a vote to lease the land will go in his favour. The property behind the agricultural society’s land is on the town’s northwestern city limits.