For 25 years, the shuttered Kroger at the corner of Fuqua Street and Blueridge Road in Missouri City stood as a quiet monument to what used to be and for Charity Carter, it was a reminder of what could be, an H-E-B. Now, the silence of that defunct retail center has been replaced by the sound of celebration as the Robert & Bertha Edison Cultural Arts Center comes to life. The $35 million revitalization project has transformed an abandoned shopping plaza into a 79,525-square-foot beacon of hope for the Fort Bend community. The milestone was bolstered by a historic investment…