http://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article51565890.html
Title: Traffic: Still bad, but ideas are flowing
Description: This story is about the officials in Dade county and their plans to fix traffic. While they originally thought they would need the FED’s to step in and spend tons of money to fix the situation, they instead took matters into their own hands are trying to come up with “smart solutions that depend more on ingenuity than spending millions.”
Problem: This problem presented in this article is about how bad the traffic in Miami is and what the county is trying to do to fix it.
Who: The problem is directly related to the officials in Miami, like mayor Carlos Gimenez and commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr.
http://business.blogs.gainesville.com/10290/vellos-closed-landlord-seeking-better-concept/
Title: Vellos closed, landlord seeking “better” concept
Description: Vellos Brickstreet Grill, a local Gainesville restaurant, closed downtown after 6 years in business and the owner is trying to lease the space to someone with another concept.
Problem: The owner of Vellos was tired of doing mediocre business and didn’t want to run the restaurant anymore.
Who: The problem is related to Billy Scheel, the owner of Vellos.
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160105/ARTICLES/160109863/1150/news09?Title=County-asks-attorney-for-fracking-ordinance
Title: County asks attorney for fracking ordinance
Descrption: The Alachua County Commission has asked the county attorney to create an ordinance than bans fracking.
Problem: Alachua County clearly doesn’t want to be an oil county and is more of a tourist/agricultural county, so they want to put a ban on fracking.
Who: This problem related directly to the Alachua County Board.
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160107/OPINION01/160109840/1076/opinion01?Title=Editorial-Buying-the-biomass-plant
Title: Editorial: Buying the Biomass plant
Description: GRU is attempting to buy the Biomass plant in Gainesville florida
Problem: Because GRU made a mess of the contract, they are having trouble buying the plant. It seems as though GRU is trying to change the terms of the contract to lower the cost.
Who: This problem relates to GRU, the purchaser, and GRE, the owner.
http://citylimits.blogs.gainesville.com/17359/gainesville-gets-d-on-naacp-economic-development-report-card/
Title: Gainesville gets D on NAACP economic development report card
Description: Gainesville got a D from the NAACP after they closely looked at the records of the city both public and private.
Problem: The city got an “F” for both small and minority business spending and in minority advertising and marketing.
Who: The city of Gainesville
Title: Traffic: Still bad, but ideas are flowing
Description: This story is about the officials in Dade county and their plans to fix traffic. While they originally thought they would need the FED’s to step in and spend tons of money to fix the situation, they instead took matters into their own hands are trying to come up with “smart solutions that depend more on ingenuity than spending millions.”
Problem: This problem presented in this article is about how bad the traffic in Miami is and what the county is trying to do to fix it.
Who: The problem is directly related to the officials in Miami, like mayor Carlos Gimenez and commissioner Esteban Bovo Jr.
http://business.blogs.gainesville.com/10290/vellos-closed-landlord-seeking-better-concept/
Title: Vellos closed, landlord seeking “better” concept
Description: Vellos Brickstreet Grill, a local Gainesville restaurant, closed downtown after 6 years in business and the owner is trying to lease the space to someone with another concept.
Problem: The owner of Vellos was tired of doing mediocre business and didn’t want to run the restaurant anymore.
Who: The problem is related to Billy Scheel, the owner of Vellos.
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160105/ARTICLES/160109863/1150/news09?Title=County-asks-attorney-for-fracking-ordinance
Title: County asks attorney for fracking ordinance
Descrption: The Alachua County Commission has asked the county attorney to create an ordinance than bans fracking.
Problem: Alachua County clearly doesn’t want to be an oil county and is more of a tourist/agricultural county, so they want to put a ban on fracking.
Who: This problem related directly to the Alachua County Board.
http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160107/OPINION01/160109840/1076/opinion01?Title=Editorial-Buying-the-biomass-plant
Title: Editorial: Buying the Biomass plant
Description: GRU is attempting to buy the Biomass plant in Gainesville florida
Problem: Because GRU made a mess of the contract, they are having trouble buying the plant. It seems as though GRU is trying to change the terms of the contract to lower the cost.
Who: This problem relates to GRU, the purchaser, and GRE, the owner.
http://citylimits.blogs.gainesville.com/17359/gainesville-gets-d-on-naacp-economic-development-report-card/
Title: Gainesville gets D on NAACP economic development report card
Description: Gainesville got a D from the NAACP after they closely looked at the records of the city both public and private.
Problem: The city got an “F” for both small and minority business spending and in minority advertising and marketing.
Who: The city of Gainesville
I liked reading about the different issues that are around the Gainesville area. I do not live in the area, but stop in from time to time for a game so it was interesting to read some of the local issues. I am near the Orlando area so a tourist area is very familiar to me.
ReplyDeleteHere is a link to mine if you would like to look at it.
http://wjkms.blogspot.com/2016/01/identifying-local-opportunities.html
Great blog entry, Keifer! I felt that the articles you selected were ideal examples of local opportunities. For example, the traffic article presents an all too common problem that reveals a wonderful opportunity. With that being said, I also thoroughly enjoyed your descriptions as well as your identification of the problems and people within each individual story. If you would like you can see my post here:
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