Saturday, May 21, 2016

Identifying Local Opportunities

  • McDonald's gets rezoning needed  for W.University Ave. location
    1. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160521/ARTICLES/160529967/1003/NEWS?Title=McDonald-s-gets-rezoning-needed-for-W-University-Ave-location&tc=ar
    2. The story is talking about how Mc.Donald's on 13th is rezoning to Northwest 12th street and Northwest 12th Terrace. They were pretty much moved for a smaller than average Publix that is going to be built there. 
    3. The problem in the story is that the new area where the McDonalds will be located is going to make congestion and traffic.
    4. The Gainesville residents are the ones that have the problem if there is going to be traffic and congestion.
    Opportunity: The opportunity that arises will be the new Publix allowing more college students easy access to a grocery store and that Publix will get a lot of revenue from them.



  • Florida Book Store to close its doors after 83 years
    1. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160520/ARTICLES/160529975/0/news04?tc=ar
    2. The story is about how the Florida bookstore is closing to turn into an apple technician store.
    3. The problem in the story is that people do not like the fact that there will be no other UF bookstore other than the one on campus.
    4. The UF students are the ones that will be dealing with the problem because they will only have one main bookstore to go to.
    Opportunity: The opportunity that arises will be the new apple store opening up. They will bring a lot of UF students who have problems with laptops or apple phones.



  • Florida's schedule is unfair and hard, and alway will be
    1. http://www.alligatorarmy.com/2016/5/19/11713626/florida-gators-sec-schedule-unfair-difficult
    2. The story is about how UF's football team has a much tougher, and unfair schedule than the other college football teams.
    3. The problem in the story is that UF football players do not get a fair schedule and other teams do. So UF will not be able to get a fair shot at winning.
    4. The UF football team will be the ones dealing with the problem because they have to work extra hard.
    Opportunity: The opportunity that arises will be to proove to other schools that no matter what obstacle thrown at the Gators we are the best team. It will also give the Gators a better reputation.

  • Owners of Barbaro suffer another loss on Preakness day
    1. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160521/WIRE/160529964/1003/news04?Title=Owners-of-Barbaro-suffer-another-loss-on-Preakness-day-&tc=ar
    2. The story is about how the owners of the Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro lost another horse 10 years after Barbaro past away. The horse Prameyda broke her left cannon bone  and had to be put down during the race.
    3. The problem in the story is that the horse was a huge loss for the owners. They lost another horse to soon after Barbaro.
    4. The Owners are the ones that are going to be dealing with the problem because not only are they sad about the loss they have to find and train another horse.
    Opportunity: The opportunity that arises will be for the owners to may be find something else to do or help another horse by training it.


  • Planned facility for elderely Hare Krishna members raises concerns
    1. http://www.gainesville.com/article/20160521/ARTICLES/160529961/1003/news04?Title=Planned-facility-for-elderly-Hare-Krishna-members-raises-concerns&tc=ar
    2. The story is about how the needs of the Elderly Hare Krishna members are trying to be met. They are trying to build a 74 unit congregate living facility for senior members.
    3. The problem in the story is that to create this congregate they need to change Alachua County's comprehensive plan.
    4. The County Officials are the ones with the problem because they would have to come up with a way to allow this sort of housing. 
    Opportunity: The opportunity that arise will be for the elderly people in Hare Krishna to have a better chance to be closer and more involved.




    4 comments:

    1. Gabriella,
      I like the variety of topics that you chose for your opportunities, and how they approach something different within the Gainesville area. I had no idea that the Florida Book Store was closing, and I see students having a negative reaction to the decision. Overall, nice reflections of opportunities.

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    2. Thanks for sharing all these topics Gabriella. I live very close to the old McDonalds that is being relocated. I was unaware that they were replacing it with a Publix. I do agree that will be an excellent location for students, however there are already 15 Publixs in Gainesville and I just found it interesting that they are still working to build more. I also just saw the Florida Bookstore was officially closed. I agree students (I being one) will be upset that they will have to do all their bookstore shopping at the Retiz. I also have no doubt that will cause so many issues during the Fall and Spring semesters. The Reitz was crowded before at the beginning of those semesters. I can't imagine how packed it will be this upcoming Fall.

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    3. Gabriella,
      You had a very interesting list of articles! I actually just heard about the Florida bookstore closing the other day, but I was unaware that they were opening up an Apple store in its place. I also did not know about the new McDonalds location, which is relatively close to where I will be living next year. That concerns me because like you said it will probably add to traffic and congestion in the area. Thanks for sharing!

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    4. Hey Gabriella! It is very sad to hear about the Florida bookstrore closing up. To be honest, that was the only bookstore where I shopped my utilities. This could something negative for all of us students but if an apple store is opening up, I think that would be really good for Gainesville since it is the first one.

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