5A - Identifying Local Opportunities
1. Showdown between Getting monorail, Metromover on track after board backs both for Beach.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article239795658.html
Getting from the mainland of Miami to Miami Beach has been a struggle since the dawn of the city's founding. From the 1980s onward, the city council has debated on what type of transportation would be the most useful for getting people to and from Miami Beach. There have been multiple expensive studies to determine which mode of transportation would be the best: a monorail that runs across the MacArthur Causeway, or a set of high speed busses, called the Metromover. Debates over which mode of transportation is the best and most cost-efficient has been argued over for over 30 years. The people affected are those that need a fast and cheap way to get to their jobs on the beach.
2. Detectives warn super bowl tourists about sex trafficking risks
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/01/31/detective-warns-super-bowl-tourists-about-sex-trafficking-risks/
With the Super Bowl being the biggest sporting event of the year, brining lots of "high rollers" to South Florida. With these people, the opportunity of being kidnapped and sex trafficked is heightened. People also need to worry about their valuables being stolen. The people being affected are the those who have been kidnapped and used in sex trafficking.
3. Miami International Airport quarantine station starts screening for coronavirus
https://www.local10.com/health/2020/01/28/miami-international-airport-gets-coronavirus-quarantine-station/
As the corona virus beings to spread worldwide, MIA has taken precautionary steps to keep coronvirus from infecting the city. The world can possibly be affected by the disease.
4. State to send $38M to the Keys to fix its Hurricane Irma-damaged desalination plant and sewer system
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article239789403.html
A little more than two years ago, the keys were ravaged by Hurricane Irma. Irma caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage, and thousands of people without homes and clean water. Today, the state is sending $38M, part of an $87M grant to the city in order to repair its sewer system as well as its desalination plant. Life in the keys has not been the same for its citizens since the hurricane struck mid September of 2017.
5. A food bank has too much rat poop to count. Key Biscayne roach infestation: Gross Grocers
https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/restaurants/article239834178.html
Inspections done by the Florida Department of Agriculture shows multiple food banks in South Florida are not up to regulation standards. This has affected people who use the food banks as a source of food, and have been affected with diseases due to the uncleanliness of the food banks.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article239795658.html
Getting from the mainland of Miami to Miami Beach has been a struggle since the dawn of the city's founding. From the 1980s onward, the city council has debated on what type of transportation would be the most useful for getting people to and from Miami Beach. There have been multiple expensive studies to determine which mode of transportation would be the best: a monorail that runs across the MacArthur Causeway, or a set of high speed busses, called the Metromover. Debates over which mode of transportation is the best and most cost-efficient has been argued over for over 30 years. The people affected are those that need a fast and cheap way to get to their jobs on the beach.
2. Detectives warn super bowl tourists about sex trafficking risks
https://www.local10.com/news/local/2020/01/31/detective-warns-super-bowl-tourists-about-sex-trafficking-risks/
With the Super Bowl being the biggest sporting event of the year, brining lots of "high rollers" to South Florida. With these people, the opportunity of being kidnapped and sex trafficked is heightened. People also need to worry about their valuables being stolen. The people being affected are the those who have been kidnapped and used in sex trafficking.
3. Miami International Airport quarantine station starts screening for coronavirus
https://www.local10.com/health/2020/01/28/miami-international-airport-gets-coronavirus-quarantine-station/
As the corona virus beings to spread worldwide, MIA has taken precautionary steps to keep coronvirus from infecting the city. The world can possibly be affected by the disease.
4. State to send $38M to the Keys to fix its Hurricane Irma-damaged desalination plant and sewer system
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/florida-keys/article239789403.html
A little more than two years ago, the keys were ravaged by Hurricane Irma. Irma caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage, and thousands of people without homes and clean water. Today, the state is sending $38M, part of an $87M grant to the city in order to repair its sewer system as well as its desalination plant. Life in the keys has not been the same for its citizens since the hurricane struck mid September of 2017.
5. A food bank has too much rat poop to count. Key Biscayne roach infestation: Gross Grocers
https://www.miamiherald.com/miami-com/restaurants/article239834178.html
Inspections done by the Florida Department of Agriculture shows multiple food banks in South Florida are not up to regulation standards. This has affected people who use the food banks as a source of food, and have been affected with diseases due to the uncleanliness of the food banks.
Hey Ozzie,
ReplyDeleteThe sources you founded all clearly demonstrate a specific problem that a person or organization is currently handling. Some of the articles that were interesting to me were the articles about the Miami International Airport starting screenings for the coronavirus and the tips detectives are giving to tourists coming for the super bowl. Also, I had recently discussed the article you chose about the Keys obtaining money for damages from the recent hurricanes, as my family and I travel south a dozen times a year. Ultimately, I related to most of the articles you chose and you did a great job in simply explaining each of the problems that the person or organization is battling.