5A-Identifying Local Opportunities
1. a) Gainesville medieval fair adds extra weekend to combat overcrowding
b) https://www.alligator.org/news/gainesville-medieval-fair-adds-extra-weekend-to-combat-overcrowding/article_ecceeaec-43d3-11ea-bb31-579918d4a52f.html
c) The Gainesville medieval fair has proven to be so popular that it has suffered from overcrowding. The managers of the fair have decided to add an extra weekend in order to spread out the number of people visiting the fair at once.
d) The problem is that too many people are visiting the fair at once and the venue can not support the number of people.
e) The individuals who put on the fair have the problem.
2. a) Future of Gainesville Lucky’s Market remains unclear
b) https://www.alligator.org/news/future-of-gainesville-lucky-s-market-remains-unclear/article_158d3cc4-426f-11ea-9004-cffc3a103c6e.html
c) Lucky's Market is closing down all its locations in Florida due to a lack of business. Aldi's is rumored to be buying those locations but it is not certain if this will occur
d) The problem is that Lucky's Market was not receiving enough business and there will be fewer grocers in Florida
e) The owners of Lucky's Market have the problem
3. a) 3 maternity clothing chains could be heading toward bankruptcy
b) https://www.gainesville.com/news/20191021/3-maternity-clothing-chains-could-be-heading-toward-bankruptcy
c) Destination Maternity is most likely heading towards bankruptcy due to increased competition. If they are not able to find a buyer, all 498 locations could close down.
d) Destination Maternity's problems are that they are suffering from increased competition and they are not able to find a buyer.
e) The owners and employees of Destiny Maternity
4. a) Local vape shops lose profits due to recent tobacco law
b) https://www.alligator.org/news/local-vape-shops-lose-profits-due-to-recent-tobacco-law/article_6033000a-42d4-11ea-bd9f-4f3ed2b963e4.html
c) A recent law raising the buying age of vape products to 21 has severely affected business in many local vape shops. Shops report that about 30% of their customers had been between 18-20 and as a result, they have lost much of their customer base.
d) Vape shops are plagued by this new law as it cuts down on their customer base
e) Alachua county vape shops have the problem
5. a) UF Health to open new medical services at Oaks Mall
b) https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-health-to-open-new-medical-services-at-oaks-mall/article_246454f8-3950-11ea-8a81-b7390c76fcf0.html
c) In order to alleviate an inability to care for the number of patients they are receiving UF health is opening up a location in Oaks Malls. What was formerly a Sears department store will be an ear, nose, throat, and allergy center.
d) The overwhelming number of patients that go to UF health.
e) UF Health has the problem.
b) https://www.alligator.org/news/gainesville-medieval-fair-adds-extra-weekend-to-combat-overcrowding/article_ecceeaec-43d3-11ea-bb31-579918d4a52f.html
c) The Gainesville medieval fair has proven to be so popular that it has suffered from overcrowding. The managers of the fair have decided to add an extra weekend in order to spread out the number of people visiting the fair at once.
d) The problem is that too many people are visiting the fair at once and the venue can not support the number of people.
e) The individuals who put on the fair have the problem.
2. a) Future of Gainesville Lucky’s Market remains unclear
b) https://www.alligator.org/news/future-of-gainesville-lucky-s-market-remains-unclear/article_158d3cc4-426f-11ea-9004-cffc3a103c6e.html
c) Lucky's Market is closing down all its locations in Florida due to a lack of business. Aldi's is rumored to be buying those locations but it is not certain if this will occur
d) The problem is that Lucky's Market was not receiving enough business and there will be fewer grocers in Florida
e) The owners of Lucky's Market have the problem
3. a) 3 maternity clothing chains could be heading toward bankruptcy
b) https://www.gainesville.com/news/20191021/3-maternity-clothing-chains-could-be-heading-toward-bankruptcy
c) Destination Maternity is most likely heading towards bankruptcy due to increased competition. If they are not able to find a buyer, all 498 locations could close down.
d) Destination Maternity's problems are that they are suffering from increased competition and they are not able to find a buyer.
e) The owners and employees of Destiny Maternity
4. a) Local vape shops lose profits due to recent tobacco law
b) https://www.alligator.org/news/local-vape-shops-lose-profits-due-to-recent-tobacco-law/article_6033000a-42d4-11ea-bd9f-4f3ed2b963e4.html
c) A recent law raising the buying age of vape products to 21 has severely affected business in many local vape shops. Shops report that about 30% of their customers had been between 18-20 and as a result, they have lost much of their customer base.
d) Vape shops are plagued by this new law as it cuts down on their customer base
e) Alachua county vape shops have the problem
5. a) UF Health to open new medical services at Oaks Mall
b) https://www.alligator.org/news/uf-health-to-open-new-medical-services-at-oaks-mall/article_246454f8-3950-11ea-8a81-b7390c76fcf0.html
c) In order to alleviate an inability to care for the number of patients they are receiving UF health is opening up a location in Oaks Malls. What was formerly a Sears department store will be an ear, nose, throat, and allergy center.
d) The overwhelming number of patients that go to UF health.
e) UF Health has the problem.
Hi Christian,
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to see that all of your news stories relate to the Gainesville area. I would be curious to know what sort of suggestions you have in exploiting these opportunities! I must say I agree with all of the opportunities you listed, I can definitely see that there are unmet needs in these areas. However, i never would have though of these opportunities myself. It is interesting to see how we each view the world differently.
Great job.
Holly Dixon
Hello Christian! I find that in every community no matter how small, like Gainesville, there are many problems that people might not think of. I found it interesting the different topics you talked about.
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