Identifying Local Opportunities

1.  Mandating recess isn't the right play

http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A8D0EEE01FD0E0?p=AWNB

• This story talks about the a problem that many may not thin of but is the importance of recess. The journal discusses how recess is not something that is common in most elementary schools now and touches on the topic of how recess is needed for young children these days. The problem is deciding if recess is something that should be mandatory or is it something that should be left up to the will of the teachers. This problem affects all the students, teachers and parent involved in the state of Florida.

2. State jobless rate dips to 5%

http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A8D0EF05900E98?p=AWNB

• This article talks about an issue that is happening in our own backyard. The unemployment rate is steadily dropping in the state of Florida and recently dropped from 5.1 to 5% . The unemployment rate for Florida now matches the national unemployment rate which it has been since December. The article directly affects all Floridians and they mention how many believe that they are optimistic about their own financial situations but not so optimistic about the national economy. 

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Jacksonville: City promotes crime-free multi-housing and rental property program

http://infoweb.newsbank.com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/resources/doc/nb/news/15A7F7E5C0A469D8?p=AWNB

• This article talks about a program that is going to be implemented in order to reduce crime in rental properties and other housing neighborhoods. Criminal activity that happens on these property affect a wide array of people mainly the property owner who can have a decline in rentals and who's property can get a bad reputation also from the criminal acts taking place. This program is implemented all around he U.S in order to make neighborhoods more safe for the community, neighbors and the property manager. 

4. Volusia Council demands Daytona open Manatee Island, debates homeless issues

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• The main issue in this article is that the city is waiting for the use of Manatee Island to be available again yet there is a homeless problem that is preventing this. The amount of homeless people that surround the area has caused business owners and a lot of their customers to no want to visit the area.The problem is something that the city council and other officials have been discussing for awhile now and is affecting everyone in the surrounding area with the decision to build a new shelter or not affecting the homeless population the most.

5.Politicians say Miami ‘slums' prove need for new laws

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• This story discusses a problem that is very big in a lot of areas across the state of Florida and that is the issue with residential buildings and houses not being properly taken care of. The condition of many of the buildings that are in the city of Miami are very low and many buildings that the resident stay in are run down and old looking. The article states "The receiver has done what she can do and the courts have done what they can do. But that's not going to be enough to sustain long-term changes," said Alana Greer, a Community Justice Project attorney representing low-income tenants at the 6040 building, where tenants in two units say their ceilings once buckled above their sleeping children.