Opportunity #1
Name of article: Task force warns against illegal prescriptions
Description of story and problem: With the increase in the amount of illegal drugs out on the streets the has been a rise in the amount of drug overdoses. Prevention leader are seeking help from medical professionals like pharmacists to help educate the people about the different types of drugs and how they affect people. With the growing amount of drugs on the black market, pharmacies see a decrease in the amount of people looking for drugs as the are getting them from other unreliable sources. The drugs from the black market can be laced with a number of things making the effects horrible when the drug is used.
Who has the problem: medical professionals (pharmacists), prevention leaders, cops, hospitals, doctors, insurance, black market
Opportunity #2
Name of article: Increasing Traffic
Description of the story and problem: The Gainesville Regional Airport traffic has been increasing over the past year as they just added my routes to fly directly to like Fort Worth Texas. The growth will come with an increase in security line waiting time as well as traffic to and from the airport. Everyone loves to fly when the airports are small because they like how convenient it is to get through security and onto the plane. Gainesville is wanting to expand and increase the number of people going through the airport.
Who has the problem: airport employees ( security, baggage, ticket people) , commuters in the Gainesville city, travelers, visitors
Opportunity #3
Name of article: Rays to City: Trop land isn't for use
Description of the story and problem: The Tampa Bay Rays home field, Tropical Field, is going to get renovated as the team looks to stay there until 2027. There was an idea of splitting home field time between St. Pete and Montreal to increase their revenues. The Rays do not see much love from their fans at their home field as they never sell out of a game. The current location is not ideal but with limited space in Tampa to move to the stadium is going to have to do for now. The city does not want to lose their home team so they are looking for any reason to make them stay.
Who has the problem: Rays players and fans, St. Pete City council, Rays owners and staff, St. Pete residents
Opportunity #4
Name of article: State tries to ease impact of toll lanes
Description of the story and problem: Atlanta is a big city with tons of traffic from commuters to travelers. They want to make the traffic lighter and easier travel for many but that comes at the expense of the residents along the interstates already. With the toll lanes expansion covering 22 miles route, current residents are worried about the the noise and impact on their travel with the construction.
Who has the problem: Atlanta commuters, current residents close to the interestates, Atlanta transportation employees, travelers through Atlanta
Opportunity #5
Name of article: Hawaii tourism arrivals top 10M
Description of the story and problem: The tourism in Hawaii has just top 10 million which to some residents might be too much tourism. The tourism stimulates a great economy for the residents as it opens up so many jobs for them. However, they do not think the money they get from those jobs is enough to compensate for the amount of tourism they see.
Who has the problem: hotels in Hawaii, residents and tourist of Hawaii, companies in Hawaii, tourist locations in Hawaii
I was drawn to the article about the Gainesville airport, I love when visitors fly in or out of Gainesville, I feel like it hasn't changed in the past 20 years, you can arrive 20 minutes before your fight and just breeze right through. I wonder if they are serious about proactively expanding before demand exceeds capacity. I wonder if land could be bought nearby for a remote parking business, along with shuttle service. We have some interesting microbreweries in Gainesville area, maybe a bar featuring all local brews. You have so many captive customers at an airport.
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