Identifying Local Opportunities

1.     Title: Tornados ripped roofs off Siesta Key Condo Building

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20160119/ARTICLE/160119570?Title=Tornado-ripped-roof-off-Siesta-Key-condo-building

     This story refers to the recent tornados that unexpectedly came through the island of Siesta Key in Sarasota, Florida. One of the biggest problems that occurred during these storms, was the city not being able to reach everyone to let them know. Only some of Sarasota residents received alerts. This makes the city as well as the residents have a problem as it proved it could be dangerous.

2.     Title: Snowstorm cancels Charlotte flights at SRQ

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20160122/ARTICLE/160129878/2107/BUSINESS?Title=Snowstorm-cancels-Charlotte-flights-at-SRQ-

     The problem discussed here is about all of the flight cancellations out of the Sarasota (SRQ) airport. Many of these flights were cancelled relatively last minute which leaves short notice to travelers. This causes problems for the travellers who are flying out of SRQ as it disrupts their schedule.

3.     Title: Three Cold Weather Shelters in Sarasota County to open tonight.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20160124/ARTICLE/160129789/2416/NEWS?Title=Three-cold-weather-shelters-in-Sarasota-County-to-open-tonight

This newspaper article discusses the need for more homeless shelters in Sarasota county, as the cold temperature and stormy weather makes it brutal for the homeless. The city has a problem here as they have to raise more money for employees and volunteers to help oversee these additional shelters, and also the homeless residents obviously have a problem as they are in need of warm shelter.

4.     Title: Goodbye, golf clubs. Hello, hiking boots.

 http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20160124/ARTICLE/160129908/2107/BUSINESS?Title=Goodbye-golf-clubs-Hello-hiking-boots-

This story reports about the new trend in Sarasota of retired senior citizens giving up golf for the more physically demanding sport of hiking. Now, this doesn’t seem like a problem at first glance, but this could create a problem for the many golf courses that are located in Sarasota. This article also talks about an organization that provides various hiking memberships. Another problem here though is the fact that Sarasota is a very flat area so good hiking might be difficult to find.

5.     Title: Zika Virus, What you need to know.
 
http://health.heraldtribune.com/2016/01/21/zika-virus-what-you-need-to-know/

     This article focuses on the new virus that has been recently found in the US. As of right now, the containment of the virus has been pretty effective with only about a dozen confirmed cases so far. The main group who the CDC is trying to alert is pregnant women. Traveling right now to anywhere in South America could expose you to someone carrying the virus. This is a problem for anyone who does not want to catch the Zika virus.