1. Living in Gainesville: From tents to shelters, the homeless hope for a home (Part 1 of 4)
- This article was written on March 15, 2019, by Karina Elwood about the living situation in Gainesville. In Gainesville, many people are fighting homelessness due to people losing their jobs, being diagnosed with an illness, or not having enough money. Their only choices are to live on the streets, in shelters, or affordable housing provided by the shelters. However, these people are not letting homeless lower their hopes of getting a home.
- The problem presented is to address the living conditions and housing in Gainesville. Many people in Gainesville are homeless and have to choose only between 2 shelters, and few affordable housing options. Purchasing a house would be an option, however, the rent is too high for residents coming in at $800-$900.
- The problem applies to homeless people who have no place to live, lost their job, suffered from illnesses, had hardships, or don’t have any money.
2. ‘We’ve had enough.’: Students organize protest on Fraternity Drive
- This particular articular was written by Ana Escalante on September 6, 2019, explaining that students are ready to protest for implementation of Blue Lights on Fraternity row. Some students are frustrated with SG and UF administration’s inaction to place Blue Lights everywhere else on campus except Fraternity row. They are looking to voice their concerns to make the campus feel safe for everybody. They just want somebody to listen and implement the correct measures of safety everywhere on campus.
- The problem is that students don’t feel they have a voice about their safety and don’t feel safe in general. They believe that the Blue Lights should be everywhere on campus to ensure safety. Also, they don’t like how SG or UF administration is not taking serious action to resolve this problem.
- Young adults in college at UF who live near Fraternity row or live on campus.
3. Local animal shelter looking to provide animals with homes during the hurricane
- On August 29, 2019, Nora O’Neill wrote about the local animal shelters looking for foster homes for animals. The shelter needs animals in foster homes, so the shelter can take in stray or lost pets from Hurricane Dorian. This shelter needs to be empty to be ready for the new pets to come. They are advertising the adoptable pets and will allow people to foster them for 2 weeks with supplies provided. They need the city's support to help save animals lives.
- In the story, the problem is the shelter doesn’t have any space to take in animals affected by the hurricane because they have animals already occupying the shelter. They need to find people who are willing to be foster homes the animals.
- This problem applies to the shelter employees, foster dog homes, or people affected by Dorian that have animals.
- Taylor Girtman did a story on September 9, 2019, telling how September is Hunger Action Month and a particular food bank is looking to raise money through Hunger “Heroes" to fight hunger. The food bank has 100 "heroes" now, but they want to get to at least 1,000 “heroes” so they can feed more people. Companies are donating to help fight hunger this month, and also are educating others on food scarcity and local hunger needs.
- The problem is that the Food Bank needs more people to donate and become Hunger “Heroes”. They feed about 150 meals; however, they want to reach their goal of 1,000 “Heroes” to allow them to feed many more meals.
- This problem applies to people who want to be Hunger Heroes, people who starve, and the Mighty Foodbank corporation.
5. Walmart rolls out grocery delivery subscription
- Anne D'innocenzio wrote an article on September 12, 2019, showing how Walmart is rolling out a new grocery delivery subscription service that comes right to your door. They are rolling out the updates over time and hope to get an advantage in the fresh food business against Amazon and other competitors. Walmart wants to make it more convenient for shoppers to have to their groceries delivered right to their step. They will also implement a curbside pickup. Shoppers will able to choose from 100,000 items for their orders with a minimum order of $30. Walmart will rely on personal shopper services to fulfill orders sometimes. It is about time Walmart got in the grocery delivery service game because other companies already have established themselves in the market.
- The problem is that Walmart was facing pressure to get into the grocery delivery service because of fierce competition from other companies. They have to implement this new service and find ways to keep up with companies like Amazon, Shipt, and Instacart.
- This problem applies to time-starved shoppers, shoppers who like groceries delivered to the door, Walmart corporation, competitors in the grocery delivery market.
Hey Rachel,
ReplyDeleteI loved reading about what articles you chose, they gave me more insights of things I did not know was happening here in Gainesville. For example, I recently moved here from Miami and I realized there is a lot of homeless people. I realized that living expenses are also so high and now reading your article made me conclude that since there is not alot of jobs and rent being so high people are ending up in the streets which is so devesating. Thank you so much for sharing these articles! I am now more aware and hope the rate of homeless people decreases here in UF.