This is me, Identifying Local Opportunities

Here is a list of five local opportunities that are currently happening around the US. In my list I include a few opportunities to express how easy it is to find a project to do around you, and how easy it may seem to find one may be.

1. Cape Coral Daily Breeze (Cape Coral, Florida)
   

     Burnt Store residents bring pleas to the city

http://www.cape-coral-daily-breeze.com/page/content.detail/id/547164/Burnt-Store-residents-bring-pleas-to-the-city.html?nav=5011

    Residents that live near the Burnt Store area are being asked to implement the possibility of noise mitigation to the project being concluded.Safety is also a being of concern as large trucks will be going around 65 mph which could be a safety issue for close living residents. People are requesting a berm and no bike path, but there will be a bike path and the cost of a berm is of concern.

     The project is causing noise complaints, cracks in houses and ant infestations. They are currently thinking of a solution to fix these problems in a cost effective way.

     The residents near Burnt Store have this problem.

2. Civil Beat (Honolulu, Hawaii)

New Bill Seeks To Ban Sitting Or Lying On State Lands

http://www.civilbeat.com/2016/01/new-bill-seeks-to-ban-sitting-or-lying-on-state-lands/

     The House Bill 1525, by state representative Isaac Choy, would expand the sit-lie ban mainly opposing the homeless people in the area. This bill would limit the camping issue to those with permits and others who are "authorized" to be there. Choy has introduced three other bills that would limit the homeless even more with where they can "squat", defecate/urinate, an immunity for store owners about illegal items stored on their property placed there by, as Choy would be making the bill for, the homeless. Isaac Choy introduced these bills the same day that the Senate and House tried to show compassion for the homeless, so he may not get much support from either chambers.

     The problem is that there are more and more issues that individuals want to be fixed that are caused by the homeless such as the homeless who lie or sit around public areas possibly scaring away customers, or the overall appearance of Honolulu.

     The residents of Honolulu have this problem and another problem will arise for the homeless if the bills go through.

3. The Valley Breeze (Cumberland, Rhode Island)

A blast of snow

http://www.valleybreeze.com/2016-01-24/pawtucket/blast-snow#.VqVRdiorKM9

     Rhode Island's first major snowstorm in Blackstone Valley has brought six inches of snow or more.

     Large amounts of snow will become a problem for people traveling through the snow to get to where they need to be and the snow will be an interference.

     Residents who live in the area of the major snowstorm have this problem.

4. Kansas City Star (Kansas City, Kansas)

Exploiting Mental Illness

http://www.kansascity.com/latest-news/article54870165.html

     Parents discuss and bring to the community the problem about people who exploit others with a mental instability.

Strangers have used their daughter, who suffers from schizophrenia, to get money or use her for their own gain. They want to educate the community about how it is to live with a mental illness and discuss the problems about how people use other with mental illnesses.

     The problem is that people are using others who have a mental illness for their own personal and sometimes illegal gain.

     Individuals who have a mental illness may suffer this, even if they don't realize it.

5. Lone Tree Voice (Lone Tree, Colorado)

PARCC test suffers from mass opt-outs

http://lonetreevoice.net/stories/PARCC-test-suffers-from-mass-opt-outs,205031

     Students are opting out from taking the PARCC, which stands for Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers. Although it may not seem like much of a problem as the test is not mandatory, but is upper grade students are less likely to take the test, the results are skewed. Students are not taking this test because they are more worried about AP or IB tests which they study and complete because that's what they know colleges look for and how they enter college. With skewed results the schools will not be able to assess what they will need to change to help prepare their students for college.

     The problem is that students are not taking the PARCC which skews results and doesn't help the school district or the students.

     Who has the problem? Students who want to enter college and schools who want to help educate and strengthen their learning curriculum for their students.





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