5 local opportunities/problems
-- I selected this from a newspaper called the
Pantagraph. It is located in my home
town of Bloomington, Illinois.
1. Title: CarMax to open Bloomington store in February
Description: A used
car dealer is opening a store in Bloomington, Illinois in February. The dealership is expected to increase competition
in the area in bring in more jobs.
Description of the Problem:
This will sharply increase competition in town for used cars.
Who has the problem? The other dealerships in town have the
problem. They will have to compete with
yet another business.
2. Title: Lincoln Leisure Center closed indefinitely after
asbestos found.
Description: The Lincoln Leisure Center has confirmed that
asbestos is present in one of their rooms.
As a result it is closed indefinitely.
The center first opened in 1895 as a school.
Description of Problem: There is asbestos in this building.
Asbestos is harmful to humans.
Who has the problem? The Lincoln Leisure Center, employees,
and anyone who enjoys the Lincoln Leisure Center all have the problem. It is
closed indefinitely so anyone who enjoys the center can no longer go.
3. Title: Fernando’s Pizza to open in Eastland Mall
Description: A new pizza restaurant is opening in the food
court at the local mall in Bloomington, Illinois.
Description of Problem:
There will then be two different pizza restaurants in the food court at
the local mall. This will cause steep
competition for the two restaurants.
Who has the problem? Both pizza restaurants have a problem
as they will be directly competing for consumers.
4. Title: IWU bans
hoverboards from campus; ISU does not
Description: One of
the colleges in town has banned the use of “hoverboards” on campus while the
other college in town has not. The
primary reason for this ban is safety concerns.
Description of Problem:
Students cannot use their hoverboards because they aren’t considered
safe enough.
Who has the problem? The students have the problem. If they have hoverboards they’ll have to
leave them at home to gather dust. They
will be forced to preform the less fashionable and clearly less fun mode of
transportation – walking.
5. Title: Outage suspends Pontiac tourney with BHS in
progress
Description: The two
teams were in the middle of a basketball game when the power went out. They scheduled the game to continue on
another day.
Description of Problem: The power went out during a
basketball game. No indication on what
could’ve caused the outage.
Who has the problem? The teams who were playing and the fans
that were watching have the problem because they had to stop the game. Also apparently the power company has a
problem because something caused the outage.
I think it is very interesting that only one of the schools in your area banned hoverboards! They seem to be a pain everywhere. Luckily I haven’t seen many around campus. I think it is interesting that your issues are about businesses! When I was choosing my articles I chose ones about issues for the consumers.
ReplyDeleteI chose to write about issues found in the Orlando Sentinel, you can find my post here: http://ent3003blog.blogspot.com/2016/01/identifying-local-opportunities-week.html
Hi Parker,
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading your list of local opportunities. The pizza is a dilemma that happens very often. Take for example Leonardos and Piesanos. Both restaurants serve pizza but they have very different atmospheres. The best thing they can do is offer a different ambience to their customers
check out my post at
http://slverio.blogspot.com/2016/01/identifying-local-opportunities.html
http://slverio.blogspot.com/2016/01/identifying-local-opportunities.html