5A - Identifying Local Opportunities

1. Staffing problems at Florida air traffic control center causing delays at Orlando International Airport
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/transportation/os-ae-air-traffic-controlers-government-shutdown-20190125-story.html

There has been a slight increase in the number of staff who work in air traffic control centers in Florida and Washington, D.C., calling in sick. This staffing problem has caused delays in the Florida airports. This staffing problem may be related to the partial government shutdown.

The problem is there are not enough staff members to properly run air traffic control centers so this causes many flights to be delayed.

The airports are the ones having the problem since their staffs are not showing up.

2. Five more Central Florida restaurants fail health inspections with roaches
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/business/consumer/os-bz-restaurant-inspections-tavern-apopka-20190124-story.html

There are 5 more restaurants in the Orlando area that have been shut down due to failing health inspections. These 5 restaurants all have a problem with roaches. In one of the restaurants, dead and live roaches were found in the kitchen and prep areas as well as the front of the desk of the restaurant.

The problem is that these restaurants are having trouble with roaches and cannot handle the situation.

The restaurants are the ones who are having the problem because they getting shut down due to failing health inspections.

3. Orlando No. 1 for pedestrian deaths
https://infoweb-newsbank-com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=pubname%3AORLB%21Orlando%2BSentinel%252C%2BThe%2B%2528FL%2529/year%3A2019%212019/mody%3A0124%21January%2B24&f=advanced&action=browse&format=text&docref=news/171269CE35BFB078

According to the report by the Smartest Growth America Dangerous By Design says the Orlando area is the nation's riskiest place to walk along roads. The reports says that older adults as well as people in low-income communities are the ones most at risk.

The problem is that the roads of the Orlando area are actually dangerous because Florida's roads were originally intended for high speed cars and not walking.

The city of Orlando has the problem because it is a problem that cannot be fix overnight.

4. Launch of UberTaxi in Orlando delayed until 2019
https://infoweb-newsbank-com.lp.hscl.ufl.edu/apps/news/document-view?p=WORLDNEWS&t=pubname%3AORLB%21Orlando%2BSentinel%252C%2BThe%2B%2528FL%2529/year%3A2019%212019/mody%3A0101%21January%2B01&f=advanced&action=browse&format=text&docref=news/170B4169993E8640

Uber and Mears partnered up to create UberTaxi which is a service that allows people to get a cab from the Uber app. This service was suppose to start being available by the end of 2018, but due to limited personnel and a busy holdiday season, the service is being delayed till the later of the early 2019.

The problem is that the app UberTaxi is being delayed despite it said release date.

The companies Mears and Uber are the ones who have the problem.

5. Kennedy Space Center workers affected by shutdown still plan to hold rally
https://www.wesh.com/article/kennedy-space-center-workers-affected-by-shutdown-still-plan-to-hold-rally/26042796

The Kennedy Space Center holds the highest concentration of workers who are federally paid.  A reported 1,200 workers have not been paid during the partial government shutdown. Because of this, workers are holding a rally on Saturday.

The problem is that the federally paid workers of the Kennedy Space Center are not getting paid due to the partial government shutdown.

The federally paid workers of the Kennedy Space Center are ones who have the problem.