5A- Identifying local opportunities

Macclenny commission will limit deposits of yard waste at site.
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00024160/00756 Page 4
The city's yard waste disposal site off of North Sixth Street is being over run by landscaping and tree removal companies because they do not have a dumping fee. Since these companies have been dumping for free for so many years they have run out of room and can only accept residential yard debris now.
The problem for the city is they are running out of room to put all of the debris collected. The problem for the business is where to take said debris preferably somewhere that will not charge to dump like this dump site used to.
 The small businesses who now have to drive elsewhere and might have to pay to dump their debris which would in turn cause the small businesses to raise their prices accordingly would really have the problem. Customers of said companies might have a problem with this verdict because now they have to pay even more to get the job done.

Speed bumps at Sands Pointe gotta go
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00024160/00756 Page 6
One of the board members of the Sands Pointe home owners association was concerned about people speeding through the neighbor hood so she installed large rubber speed bumps inside the neighbor hood to prevent this "increasingly hazardous problem". She did not get permission from the city to put these speed bumps on a city road so they will be pulled up.
Only to Ms. Berkaw the speed bumps being pulled up is a huge problem. To everyone else in the neighbor hood the problem is that these speed bumps were unauthorized by the city.
The residents who live in Sands Pointe have a huge problem with these awful speed bumps that were not authorized by the city. An eighty year old couple says they agonize in pain every time they drive over it.

Lawsuit over BCI inmate beating in '15
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00024160/00756 Page 7
A former BCI inmate will be suing the state, the prison, and several officers for failing to prevent or  properly respond to a violent attack that left the inmate paralyzed for months with serious head injuries.
The guards and the prison failed to prevent or properly respond to a a known violent gang attack.
The former BCI inmate is the one with with the problem.

Local pot farm prospects on hold
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00024160/00742 Page 1
Chris Jones is wanting to put a medical marijuana cultivation facility in south west Macclenny but there is a hold on awaiting the resolution of a Tallahassee judges' ruling that the state lacked the authority to limit the amount of cultivation licenses as it already in 2017. There are only 17 allowed right now with four open spots left but they need to hurry so Chris Jones will be able to secure his spot in  line.
There are only 17 allowed medical marijuana licenses in Florida right now and with only four left Chris Jones is feeling the pressure of time.
Chris Jones has the problem with how long his hold is awaiting a judges ruling so he can get his medical marijuana cultivation facility.

Flu: Death rate twice state rate
http://ufdc.ufl.edu/UF00024160/00728 Page 2
The states death rate for the flu averaged 9.17 fatalities per 100,000 people over the last 11 years while Baker county's rate is more than twice at 21.9 over the same period.
Baker County needs to step up their game when it come to influenza as strong as H1N1 or just the common cold.
The people who get the flu would be the ones with the problem since this county's death rate is more than doubled that of the states average.