The Growing Pains and Pleasures of Life in Lake County
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Introduction
This paper seeks to explore aspects of Florida’s own Lake County. “Florida’s local governments are under a lot of pressure to resolve a wide range of problems, some of which are caused by rapid growth, others by a declining economy (MacManus et al, 2011, p.330).” Lake County has certainly dealt with both boom and bust over the last ten to fifteen years, and it’s reasons for both involve many intersecting complex issues (which cannot all be reasonably addressed within the scope of this paper). While not addressing all issues relevant to Lake County’s past and present, this paper will provide some background of Lake County and a look at the growth of both the …show more content…
Before the housing bubble burst, unemployment in Lake County averaged around the same as the rest of Florida (and less than the United States as a whole before 2008) then it jumped above both the state and national averages (that were themselves also increasing) from 2008 through 2013, peaking at 12 percent in 2010 (Lake County Gov). Unemployment has continued to decrease since its peak in 2010 but the population increase has slowed to a crawl with only an estimated 303,317 Lake County residents as of 2013 (Lake County …show more content…
Orange County Public Schools are speeding up their efforts to get rid of some of the numerous portables across their campuses, because of the poor conditions of the portables themselves (including problems with air quality and water leakage) and to provide more security and permanence. The Chair of the School Boards, Bill Sublette, recognizes that the schools are still struggling to keep up with growth but credits the renewal of Oranges County’s half-cent sales tax with allowing the schools to move forward with building permanent structures for their students. While the complete removal of all portables does not seem likely in the near future, the new building program hopes to see a 50 percent decrease in the number of portables used in Orange County Schools by
Word Count 1188
Introduction
This paper seeks to explore aspects of Florida’s own Lake County. “Florida’s local governments are under a lot of pressure to resolve a wide range of problems, some of which are caused by rapid growth, others by a declining economy (MacManus et al, 2011, p.330).” Lake County has certainly dealt with both boom and bust over the last ten to fifteen years, and it’s reasons for both involve many intersecting complex issues (which cannot all be reasonably addressed within the scope of this paper). While not addressing all issues relevant to Lake County’s past and present, this paper will provide some background of Lake County and a look at the growth of both the …show more content…
Before the housing bubble burst, unemployment in Lake County averaged around the same as the rest of Florida (and less than the United States as a whole before 2008) then it jumped above both the state and national averages (that were themselves also increasing) from 2008 through 2013, peaking at 12 percent in 2010 (Lake County Gov). Unemployment has continued to decrease since its peak in 2010 but the population increase has slowed to a crawl with only an estimated 303,317 Lake County residents as of 2013 (Lake County …show more content…
Orange County Public Schools are speeding up their efforts to get rid of some of the numerous portables across their campuses, because of the poor conditions of the portables themselves (including problems with air quality and water leakage) and to provide more security and permanence. The Chair of the School Boards, Bill Sublette, recognizes that the schools are still struggling to keep up with growth but credits the renewal of Oranges County’s half-cent sales tax with allowing the schools to move forward with building permanent structures for their students. While the complete removal of all portables does not seem likely in the near future, the new building program hopes to see a 50 percent decrease in the number of portables used in Orange County Schools by