Assignment 8A- Solving the Problem

• My service has to do with the prevalent need for more parking spots in the city of Gainesville, FL

• Some off-campus apartment complexes have tried to implement their own parking lots or spots that are available for the residents of their apartments to rent monthly but for a very expensive rate. The problem with this however, is that there are only limited spots that the apartment complex even has to sell to the residents. I would like to provide a service that can come in and find land in Gainesville as well as other college towns that have parking issues and find ways to put in parking garages for the residents of off campus apartments. 

• There are a few ideas that I have to provide this service:
• Get with landlords and have them form a committee that can bring in companies to provide parking garages so that they can work together to build a parking garage for the residents of their apartment complexes.
• Meet with city and town commissioners to find ways in the city's budget to incorporate money to build a parking garage for students that live off campus.

• Both of these options would provide accessible, close to their home, parking for off-campus students for a reasonable monthly or yearly rate.

• I want to first implement this service in Gainesville and see if it is possible to find a way to work with the landlords or the city to provide this for off-campus living students just like myself. If this was a success and I saw that it was not only pleasing residents of apartment complexes but also generating a revenue for the people involved I would look to expand this service to other college towns across America.