Immokalee; a population 19,763 town of tomatoes and casinos. Sounds to me like a strange combination, but it looks like it’s working! Over the years, Immokalee has grown a tremendous amount. It started out as an agriculture town and has grown with the help of a Seminole casino. These are the two communities that were represented in the video. The community of Immokalee embodies the ideas of both the “old” and the “new” America. The old America is represented by the farm and agriculture side of town. The farmers have been there since the beginning and like the old, simple way of life. The “new” America is represented by the Seminole casino area and its surroundings. This will bring business and money to Immokalee as well as tourism and population. It is interesting to me how two totally different environments can make up one community. It is truly unique. I think that Immokalee has a bright future up ahead. The agriculture industry will only grow as long as there is demand, and the casino will only get more recognized and busy! In ten years, I don’t expect Immokalee to have grown an outlandish amount, but it will change, that’s for sure! I think that it will keep to the main simplistic roots for a while. However, It will definitely become more populated as more jobs are created and both of the major industries represented in this article will grow. I am from Wellington, Florida. It is in the far western part of Palm Beach County. Wellington used to be like Immokalee. We were a very small area full of horse farms for equestrian shows, a two lane highway, and one McDonalds (that came shortly before I did). Over the past twenty years Wellington has grown a tremendous amount! We have a huge mall, major highways, and every restaurant you could imagine. I see a lot of “old” Wellington in Immokalee. They will grow to be a major travel destination and place to live, give it a few years and it will get there!
Such a shock to see this town still surviving in this day in age! I wonder if Immokalee will make the same transisiton your town did. It seems like the Indian influence makes this town so original to today's society. Hopefully it will continue to provide a new outlook to our society.
ReplyDeleteWow, I definitely remember all the construction up there by Wellington. And since everything recently started building and developing up there, it's all so new! Whenever I pass by that neighborhood Olympia when going to Wellington mall, I always just stare in awe, as well as the new shopping plazas that pop-up whenever I'm up there. This is what's going to happen to Immokalee; It's just going to grow and flourish.
ReplyDeleteI know! Wellington has grown so much, so quickly! Olympia used to be a huge field with cows and now that area is so built up and has a mall! It is so strange to think back to what it used to be.
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