Immokalee

In the videos, Immokalee's community is very rich in diversity. They have steadily transitioned from different types of communities over the past generations. Immokalee was originally known for having huge ranches where cattle were raised. The ranching community was eventually taken over and converted into a farming community. The rich soil and higher demands brought a new crowd to the community. Ranchers were selling off their cattle to start growing crops. When farming was big, the farmers didnt have enough people to pick all of the crops, so they had to bring in migrant workers to help the harvest. Most of them were from across the country or Mexico. From there, the oil boom hit. The need for oil was in high demand, and oil derrigs were going up quickly. Pipelines were made to transport the drilled oil across the state to ports to be put on ships. Since then, the Seminole casino and the University have brought new wealth to the community and broadened their horizons and allowed for tourism to grow there.

I grew up in Bradenton. Bradenton and Immokalee both used to be farms and ranches, however, nowadays Bradenton has become way more developed and is filled with neighborhoods, businesses, golf and the beach. Neighborhoods fill the East side of the county and businesses, whether small or large fill in the gaps. It is a very crowded city and is continuosly growing.

Immokalee is an example of the old American Dream. The people of Immokalee are looking to gain wealth for their community as well as themselves. The American Dream is to gain happiness and be successful in life. The people of Immokalee are doing so by developing their community to bring in more revenue and make their community more attractive for tourists. Their diversity will help to make it suitable for all different cultures to fulfill their individual dreams.

I believe that Immokalee's future will be determined by tourism and their casino. The casino will bring in a new crowd of people to the area and will help to bring in alot of money for the community. The tourism will come for the casino, and this will allow for hotels and businesses to grow to fulfill the growing needs of the tourism industry.
In 10 years the city may be a huge place with tourism and an enlarging central city with big buildings and more attractions than the casino itself. They will probably maintain their heritage and there will be farms, but they will be on the outskirts of town and less recognized.