Dog parks

There is a growing trend in households in America, and that trend is that now more households have one or more dogs than those households that have kids. This trend is responsible for the increase in urban dog parks across America. There has been a rapid growth in dog parks also because there isn't much free space to let dogs roam in cities so dog parks give the dogs and their owners a place to be free. Dog parks also pose an awesome socializing opportunity for the owners, in an article that i read a women said that she met her husband at a dog park. With that being said the dog park community has many benefits that allow dog owners to be apart of a community within a community. These dog owners become close with one another almost like family and the same can go along with the dogs, everyone is making friends. Also within these dog parks there is a since of greening he environment because the community of these dog parks keep the park clean beautiful so that the environment and man's best friends can enjoy this priceless opportunity.

Community Gardens

When I first started to research about community gardens I had no idea about the amount of community gardens that there are in America. I honestly only thought that there were maybe 30 to 40 community gardens in large urban areas. To my surprise I found out that not only were there over thousands of community gardens across America but there were also different types of community gardens. When researching I also found that community gardens give people in large cities or smaller cities the opportunity to bond and connect with individuals within those communities. These gardens make for a more healthy way of living not just by what is being planted but also by the interactions between those individuals in those communities. Furthermore community gardens help the environment to become more sustainable and Eco-friendly. On the website of ACGA, which is the American Community Gardening Association it states that community gardens adds more oxygen to the atmosphere than most forest across the world. These community gardens make our environment beautiful and the interactions that happen with the individuals in those communities are priceless.

Mercer Traffic Study

Traffic Study on the intersection of Eisenhower Pkwy and Pio Nono Ave

Corey Lockett

October 7, 2014

Objective: To find any tendencies in the traffic with car make and the different sizes of the models; while adding in the average number of people in each vehicle.

Method: Sat in the McDonald’s parking lot for an hour and observed the traffic

Results:

Car Make	Large Vehicle	Small Vehicle	Trucks	Average # of People in Vehicle
Ford	xxxx	xx	xxx	4 or more
Toyota	xx	xxxx	xx	2 or more
Nissan	x	xxxx		3 or more
Jeep	xxxxx			2 or more
Dodge	x	xx	xxxx	4 or more
Chevrolet	xxxxx	x	x	4 or more

Conclusion: As I observed the traffic I noticed that the car makes with the larger vehicle sightings had the most people inside. Also I noticed that Toyota and Nissan had the least amount of trucks or large vehicle sightings, which makes sense because I can name more small cars models in those makes.