Post date: Sep 09, 2015 2:9:25 AM
Hi all!
I'm very excited to get started on the Shops team IQP. Looking further into the goals our team is supposed to accomplish has really shown me the problems that face Venice, and I'm hopeful that our team can solve them. Venice is already a small city; the area being lost to the plateatici is really valuable, and its negative effect on the locals isn't helping Venice's problem with a declining population. Our PQP meeting with Professor Carrera also helped outline our goals. Getting some insight from someone who has actually been to Venice, and also a native of Venice, was a helpful addition to the beginning research we've done so far. I also hadn't known about Professor Carrera's plan to leave the bones of our project behind for a new business to take over, but the idea of leaving behind a project for others to expand on really interests me, and I'd be curious to see where it goes. I look forward to getting deeper into our project and getting ready to go to Venice!
--Fran