Immokalee Videos

Immokalee is very different than where I grew up in Saint Petersburg and Pinellas Park. Immokalee is very underdeveloped. Where I grew up, it is very rural and is just full of houses and stores and malls and such. It is a very developed community and is still growing today. They are pretty much just opposite types of countys.

The communities represented in the videos are the Native Americans, the old farmers and "cowboys," and just a tad of the Hispanic community. I wish the Native Americans had a bigger role in the videos because they are a huge reason why Florida and Immokalee are here today.

Immokalee is a representative of the Old American Dream but can be considered the new dream too if you look at it from different perspectives. It is a representation of the old dream because of the historical background you are given in the videos, like building your own house and having a successful ranch and ranching business. But if you look at it from the new dream perspective, Immokalee is an area that can open up the door for a lot of new-comers to the area to make their own American Dream happen.

The industries and communities that will drive Immokalee's future will probably be the casino and agriculture and the Immokalee Indians. The casino will continue to bring in a lot of money for the area and so will the crops and with both of those doing very well, the area will continue to develop and bring more tourists in and job opportunities.

In ten years' time, Immokalee will become very developed and become a lot like Fort Myers and the surrounding areas. It will hopefully keep some historic parts around for tourism and for the sake of keeping Florida's history alive. Immokalee's future looks grand and is definitely going to be doing well for itself.