a digital florida experience

Last week I did a post about what a friends group geared towards the Wacissa River might look like. This week I take it a step further and research what it takes to form a nonprofit in Florida. Google searches brought out all sorts of websites. Like any grouping of search results, most weren't helpful or were full of junk. A few, however, actually gave some insight as to what it would take to get this thing up and running! The Florida Department of State, as you might expect, has the official methodology buuuut, it's certainly not the most user friendly of language, websites, or what actually needs to happen. There are two other websites that I stumbled across that, although not official, gave very helpful information as to what would actually need to happen. On that note, I've taken steps from all three sites and put them together into what you see below. At the end of the post, you'll see a smattering of links that will get you to where this information came from. Som

The short version: The Wacissa River doesn't seem to have a friends group. I gave a new one some thought. The longer version: When I first started this blog, I intended to focus on a small portion of the big bend area of Florida. I did. I really, really did. Then, like all good plans when it gets punched in the mouth, it fell apart. I didn't know it at the time, but I was gradually drifting away from that to the larger area that it was a part of. This week when I start thinking about NGOs and what one would look like, I threw all that stuff from week one out the window. That part of the world already has so much protection going for it. Recently however (you had to know this was coming) I've been giving a lot of thought to a special place (the Wacissa River) that doesn't have nearly as much obvious protection. It might be better put to say that it doesn't have nearly as much obvious  advocacy. Local folks will certainly advocate for it, as will conservationists in g