So - a few things I'd buy that are on my wish list, if I got my first wish: to win powerball:
1. A Cold Stone Creamery near Papa John's pizza in Lady Lake Crossing.
2. A food co-op on 441 in Summerville, or possibly down 441 nearer to Leesburg. Featuring (but not exclusively) local foods, locally crafted products (such as soaps), re-usable and re-purposeable stuff with a vintage clothing store on the side of the building. With a little coffee cafe that has an open mic night on Mondays and brews coffee from local roasters. A real bohemian experience for the niche that would love it, and can't get it anywhere else (other than Mt. Dora, where each thing is in a bunch of different stores, none right there in one spot).
3. A Freedom Center for homeless people living in the Ocala Forest. Where they can take free showers (outdoor solar showers), free blankets, free backpacks, free fresh filtered water, free cell phone charging stations, free books, free meals, free NEW underwear, free social services resources, appointments with pro-bono lawyers, jobs services including placement and training, free urgent care medical clinic, free nutritional guidance from people who know how to get the best bang out of SNAP payments, and transitional shelter for victims of spousal abuse and their kids. And a free outpatient rehab clinic for people who are addicted to drugs and want to get sober. This one project would probably cost a few dozen million dollars but if I won powerball even after taxes I wouldn't miss the coin at all.
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