Jagger coming to Pahoa?

[ironyak]

Artifacts likely being moved down into Pahoa at a location near Kaleo's and possibly to be housed in a new Cultural Center to be built on the corner where the Hub is at. Pretty contentious issue between Pahoa and Volcano residents on FB.

http://bigislandnow.com/2018/09/04/jagga...-to-pahoa/

[TomK]

I didn't understand this bit:

"This could be, perhaps, the single largest economic driver Pahoa Town has ever seen. Combined with a lava viewing area that has been assured the county is working on."

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[ironyak]

Having a National Park permanent exhibit in Pahoa could be a major draw for tourists, something akin to the old Visitors Center near Kalapana at the lower entrance to HVNP. As for lava viewing, the County is still working on plans (according to Mark Hinshaw, Pahoa Mainstreet Assoc, the current iteration is taking bids for a single tour company that would be allowed to access the restricted areas of the lava flow field).

[TomK]

It's the lava viewing bit I'm confused about. Previous discussions about this seem to imply that it was active lava flows tourists might want to see.

[My 2 cents]

Jagger coming to Pahoa?

My first thought was that you meant Mick.

Now THAT would draw some tourists.

[ironyak]

Mick is a rock star for sure, and will be visiting Pahoa on occasion, especially once he is able to return to his house in Leilani. He's probably well known enough now to even draw some tourists.

https://www.pbs.org/video/long-story-sho...ck-kalber/

[Monkey C]

Doesn't sound very well thought out. And what gives Pahoa Mainstreet the authority to issue any permission to go to "restricted areas of the lava field". That bit about the "single tour company" sounds a little fishy and would probably result in a few good lawsuits if it happened. But there isn't any active lava now anyway so why call it a "lava viewing area"? A few people would make money but I'm betting the majority would not want this circus to come to town.

[ironyak]

The plan for a single tour company is from the County, which has the ability to grant access to the restricted area. Mark just noted what the current County "plan" is - the Pahoa Mainstreet Assoc has no say in it. No doubt, this is part of why Pahoa Mainstreet Assoc are working with HVNP who is actually interested in partnering with communities to find mutually beneficial solutions.

[MarkD]

Ironyak: "...As for lava viewing, the County is still working on plans (according to Mark Hinshaw, Pahoa Mainstreet Assoc, the current iteration is taking bids for a single tour company that would be allowed to access the restricted areas of the lava flow field)."

Tom: "Previous discussions about this seem to imply that it was active lava flows tourists might want to see."

Apparently there is new thinking from county's regulators, in collaboration with DLNR: Even when the entire fissure zone, including Fissure 8, is completely cold and dead, that portion that is public property will be accessible only with guided tours. The county/DLNR want to discourage unsupervised roaming around lava fields.

How determined the county/DLNR are to enforce this this rule all the way to the ocean remains to be seen (and perhaps they will include the Kalapana flow fields).

Hardened lava fields pose various dangers. The public must be protected. Guides help provide that protection. (By the way there will be a fee to be in a guided group.)

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

Artifacts likely being moved down into Pahoa at a location near Kaleo's and possibly to be housed in a new Cultural Center to be built

It sounds like an excellent idea to me. The displays in The Jaggar Museum offer a good background and history of geology and volcanology. It's a perfect yearly field trip for students who attend Pahoa area schools, where they might see real world applications of science right in their own backyard. The diagram of the World Class Visitors Center and Museum (at link in OP, click to enlarge), with a cultural center, art gallery, exhibit hall, and theater would be an incredible attraction for the Pahoa area.

It would be good for Pahoa businesses in the short term, and if cooled lava viewing and the eventual expansion of HVNP into lower Puna becomes a reality, it's a promising first step. HVNP could become a twisty shaped park (like a gerrymandered politcal district) on the 2018 lava flow winding through the remaining habitable private property, the land under 20 or 30 feet of lava purchased and incorporated into the HVNP with fissure 8 as a focal point, and perhaps a long hiking trail from the cone to the ocean.

There are so many possibilities.

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