Pahoa Town Restoration?

[Wao nahele kane]

Is there any sort of restoration plans for the town of Pahoa?
I’d love to see that place with the power lines routed underground and all spiffed back up.
It’s funny now because every time I go out there, I am reminded of my experiences living in Mexico and seeing very similar buildings and hazardous power line conditions, etc. I’m always brought back to my memories of the many small towns found in Mexico, the same applies to the host of other little communities on the Big Island.
It just strikes me as odd that Pahoa has a large number of surrounding residents and experiences perhaps the greatest numbers of visitors/patrons relative to other like type "dilapidated" (respectfully cited) towns (Based on my observations that is). It just seems a movement would be under way to spruce it back up and get HELCO to invest back into the community and run the power underground. It's also HELCO in Puna; correct?

E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa.

[leilaniguy]

Good luck with getting any power poles moved or removed anytime soon. We've been waiting years now for HELCO to move two lousy poles from Post Office road.

[Rob Tucker]

My best guess on removing the horrible tangle of Helco and utility lines in Pahoa Village is that it will take FEMA money in the wake of a hurricane..... and then maybe it wouldn't happen.

[Sandra A.]

Yeah forget it, that's dreamville.....I'll be in a nursing home by time anything changes with those poorly placed poles.

[John S. Rabi]

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Originally posted by Wao nahele kane
...I’d love to see that place with the power lines routed underground...

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[Obie]

It's all part of the ambiance.If the power was underground and the dilapidated buildings were gone it would be Kona.

I think it's why we live here.

It's Puna.

[Rob Tucker]

I've been working on the relocation of the poles on the Post Office Road in Pahoa for two years or so. At the present Telcom is processing the relocation order. They have surveyed and marked to locations for relocation.

I hope to hear more on the schedule soon. I will post it when I know more.

Bruce McClure, former Director of Public Works, was a real weenie on the subject. He lied and hedged and played out the game everyway he could until he left office. Bye Bruce.

[Wao nahele kane]

I’m posting while drunk so please go easy on me here,
Sounds like it's time to subdivide Hawaii County into 3 or possibly 4 counties (no picking on me for that comment). There's far too much $ handed to the one county to address the needs of the entire region properly, things as I've seen are far too "lopsided" with regard to county funding application.
Time to grow a bit by government standards (I really hate that too, seriously). Either that or the county needs to restructure to meet the vast region it represents. I really don't know yet... I need to get back there again and figure it out, so I remain ignorant on that count.
Anyhow; I was just curious if there was a group or committee in place to fix up Pahoa Town.
If there is...
I volunteer my labor services, less materials cost... to fix up the front of any building out there. Wood work, paint, window replacement, etc...
Anyone on here who owns a building on the main road out there.. write me and when I get there, I'll help you get it perked up and like it was in its glory days all while building our new house if need be.

For those not aware of what can happen when an old place is restored or a theme introduced to a town...
Check out Leavenworth Wa. for a classic example. I'd really hate to see anymore of that steel building strip mall crap grow out there like that place off 130... that is the wrong approach and will, no doubt, backfire in the long run.
See: http://www.leavenworth.org/modules/pages...p?pageid=1
This is a great example of what can happen to an otherwise worthless town (no insult intended) if it's nurtured properly. An example of what I meant by that, it means Leavenworth, Wa. Would be a gas station and a burger joint had they not adopted what they did.
Pahoa has the heritage to be something very noteworthy in the future.


E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa.

[mdd7000]

Are you suggesting another (duplicate) set of corrupt and inept people bent upon creating their own power base and family wealth be created? How will that help other than to cause additional reasons for new and higher taxes?

[Kelena]

I think Pahoa could be cuted up a little without losing the about-to-fade-back-into-the-volcanic-jungle look that we love so much. Most important thing is that area from the Akebono to the Church needs to be pedestrian friendly. Everything will flow from that. When I say "flow" I mean it will be overtaken by molten lava as soon as the ribbon is cut.