03-09-2010, 10:19 AM
Aloha Bob, Point taken.
Business follows money. It is my personal opinion that this Kapoho/Kalapana area is so lacking in infrastructure (like water) and the lava risks are so high that cost/benefit analysis will keep most brand names away for years and years to come. The area has a few hundred legal buildable lots which is much different than the main land of Puna Makai and Puna Mauka which have tens of thousands of legal buildable lots. But time will tell. If Starbucks thought it could make money on the peak of Mt. Denali and the zoning was there then there would likely be one.
Business follows money. It is my personal opinion that this Kapoho/Kalapana area is so lacking in infrastructure (like water) and the lava risks are so high that cost/benefit analysis will keep most brand names away for years and years to come. The area has a few hundred legal buildable lots which is much different than the main land of Puna Makai and Puna Mauka which have tens of thousands of legal buildable lots. But time will tell. If Starbucks thought it could make money on the peak of Mt. Denali and the zoning was there then there would likely be one.
Assume the best and ask questions.
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