04-15-2011, 10:08 AM
No offense to the Keaau boosters posting here, but for many, if not most, people living in lower Puna, driving to Keaau is only marginally better than driving on into Hilo. You're already 90% of the way there, and there are multiple shopping options by driving that last five miles. The Village Center concept as defined in the Puna CDP is the way to go, IMHO. The proposal for Aulii on 130 sounds like a bad precedent.