Pahoa getting a new shopping mall

[Jay Bondesen]

It's hard to know what new stores can make it here. I don't think we need another hardware store and I have never found a line at the clinic we have now. The Malama Market could be a little bigger but I can't see a whole new grocery chain needing to come in. Maybe a bakery, like Great Harvest Bread, or discount groceries like Trader Joe's, maybe a smaller burger chain, the first In and Out burgers in the state. Maybe a store selling only locally made goods. And something more than asphalt and buildings! Most everyplace that puts a little table and chair outside has someone sitting it even if it is just a couple of feet from a parked car.

Jay