11-01-2013, 06:44 AM
The largest landowner in Puna is WS Shipman, but they do not own land in the Pahoa area. The PCDP has identified Pahoa as a Village Center, where it will be easier to get zoning changed from R or Ag to Village Commercial. The Village Center concept is a keystone of the PCDP, and the idea is to consolidate all commercial development in a prescribed area. This would (1)make it easier to do all your chores and shopping in one area and save gas, (2)keep development from sprawling all over the landscape, and (3)advise potential developers where they can put their projects with minimum cost and paperwork. Anyone wanting to do a commercial project in Pahoa will have it easy.
There are other areas in Puna that have been designated as potential Village Centers with the same ability to cluster development, but none of these are as far along, procedurally, as Pahoa.
There are other areas in Puna that have been designated as potential Village Centers with the same ability to cluster development, but none of these are as far along, procedurally, as Pahoa.