10-06-2017, 06:48 AM
http://www.hawaiitribune-herald.com/news...use-retail
County could save money and make life easier by consolidating Office of Aging and Office of Housing and Community Development into a single location. The old Safeway would be ideal, but there are "concerns":
The former Safeway space is located in a "retail area," Chung said, and he thinks "we should keep it (that way) … just for the vitality of Hilo."
What vitality? It's been empty for a couple of years now ... I suspect it would already have been occupied, but Safeway won't lease it to anyone who might compete... gotta keep that "vitality" you know.
County could save money and make life easier by consolidating Office of Aging and Office of Housing and Community Development into a single location. The old Safeway would be ideal, but there are "concerns":
The former Safeway space is located in a "retail area," Chung said, and he thinks "we should keep it (that way) … just for the vitality of Hilo."
What vitality? It's been empty for a couple of years now ... I suspect it would already have been occupied, but Safeway won't lease it to anyone who might compete... gotta keep that "vitality" you know.