05-15-2015, 06:10 AM
LOCAL LOCAL MAIL & SHIP, in Keaau, has private mail boxes for rent TODAY! We are conveniently located across from Keaau Public Library. For those of you who cannot keep waiting for a p.o. box from the U.S. Postal Service, we are an alternative solution. Depending on post office, the wait can be from 1-5 YEARS. Please also note our store provides a PHYSICAL address, so folks can better receive parcels as well. Phone 339-7813 for more info.
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Originally posted by terracore
"What would you folks like to see on our community lot?"
Nothing is free. We could post a huge list of things we WANT but that seems kind of pointless without a budget to work with. Nanawale has a pool, BBQ and picnic areas, playground, etc. Ainaloa has a playground and longhouse etc. For me, I would be happy with an empty lot with a container and tarp if there was some way to GET MY MAIL. I don't know how long the wait list is for the OLE mailboxes but I've been on it for 3 years. To me, critical infrastructure like mail delivery and broadband internet service is much more important than playgrounds (my child is grown and gone), pools (I don't swim where people pee), public BBQ (I have a BBQ that doesn't have somebody's else's moldy mystery glaze all over it), meeting facilities (seems like there are plenty of those that sit empty 90% of the time).
I guess my point is that Orchidland doesn't really NEED a community center. We need more basic things like mail delivery/pickup and broadband internet. Or what about water spigots? Maybe instead of investing our resources into a community center that 99% of us will never use, we can focus on the basics.
I vote for water spigots, broadband internet to my house, and mail. Find a way to cram that into a community center and you have my vote.
ETA: I drive from OLE to Ainaloa's community center all the time. To dump my mail into their mail box.