07-08-2016, 06:32 AM
In my opinion all the anchor businesses and zoning changes that the Punites want is all somehow controlled by Shipman and the companies attitude that Puna is still inhabited by "poor farm help" and they must visit the "company store" (his land, his developments) in order to survive. This is also why no PMAR because it would bypass the "company store".
Best way to start I see is neighborhood co-ops working clandestinely trading/bartering between themselves and other clusters around each co-op to keep food stocks full, with money in the bank from not having to buy into either the long drive to Hilo, or to the "new downtown". You may have a veggie garden, the neighbor has eggs from chickens, Ed down the street raises fryers, on and on.This method also stunts the advancement of a strip mall for every community, slowly becoming as densely populated as downtown Hilo, in my opinion.
Community begins with Aloha
Best way to start I see is neighborhood co-ops working clandestinely trading/bartering between themselves and other clusters around each co-op to keep food stocks full, with money in the bank from not having to buy into either the long drive to Hilo, or to the "new downtown". You may have a veggie garden, the neighbor has eggs from chickens, Ed down the street raises fryers, on and on.This method also stunts the advancement of a strip mall for every community, slowly becoming as densely populated as downtown Hilo, in my opinion.
Community begins with Aloha