01-16-2017, 06:41 AM
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Originally posted by shockwave rider
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Originally posted by Kapoho Joe
Maybe it's all for the best. I don't recall the theater being used more than a dozen times in the last 2-3 years. The parking lot is a disaster, the farmers market has been having growing pains, the back of the pawn shop has been rotting away, etc. Let's hope some local funding appears and downtown Pahoa can stay 'funky' or else PBC is right - Kea'au South. Fingers crossed!
I am sure that is real consolation for the 30-50 people who no longer have livelihoods and/or homes in a place with limited jobs and SRO housing. Talk about heartless.
edited to add: there is a church that used the building at least once a week, if not more, so it was used far more "than a dozen times in the last 2-3 years", including being booked for an open mic on the second Saturday's Art Walk by a new promoter who had big plans for local music there.