Farmer's Market tarps gone

[HereOnThePrimalEdge]

The Hilo Farmer's Market has encountered another delay.  After operating for decades across their entire lot, the county has required they include either a 10 foot setback between vendors and the building next door (losing space) or build a concrete block firewall next to the existing concrete block wall.  The wall would cost 1/3 of the project's total budget. The county reviewed their requirements which "has changed over the years" and decided that maybe a fire hydrant could be installed instead. 


With the removal of the firewall from the plans, a fire hydrant has to be installed on the produce side, according to Otani. He said there had been a hydrant there at one point, but it had been removed by the county.

Hilo Farmers Market Plagued* By Delays
* Bravo HTH headline writer for the pandemic tie-in