01-03-2007, 03:28 AM
It is a matter of planning. Pahoa has infastructure and is simply here. Pahoa is encouraged to be a town or village and the Malama Market center is where Pahoa starts. It does not directly access onto Hwy. 130.
None of us are so foolish as to think that there will be no further growth. The Community Development Plan now underway got clear input from the public that they want, as much as possible, for Puna to remain a rural environment. A good way to achieve that is to prevent commercial sprawl along our roadways and concentrate our goods and services in our exisiting towns and the creation of new village centers within the large sub divisions.
We are extremely fortunate that we have no commercial development on Hwy 130 at this time. Rare moment in history to address this issue. The vote tomorrow could cross that line. Once you approve one commercial location by what logic do you prevent the next and the next and the next?
None of us are so foolish as to think that there will be no further growth. The Community Development Plan now underway got clear input from the public that they want, as much as possible, for Puna to remain a rural environment. A good way to achieve that is to prevent commercial sprawl along our roadways and concentrate our goods and services in our exisiting towns and the creation of new village centers within the large sub divisions.
We are extremely fortunate that we have no commercial development on Hwy 130 at this time. Rare moment in history to address this issue. The vote tomorrow could cross that line. Once you approve one commercial location by what logic do you prevent the next and the next and the next?
Assume the best and ask questions.
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