(01-15-2025, 08:28 AM)My 2 cents Wrote: It reminds me of the pre-Makuu Market. The huge greenhouse structure in Pahoa that was so overgrown with weeds that most people didn’t even know it was there, got cleaned up and turned into an awesome farmer’s market far superior to the tent city they have now (imo), and then shut down because….well, just because I guess.
That was an awesome one. There was a lady that had chili with meat and vegan chili and she always intimated that the vegans all wanted to meat chili because it looked the same and they could get their weekly meat fix without signaling their lapse in virtue LOL. I did not independently verify this and I'm sure no vegans reading this were involved.
The other, even greater and perhaps greatest farmers market ever that embodied all that is Puna was the S.P.A.C.E. market on Saturdays back in the day in Seaview. Same thing happened there. Concerned homeowners were unhappy with the traffic and commotion once a week and they put the kibosh on it. Echos of that continue with the fledgling commercial activities at "The Lawn" on Sundays.
I'd be willing to bet a kahelelani necklace with a sunrise shell that those "concerned citizens" in Princeville will move on within 18 months. Kauai don't play.
N.I.M.B.Y. goes both ways.
I wish you all the best.