10-01-2007, 07:09 AM
Seems like what it lacks to me is: 1) Signage, and 2) Walkability.
You can't get from one side of the street to the other without a mad dash. Deters strolling. Maybe it could be closed off on weekends or some stoplights could be put in. The two sides of the street need to be better connected. Could use some paint, too. The volcano sign on the cash and carry is wonderful though. You could echo that theme on a sign that spans the road and says "Pahoa". When I first came to Pahoa, I though the Malama Market area was Pahoa. Then I was informed there was another Pahoa down the road. Having the two separate Pahoas is what is killing the "real" Pahoa. I love the Malama Market plaza (practical), but it is suffocating downtown Pahoa. In an ideal world, it would have been located downtown.
Pele may ask us to start over.
You can't get from one side of the street to the other without a mad dash. Deters strolling. Maybe it could be closed off on weekends or some stoplights could be put in. The two sides of the street need to be better connected. Could use some paint, too. The volcano sign on the cash and carry is wonderful though. You could echo that theme on a sign that spans the road and says "Pahoa". When I first came to Pahoa, I though the Malama Market area was Pahoa. Then I was informed there was another Pahoa down the road. Having the two separate Pahoas is what is killing the "real" Pahoa. I love the Malama Market plaza (practical), but it is suffocating downtown Pahoa. In an ideal world, it would have been located downtown.
Pele may ask us to start over.