09-28-2008, 12:33 PM
The connectivity (road system) between the subdivisions will be essential and, IMHO, the #1 priority if the village center concept has any chance.
It is a great concept, but can it work?
How about a list of retail shops or services that a typical village center would have? How about some light industry in the villages for employment as well?
Until there are reasonable traffic capacity to move people to the village centers, it will be just as easy to drive to Hilo.
What population would be required to support the customer requirements for these village enterprises? The connectivity will be the backbone of the village center concept and would help to increase customer flow.
PMAR has to be a top, if not the top priority in the PCDP.
I remember working for a client one time who had georgeous landscaping on his 5 acres, so I asked him "How do you go about planning out such a beatiful garden?" He repied " First you layout the paths."
Think FUTURE, Dan
It is a great concept, but can it work?
How about a list of retail shops or services that a typical village center would have? How about some light industry in the villages for employment as well?
Until there are reasonable traffic capacity to move people to the village centers, it will be just as easy to drive to Hilo.
What population would be required to support the customer requirements for these village enterprises? The connectivity will be the backbone of the village center concept and would help to increase customer flow.
PMAR has to be a top, if not the top priority in the PCDP.
I remember working for a client one time who had georgeous landscaping on his 5 acres, so I asked him "How do you go about planning out such a beatiful garden?" He repied " First you layout the paths."
Think FUTURE, Dan