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NORTH KOHALA A RURAL DISTRICT MANIFESTO In the face of the on-rushing urban development in the state of Hawaii, it has become necessary to preserve and protect the few really rural communities left. We are the lifeblood of the future. We must be absolutely clear about what it is that is important to us and make that known to all concerned, other wise be constantly fighting an out of control pattern of development that in the end will destroy the very land we have chosen to hold in righteousness as stated in the state motto. We are a rural district with our multi-cultural Ohana intact. We have chosen to operate by simple rural and village values such as aloha, ohana, and kokua. We have rebuilt our businesses by ourselves to support the beauty of this culture and its artifacts. We won a presidential award for the sustainable recovery of our towns after our last industry, sugar, disappeared. But, in these days and times tourism is a fragile business. We chose to live in an environment where we can see nature all around us. We choose to live in a community where everyone can come to know each other. We stand today at the edge of that possibility and therefore claim that we have achieved the correct population for the land and its resources and say we have reached our desirable carrying capacity. Therefore we seek no further development that will increase our population. We seek only development that will build a real sustainable industry like farming and the affordable housing that entails. We choose to live in a natural footprint without tall buildings, excess lights, and excess noise as detractors. We like a green day view and a dark night view. Charming unlighted narrow streets are fine and don't need to follow a grid. We aspire to ~ Corm No, Ref. To, [raaw00 f "d~