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County of Hawai'i Draft General Plan <br /> 2019 Public Comments on Economic & Opportunity Planning <br /> Comment Source Date <br /> Put a cultural center with farmers market for locals to sell and <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> tourists (initiative started 10 years ago) <br /> Visitor industry-- need to give historical true story of the place -- <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> tourists are getting false information <br /> Tourism has changed since how it used to be.Types of tourist <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> activity/locations/etc. <br /> Eco-tourism not used to full potential Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Economy fluctuates--cannot rely only on tourism/agriculture Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> • Diversification is very important and not very well reflected <br /> Feel a major problem for the island is a shrinking economic base <br /> • Not enough about encouraging new businesses Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> • Not currently economically self-sufficient--food exportation <br /> • Develop economic base <br /> •Ag is failing--tourism is flat <br /> • More in the Plan about negative economic climate and fixing this <br /> 278: Invest?Clarify Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Objective:Add equitable and safe into objective Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> What does family owned farm mean? <br /> • Agriculture business model Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Chain of production in ag--getting it to be improved --farm to table <br /> should be easier Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> • EX: post-harvest facilities <br /> Indoor ag -> climate change reasons to mitigate effects esp. In urban <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> areas <br /> Committee geared towards helping maximize the land that they are Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> working (in community) --seed to table even with restaurants <br /> So much of ag is subsistence--yes they need support but takes too <br /> much for family farms to become commercial <br /> •A family farm cannot support a family <br /> Ka'u Speakout 8/25/2019 <br /> Health insurance is a big problem for families who own farms <br /> Allow more housing on a farm to encourage growth and <br /> increased production <br /> Off-grid helps with affordability <br /> Difficult to get permits <br /> 8 <br />