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GOLDING, G.:My wife would like to say something. GOLDING, C.:Its just on A & B. We have the gathering area that the community can use for meeting and in order to make this an inexpensive type of gathering area were willing to put up the buildings. Were willing to landscape the land, make the grass, everything but we would like it to be sustainable. Wed like those 2 buildings for the community to make something in those buildings. Their own businesses, their own opportunity to do something. Building S was our opportunity to be a mom and pop store thats what we want to do. The gallery is for local artists; those are other people other than us. But A & B is for the community thats why we planned around buildings that could be used in a couple of different ways cause we dont know exactly which people. Weve been approached by 15 or 20 people that do things in their home and sell it but that was the idea for A & B to make, where they could legally come down and start their own thing. And so if we leave out A & B were getting our store, well get our lodge but what about the people that all supported us over 150, 200 people? So I have a little bitofaproblemtosayA&B,wellforgetA&B.Thatisreallyimportanttothecommunity. SPRINGER:CommissionerIwashita? IWASHITA:ThankyouMadameChair.SowhatImunderstanding,orwhatIheardis that A & B were intended by you to be the public meeting places as well as- GOLDING, C.:No. IWASHITA:No. GOLDING, C.:The public meeting places would be either in the outside area even the art gallery type of area in the store. But A & B would be places where people could make their own business say somebody who makes little Hawaiian jewelry you know carves fish hooks or something. They can carve them at home but where are they going to sell them? You know where are they going to get exposure? Where can they rent a small space to start their own business? IWASHITA:So, what I am hearing now is that A & B is not something really out in the future its something that you have had, sounds like lots of expression of interest from many people in the area to rent little spaces where they can make and sell their crafts. GOLDING, C.:Start their own thing. We dont want to control everything we want an opportunity for other people to do their own thing. As far as in the future phase 1 is the store which we are really behind and were really ready and thats us. Future it could be- IWASHITA:Can you give me an idea then of the types of crafts or products, sort of the range of what people have told you they wanted to do? GOLDING, C.:Well some people carve fishhooks and make Hawaiian jewelry. There was a stained glass person that makes stained glass, sells it at the swap meet, we have a little swap meet. There was somebody who wanted a little section to do a dance studio, dying to teach EXHIBIT B 26