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VI. Preliminary Hearings (10:09 AM) <br />1. APPLICATION NO.: <br />APPLICANT: <br />(10:09 AM) TRADE NAME: <br />PLACE OF BUSINESS: <br />TMK: <br />LICENSE APPLIED FOR: <br />24-13 <br />A to Z Owners LLC <br />Da Coco Shack <br />76-6246 Ali`i Drive, #102, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii <br />7-6-015-023-0001 <br />Original Restaurant General liquor license, <br />Category B 1 <br />Representing applicant: Ashley Younger, Owner, and Vincent Zaldivar <br />(Coco Vinny), Part-owner. <br />Zaldivar: Hello everyone, I'm Coco Vinny, this is Ashley, and Coco. <br />Younger: I'm Ashley. <br />Zaldivar: I'm the founder of a company called "Coco Love", you might have had Coco <br />Love water, it's in KTA and a lot of places, it's probably the best coconut water on the <br />island. So, a few years ago we kept driving by this place, used to be "Millers Surf <br />Shop", and before that "Pupu Pantry." And so, we were able to purchase that property <br />that's right there on Ali`i Drive, and we're turning it into "Da Coco Shack" surf bar. So, <br />we'll serve our coconut water, food, and liquor. So, we just got the floors in, it's turning <br />into a gorgeous place, we're setting up a beautiful bar, and everything's ready to go. <br />Younger: But also with Coco Love for every can sold, we're actually planting here on <br />island, we have a really cool non-profit called "Roots for Change", we're giving back to <br />the island doing cultrual preservation, it really ties in to making sure that everything <br />we're giving back to the island and the people. <br />Zaldivar: We're planting a lot of coconut trees on this side, Hilo, with some of our <br />partners, and also we want to improve the farmer wage locally. So, I've already planted <br />about 32,000 coconut trees so far in Puerto Rico and Costa Rica, and we want to plant <br />atleast 100,000 coconut trees here to improve the food security, the supply chain, and <br />the local ecomonic development. And we're going to showcase our coconuts fresh with <br />daquiris and other things like that to demonstrate how we can produce fresh coconuts <br />locally throughout the businesses. It'll be at Uncle Billy's, we're going to get coconuts <br />everywhere, so that's the plan, and you can come to "Da Coco Shack" and learn all <br />about it. <br />Okabe: Have you received the report? <br />Younger: Yes. <br />Okabe: Are there any changes to the report? <br />Younger: No. <br />MINUTES - LIQUOR COMMISSION MEETING - THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 2025 - HILO PAGE 7 OF 28 <br />