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Part I. EDH 2025 Highlights The Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program for Downtown Hilo In 2008, the American Institute of Architects (ALA) selected Downtown Hilo as a host community for their 2009 Sustainable Design Assessment Team (SDA`1) Program. The SD AT Program is an interdisciplinary community assistance program that focuses on principles of sustainability. It included a $15,000 award used to fund the cost of the program. In addition, the State Department of Health, through their Healthy Hawai'i Initiative program, partnered with the VisionKeepers and the Planning Department by contributing $5,000 towards Downtown Hilo's required costs as a host community. After a preliminary site visit, in May 2009 a team of six (6) AIA architects visited Hilo and met with numerous key stakeholders and Lead Solution Partners during a three -day workshop. The workshop included two public meetings which approximately 130 community members attended. The SD AT Program provided a unique opportunity for multiple partners to come together to assess Downtown Hilo and the EDH 2025 Plan from the perspective of social, economic, and environmental sustainability. The recommendations from the SDAT team offered guidance on ways to refine the EDH 2025 fiction Plan to better promote conscientious implementation. Their recommendations are now contained in a 54 -page report which is available on the AAA Web site, http: / /www.aia.org /about /initiatives /AIAS075426. • Members of the SDAT Team answer questions during a public meeting Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 Progress Report January 2009 -June 2010 Page 2