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"it's a love affair! ". Despite limited budgets, they offer us combined programs with depth and quality <br />across a wide spectrum of our cultural needs. This is accomplished primarily by engaging a substantial <br />core of volunteers and keeping a focus on our local and unique assets. They demonstrate the potential <br />for effective use of targeted smart investment. <br />Our government, businesses, the news media and people must pay attention to the centrality of our arts <br />and cultural institutions . If they are neglected, the sense of place and uniqueness of downtown Hilo will <br />decline. It is also crucial to foster effective relationships between these institutions and churches, <br />schools, Chambers of Commerce, civic and sporting organizations and other groups to disperse <br />information and encourage community participation. This participation is the life line for continued <br />vitality of our arts and cultural institutions. There is an urgent and strong need for active participation of <br />the University of Hawaii at Hilo to be effective in connecting students to downtown Hilo activities. <br />Public transportation to downtown Hilo from the university, as well as from residential localities, the <br />port and the airport must be improved. <br />Both as discrete organizations and through promotion of the significance of this group of organizations' <br />importance to Downtown Hilo's vitality, we must increase our efforts to encourage awareness of their <br />presence, participation in their activities and support for their operations with time and financial help. <br />Envision Downtown Hilo 2025 brings together government, businesses and the community to plan for <br />Hilo's Future. It facilitates implementation of ideas developed through this plan so that the special <br />ambiance of Hilo's downtown that we all so love be retained for the future. <br />[End] <br />4 <br />