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All intersections have stoplights & have been reconfigured by TRAFFICE FLOW ENGINEERS. Old buildings & Village road are the same. Maybe road from Kaleo's to Sukothai has been closed & new road built from behind Akebono to Barber shop. All old buildings are painted & restored. Pahoa is known for having the best restaurants on BI (as now). There are sidewalks, parks & benches. Pahoa will continue to grow and develop into a very nice community with all the resources and services that are needed. Employment will be good with everyone working hard. Farms continue to thrive. Businesses will hire local people. Pahoa people will not need to travel to Hilo for medical or other personal needs. There will be a dialysis center so they would not need to travel to Hilo three times a week for hemodialysis. People will support the local farmers and not do harm to their crops. People will work together to make Pahoa better. Open park spaces. Better schools. A Library and Cultural Park. Community. I don't think I want to imagine 25 years from now, especially in the Pahoa Town itself. Too many transists loitering the area now. I personally at this moment do not want to walk the town, the changes would be awesome, if the old buildings are renovated with easy access for shoppers and more decent shops, such as a bakery and parking areas for shoppers and window shoppers. without the crime, old buildings preserved, new development that looks old. Only bicycles will be on the road because gas will be unobtainable. This will solve the bad intersection problems. Otherwise it will be like it is today only with about 3x the number of people. Many new cars and wakkways for pedestrians and wheeled devices, possibly hovercrafts. smiling faces with no diseases or hardship. Allbasic needs met, leaving much time for the arts and creativity. art everywhere and good food at every corner. yeahh! see more stores and a more friendly pulic peaceful, same rustic feeling, good resturants nicer we have exellent school and safety and everyone wants to come hee for tourism instead of the other islands. 25 years from now i see a whole new town, and i dont think that would be good i think it should stay the same. how its a growing place. I see bigger buildings and i see Pahoa being a environmental place. Hopefully in the future there may be better buildings, technology, and better parks and recreational facilities, which will make the community even stronger. looks like cities. 2 -3 lane highway into pahoa and out to make it fast to get to hilo. More shops ... Maybe a safeway or a walmart. A lot more buses to service the area as the population grows. I'm walking thru the area by the YBA Hall. You have to walk because there is no vehicular traffic (except for emergency tripeds) allowed in the center of town. The center of town is covered with a Imagine it is 25 years from now in Pahoa —how do you see it? Page 11