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Maybe, develop a park like Lily Ukalani for people to go walking, relaxing anf for kids also to play safe. Pahoa is still an old time town but further away there is a new town with businesses and services for the modern day demands. The old Pahoa Town is where the locals and tourists love to go to shop and eat and meet with their friends. The look and feel is very reminiscent of the old days when Pahoa was still a plantation working people town. The feel is still Hawaiian as are the people who use the Old Pahoa Town. The look of the new town is more modern, however the buildings are representational of the old Hawaii. The landscaping and structures remind us of the old Pahoa Town. There is a community pride, because most people in that area have jobs, responsibilities and own their own homes. It is no longer a drug haven and the community is no longer a majority of people on public assistance, public housing, food stamps and supporting their families on a life of crime. Marijuana is now legal so there are no problems with that anymore. Tourists have been using Pahoa as a destination for the last 15 years after the community conducted a survey monkey and got serious about fixing the problems and making the community useful to those who live there. No drugs, no shady characters, more surveillance to lower the crime rate. Everyone practices proper hygiene. the roadways leading into and out of Pahoa need revamping for safety and a two lane minimum going in both directions from Hilo to Pahoa Town and beyond.The town is lit, has sidewalks, and bike Ianes.The schools and the entire community are safe from burglary, violence and crime is down. The schools are all renewed and restructured so the students can learn and succeed as citizens of this island community and of the world.The schools are safe from viuolence and the students are fed nutritious meals and classrooms are clean well lit and not overcrowded. Bus transportation goes around the island from Pahoa Rown and scheduling is nore than 1 -2 x a day to and from Pahoa Town. I'VE LIVED in Pahoa for over twenty years and although there are a few more businesses, not much haschanged Hope that it does not change very much. Please, no more fast food! Aloha ! Less haole people n I meant the swatter kine that makes the town ugly n smelly. people stop sueing each other and fighting -and use the mone to make town nicer Hopefully there will be a vibrant down -town of small businesses - independed & very few chain stores Newer old style Building teplacing the old buildings in old town section. Well, we finally get a real grocery store and a hospital, downtown area has been turned into a historic district, and there's an open park gathering place for the community with camping, a bandstand, and outdoor theater area. I'll be 87 and just be happy to still be around. Hopefully there will be the support that I expect to need. Frankly, if the Pahoa of the future didn't change, that would be the place I would still love to experience most. But, if I can fantasize - -- Burger King, KFC and Subway would all be closed down, and would be replaced by other local and creative businesses. Maybe Subway could be a commercial kitchen for locals to create their awesome food! Longs? Well I know that's an even Imagine it is 25 years from now in Pahoa —how do you see it? Page 14