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organized Sunday Market - add a Wed. mkt in Pahoa like Hilo. a sense of pride belonging to community that has compassion and cares about its members. the space for improvement of infrustructure and the willingness of the local population to continue development. A variety of businesses along Pahoa Village Road, a few large community parking lots behind the stores where people can park and then walk along Pahoa Village Road on wide sidewalks to the businesses. A community gathering area. More sense of "this is OUR village" The kids playing, more people that live here out walking around. One thing we could use is a less touristy clothing store. Not like walmart, but something little. I hate going to Hilo to buy underwear! l I know Pahoa has come a long way in the past decade or so, but we need to keep striving together to make this a place where are kids want to stay. It needs to be a mid sized town with all the shopping and services to prevent trips to Hilo except for specialized needs. Pahoa hasn't changed at all in my future, except that there is a bike /pedestrian path parallel to the main road and separated by a curb. This bike path connects to Hawaiian Beaches and to Nanawale to provide safe transit for the outlying residents to come enjoy Pahoa as their cultural center instead of driving to Hilo, so the town is more vibrant and has more businesses. PAHOA WOULD SIMILAR TO WHAT IT DOES NOW AS FAR AS BUILDING STYLES. THERE WOULD BE BIKE AND PEDESTRIAN PATHS ALL THROUGH TOWN, COVERED BUS STOPS IN SPOTS OFF OF THE MAIN ROAD (BUS COULD PULL OFF AND NOT STALL TRAFFIC) PARKING SPACES OFF THE VILLAGE ROAD WITH LANDSCAPING. No overhead utility lines, lots of plants & flowers, frontages freshly painted with washed windows, no gig butts or trash in street SIDEWALKS, FACELIFT for STOREFRONTS but preserving integrity of style I would like to see Pahoa remain a quaint Village yet well kept. We should have guidelines to have buildings keep the same decore :) We have replaced Geothermal with alternate energies like cold fusion, son ofusion. We will have levitating vehicles so paved roads are obsolete. We will have local grown real food - -GMO eliminated. We will have transport anywhere, easily -- We may even have teleportation or better The world will be transformed by then. (left blank -mdb) Further & more integration with all the different cultures & lifestyles a unification & inter - action between the churches & community groups A movie theater, library, more parking, renovated historical buildings, more park recreation services a walking path with placks giving historical info I see a clean town with happy people walking the safe streets, waving & smiling to friends. I see a full breadth business community serving all the residents of lower Puna. I see people making use of public facilities and helping to take care of their community. Main street closed and turned into a plaza. Parking Keeping it small town. I hope it is all I need and I do not have to drive to Hilo for grocery shopping or a movie I want to stay here in my town. Beautiful parks, easy bike paths and side walks. Numerous interesting shops and businesses. Imagine it is 25 years from now in Pahoa —how do you see it? Page 17