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I would like to see some places being restored. Safe place to enjoy - More Cultural preservation - Sustainability - Caring for those in need helpijng and loving each other Green, appropriate development w/ wastewater, bike share, parking - Quaint style, not McDonalds, box stores, etc. Parks, bike paths etc. all kinds of alternative healing, lovely restaurants and shops Self sustainable, clean and green. Good solid local businesses emphasizing local foods and local products. Good bike paths and walkways. A beautiful community center, that does not look like a dump - is spacious and light filled and landscaped beautifully. A safe and kid friendly park in the community center area. People who care and are corteous and friendly. It maintains its idiosyncrasies, individualist qualities, friendly and funky charm a Convenient hub place for massive and clean public transportation to various other parts of the Island. Community organized fruit trees and vegetable, etc. gardens for any to participate 24 hr.clean and available public toilets!! and showers. Benches for folks to feel welcomed to sit and hang out in town - that all feel welcome Sign ups for people to participate in community endeavors (repairs, clean, plant, etc.) Solar, etc. powered shops, etc in town. ALL feel welcomed and included - including those who now get "swept" off the streets. Sidewalks allow everyone, including people with disabilities and parents with stollers, safe access along all of Pahoa's clean and scenic streetfronts. Parking is ample for locals and the many tourists alike. Fresh local produce is available at an open -air market fairly administered in a colorblind manner and open to all. The county planning office and building inspectors have worked within actual code and treated Pahoa equally -- fairly -- with Hilo and elsewhere such that many shops have been built in a cost - effective manner in Pahoa, housing sellers of locally - produced art, clothing, wares and diverse services. The Pahoa Neighborhood Center has been expanded and along with the pool is a vibrant heart of community group activity. A well- staffed Youth Center with programming and activities for young people serves to build skills and quality of life for local youth. Senior services adequate to the needs of the many retirees in Puna, including medical services, are located ion Pahoa. Government offices with oversight and responsibility for Puna are located in Pahoa. it feels the same as it did 25 years ago, but cleaner and healthier. friendly people smiling at each other, gathering, communing. planted with more fruits and flowers. I see that i can drive in to Pahoa instead of going to Hilo. No more Hilo runs ever. All I need is in Pahoa. It is no longer the sleepy little village, but a bustling small town with a trolley that runs from one end of town to the other every half hour. There is a 7 day a week farmers market, a hospital, movie theater. Since the schools decentralized the traffic in the morning is minimal. The new bike lane makes it safe to ride from Nanawale. Sidewalks increase the safety. If I "want" to go to Hilo I can hop on a train that runs down the old railroad from Kapoho to Hilo and then get a trolley around town. The post office has relocated to a place with more parking and added some staff. HFS has opened a branch in pahoa and we have a Minute stop that takes my gas card. We even have Imagine it is 25 years from now in Pahoa —how do you see it? Page 20