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trash service that picks up trash from the curb. I now go to the Pahoa pool for water aerobics since they heated the pool a few years back. I'm happy I chose Puna as my home because it has become more and more convenient for me as I age, and continues to offer more opportunities for my children. In the Pahoa of the future, I see a better socio- economic environment. I see much less poverty. I see old town reinvented into something more like Hawi town or Akaka falls town, with artsy shops catering to visitors. I see Pahoa having old style Hawaiian feeling with local crafts and Hawaiian cultural center where the Japanese Center is that houses a Hawaiian Health Care system that serves the community. I envision improved sidewalks that are wide and acccessible with plenty of public parking. I see many local shops that sell orchids and local fruits and vegie. I hear Hawaiian music town system that has high mounted speakers broadcasting slack key selections. I also see the Akebono being a center of Spiritual concerts of Hawaiian and other musicians. I also see the lower end nearer the Malama Center developed into a strip of shops selling Health foods and I see Malama Market expanded into a full on Supermarket with less expensive alternatives to going to Hilo for foods. Free food growing in community gardens. Dutch coffee shops to reduce alcohol violence and auto crashes. Better senior services and center! more centralized - i wish Malama wasn't so far away so that everything was walking distance.... park more of a town center where people play, eat lunch, meet up, etc. I would love to see Pahoa retain its funky feel that it has now . I would like to see development of any big stores or fast foods be at the end of town with entrances for them out side of the town center. I would like to see the roads addresed and planned for future growth. The post office need to be moved where there is more parking but walking access. It still has its historic character, maybe there will need to be a few more businesses, depending on population, but pretty much the same. Improvement in schools and health care. Feels friendly, more shopping with less signs and multi - million dollar government buildings and sounds of birds, laughing people and clean streets. I believe that western civilization is in slow -mo collapse. Pahoa will look very different. Local food will be the norm, rather than the 96% imported now. People will have decided to limit human reproduction (which we should be doing now). Actually this question is annoying because it seems to ignore the seriousness of the global threats we face. no change Make mainstreet a pedestrian mall, with a lovely business community. That would mean getting all vehicle traffic off of it, and providing decent parking to encourage the local community to use it more as a gathering and shopping place. Want to hear kids actively engaged in interesting after - school activities at the community center, skate park, pool, or other activity focuses. Senior Center up and running and providing good services. Gym used for Yoga, Tai Chi, Acrobatics, marshal arts Imagine it is 25 years from now in Pahoa —how do you see it? Page 21