Mainstreet Pahoa Marketing & Business Plan 1997

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6 Special Acknowledgements Special acknowledgement is owed to those who have been instrumental in the development of a Pahoa Village Park concept which has made this report possible, including the State Department of Business and Economic Development's Community Based Economic Development program, Mayor Stephen Yamashiro of the County of Hawaii, Councilman Al Smith of the Hawaii County Council, the Mainstreet Pahoa Association's officers, board of directors and members, and the various merchants, landowners, and businesses of Pahoa Village town. Special mention must be made to Mr. George Salazar and Mr. Jack Fujio who both grew up in Pahoa town when it was early sugar plantation community and who helped with identification of many of the earlier sites of local businesses, plantation worker housing, old railroad tracks, and other areas of local activity.