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Pahoa Natural Groceries once served <br />as the Pahoa Post Office from 1945 to 19 <br />• 65. ether <br />historic resources include: Sacred Heart Catholic Church; the Pahoa • <br />Association (YEA) � oa Young Buddhist <br />Hall, and the ancient Hawaiian <br />Kaohe /Puna forest trail. <br />There are numerous commercial and fa ' <br />. anily owned operations involved in coffee, <br />exotic fruit, flower and foliage, and macadamia <br />g a nut orchards. Many farms and nurseries are still recovering from papaya and anthuri um diseases which negativel <br />affected t <br />reputation of being he leading y he region s <br />g g exporter of papayas and the anthurium Capitol " <br />The only geothermal level ... P of the world". <br />g development in Hawaii is located 5 miles s <br />providing ver 25 ouch of Pahoa town, <br />8 megawatts of energy to Bag Island residents. <br />Pahoa Village is home to 1027 reside • <br />. � residents, and serves an estimated 9,300 people wh <br />reside in Lower Puna. It as art of the Puna P P ° <br />P na District, one of the fastest growing districts ' <br />the State with over 40% of this growth g g lets an <br />g wth taking place in Lower Puna. The aver ' <br />and the district accounts for 17.3% of the ge age as 35 <br />e total Big Island population. The district also <br />ent rate and n has <br />the highest unemployment umber of participating families on welfare <br />' an the State. <br />Over 15.7% of Pahoa residents live below the poverty level. In 1990 the median <br />income for the Pahoa c i lain household <br />community is $21,705 per year, compared to $29 712 .. <br />County. P far Hawaii <br />Many native Hawaiians have maintained • <br />awned their family residence an Lower Puna <br />� en for <br />hundreds of years, along with generations of Filipino and Japanese immigrants w <br />in Pahoa working n the lumber 8 who started <br />g ber and sugar industries. Pahoa villa <br />of 44.5 ersons s density village presently has a density <br />er <br />P p q. mule, compared to the overall district's d <br />square mile. of 41.E persons per <br />(Resources: 1989 County of Hawaii General Pla the 1979 Puna Community Develo r7rent Plan Coun <br />Hawaii), the 1993 P n Co»xjnirni De��elo anent Plan • • , { ty of <br />the 197.3 P l ;aa ill (Count► of Hawai ), and the County of Hawaii 1995 Dcrt <br />e U an Desi r Plan (County of Hawaii), and the Mainstreet P <br />1994 -ZO�o Pahoa Strcxte ' plan <br />The District of Puna <br />Commercial activity n the Puna � . <br />tY distract primarily consists of small • <br />which serve agricultural • • y l rural enterprises <br />g al communities. Commercial activity <br />communities of Keaau ty is mainly located in the <br />and Pahoa. The extend of commercial <br />development at these <br />locations consist of a <br />shopping center at Keaau and at P <br />� whoa, grocery and genera]. <br />merchandise stores, a service station, miscellaneous retail shops an ' <br />P d at feast 10 different <br />retain food establishments and restaurants within a 2 block area •• <br />Plan, 1987. [County of Hawaii General <br />