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Strong Economies
<br />Objective 8: Promote, preserve and enhance a diverse,
<br />sustainable, local economy.
<br />Objective 9: Encourage the increase and diversity of employmen
<br />and living options for residents, including living wage jobs and
<br />entrepreneurial opportunities that allow residents to work and
<br />shop close to home and that complement Hamakua's ecology,
<br />rural character, and cultural heritage.
<br />• General Plan prioritizes centralizing
<br />urban development (GP 14.3.3. (b);
<br />14.13(j), 14.3.5.3.2 (a), 14.3.5.4.2(a)),
<br />• General Plan prioritizes place -
<br />appropriate commercial development
<br />(GP 14.3.3 (f); 14.3.5.3.2 (c));
<br />• General Plan prioritizes multi -modal
<br />transportation planning,
<br />• General Plan recognizes need to
<br />identify sites for future industrial
<br />activities (GP 14.4.5.9.2 (a), 14.4.5.2.2
<br />(b); 14.4.5.3.2 (a), 14.4.5.2 (a)).
<br />"More local jobs that provide a `living
<br />wage' so people can provide for their
<br />families without having three jobs."
<br />• Planning Area towns have declined in
<br />population, businesses, and services,
<br />• Hamakua products/destinations not a
<br />familiar `brand',
<br />• Towns often lack broadband service /
<br />limited cell connectivity,
<br />• Planning Area lacks ability to capture
<br />visitor dollars — remains primarily a
<br />pass-through scenic area for visitors,
<br />• High land values favor development
<br />over agriculture,
<br />• Former industrial sites not being
<br />redeveloped, loss of industry, loss of
<br />adequate industrial land designations
<br />WHAT HAMAKUA SAID
<br />ipport and grow small businesses.
<br />ey are the core of the community,
<br />�eping it alive and making it more
<br />vibrant, social and culturally
<br />preserved."
<br />• Support the development of town revitalization plans
<br />(Policy 15, Community Action 1),
<br />• Collaborate to bring broadband service to towns (Policy
<br />106, Kokua Action 63 Community Action 40) ,
<br />• Develop a distinct identity for Hamakua/support
<br />production and marketing of local products (Policy 108,
<br />112, 113, 114, 117, Community Action 41, 44,45),
<br />• Promote place -appropriate visitor industry (Policy
<br />118,119, 120, 121),
<br />• Provide technical assistance for small business loans and
<br />training opportunities (Policy 117, 125, Kokua Action 72,
<br />Community Action 48),
<br />• Promote place -appropriate visitor industry via the
<br />heritage corridor (Policy 122, 123, Policy 57, Kokua Action
<br />10, 11, 73, Community Action 50, 51),
<br />• Provide guidance and allow flexibility for industrial land
<br />use designations (Policy 6, 12, 124).
<br />Draft Hamakua CDP hamakua@hawaiicounty.gov www.hamakuacdp.info 4
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