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1.8 From Vision to Action
<br />i.&i Community Objectives
<br />Building on the community's values and vision as well as insights from the Community Profile (see Appendix V3),
<br />the Steering Committee established the following Community Objectives:
<br />'AINA [Natural Resources & Ag as related to conservation of natural resources, Public Access]
<br />• Objective 1: Protect, restore, and enhance watershed ecosystems, sweeping views, and open spaces from
<br />mauka forests to makai shorelines, while assuring responsible public access for recreational, spiritual,
<br />cultural, and sustenance practices.
<br />• Objective 2: Protect and restore viable agricultural lands and resources. Protect and enhance viewscapes
<br />and open spaces that exemplify Hamakua's rural character.
<br />• Objective 3: Encourage community-based collaborative management plans to assure that human
<br />activities are in harmony with the quality of Hamakua's unique natural and cultural landscape.
<br />COMMUNITY [Culture, Town Planning, Infrastructure, Public Facilities, Services, Transportation]
<br />• Objective 4: Protect and nurture Hamakua's social and cultural diversity and heritage assets, including
<br />sacred places, historic sites and buildings, and distinctive plantation towns.
<br />• Objective 5: Direct future settlement patterns that are sustainable and connected. Honor Hamakua's
<br />historic and cultural assets by concentrating new development in existing, walkable, mixed-use town
<br />centers while limiting rural sprawl.
<br />• Objective 6: Develop and improve critical community infrastructure, including utilities, healthcare,
<br />emergency services, affordable housing, educational opportunities and recreational facilities to keep our
<br />'ohana safe, strong, and healthy. "qq% 1W
<br />• Obiective 7: Establish a rural transportation network that includes improving roadway alternatives to
<br />Highway 19, expanding and improving the existing transit system, and encouraging multiple
<br />transportation options.
<br />ECONOMY [Employment, Industry, Business Development, Small Town Revitalization, Agriculture, Tourism]
<br />• Objective 8: Promote, preserve and enhance a diverse, sustainable, local economy.
<br />• Objective 9: Encourage the increase and diversity of employment and living options for residents,
<br />including living wage jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities that allow residents to work and shop close
<br />to home and that complement Hamakua's ecology, rural character, and cultural heritage.
<br />• Objective 10: Revitalize retail, service, dining, and entertainment centers that complement the
<br />community's rural character and culture.
<br />• Objective 11: Enhance and promote local and sustainable agriculture, farming, ranching, renewable
<br />energy, and related economic support systems.
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