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• Prioritizes safety improvements of our County bridges, particularly in the Pa'auilo Mauka-Kalopa area • Guides road and park improvements • Prioritizes bus system improvements, including a Honoka'a town route, and additional bus shelters • Prioritizes hardening of community facilities • Prioritizes improvements to the Honoka'a transfer station The plan addresses strengthening local economic development in the following ways: • Preserves opportunities to live off the land • Guides the implementation of regional economic development strat ies • Guides the development of a regional education, enterprise development, and research network • Guides regional strategies to increase "buying local" • Guides efforts to strengthen the local agriculture value chain • Allows for the diversification of agriculture-based businesses and r\usesicultural lands • Guides the development of local, renewable, distributed energy n • Guides the development of a place-boath to community tourism These strategies are organized by subtopics itSecti 3:Preferred LandUs ettlement Patterns, Section 4: Protect and Enhance Natural and Cultural Resources, Section S. Strengthen In rastructure. Facilities, and Services, Section 6: Build a Sustainable Local Econ of the CD low. 1.1.4 How war `he CDP developed. • The Hamakua CDP was developed through ext ive community and stakeholder engagement. Important documents developed through the CDP process areas follows: F • Hamakua Community Profile (2010) This is a comprehensive, detailed profile developed based on community knowledge and expertise, as well as existing data, reports, and studies. • Values and Vision Statement (2011) Community members identified core community values and a vision of what they'd like to see in Hamakua in 2030, and this was synthesized from the more than 17,000 community comments received into a Vision statement adopted by the Steering Committee. • Hamakua Proposed Strategies for Consideration (2011) 11