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<br />Mori, Ashley <br />From:Jasmin McCracken <pikakebeads@gmail.com> <br />Sent:Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:48 AM <br />To:LPCtestimony <br />Subject:Kona Aerials Gymnastics Permit 21-000227 <br />Jasmin McCracken <br />PO Box 569 <br />Holualoa, HI 96725 <br /> <br />September 6, 2021 <br /> <br />County of Hawaii <br />Leeward Planning Commission <br />101 Pauahi Street <br />Hilo, HI 96720 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Chair Vitousek and Members of the Leeward Planning Commission: <br /> <br />My daughter is a gymnast here. Please please please allow this permit, so our community can continue to benefit from <br />this WORLD CLASS gymnastics gym. Yes I said WORLD CLASS because that’s how professional this gymnastics gym is. I <br />grew up doing gymnastics for 10 years, so i know how lucky we are to have this level of a gym and coach. Nannette is an <br />amazing coach that makes high level athletes. She has trained two gymnasts up to the highest competitive level <br />(competing at nationals). I’m told she trained with Bella Karolyi (the most famous and successful coach in gymnastics <br />history). She has an amazing level 10 gymnast there right now, that she has trained from a young girl. She NEEDS a <br />large gym, to be able to do this. Commercial spaces are not large enough for this. She needs an industrial building for <br />this, and she needs it to be affordable as possible, in order for the community to be able to afford it. I am told that if <br />this building permit doesn’t work out, she will be retiring, and Kona Aerials Gymnastics will be no more. Please please <br />please don’t let this happen! <br /> <br />I ask that you please vote to approve Special Permit No. 21-000227 so that our community can continue to enjoy the <br />many benefits that Kona Aerials Gymnastics and the Nakuwana Foundation provide. <br /> <br />Thank you for your time and consideration of this testimony in support of this application. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Jasmin McCracken <br />Owner, Pikake Beads & Gemdrops <br />(808) 989-7798 <br />1 <br />