HomeMy WebLinkAboutSPP-21-000227 9.8.2021 J. MCCRACKEN TESTIMONY
Mori, Ashley
From:Jasmin McCracken <pikakebeads@gmail.com>
Sent:Wednesday, September 8, 2021 11:48 AM
To:LPCtestimony
Subject:Kona Aerials Gymnastics Permit 21-000227
Jasmin McCracken
PO Box 569
Holualoa, HI 96725
September 6, 2021
County of Hawaii
Leeward Planning Commission
101 Pauahi Street
Hilo, HI 96720
Dear Mr. Chair Vitousek and Members of the Leeward Planning Commission:
My daughter is a gymnast here. Please please please allow this permit, so our community can continue to benefit from
this WORLD CLASS gymnastics gym. Yes I said WORLD CLASS because that’s how professional this gymnastics gym is. I
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
amazing coach that makes high level athletes. She has trained two gymnasts up to the highest competitive level
(competing at nationals). I’m told she trained with Bella Karolyi (the most famous and successful coach in gymnastics
history). She has an amazing level 10 gymnast there right now, that she has trained from a young girl. She NEEDS a
large gym, to be able to do this. Commercial spaces are not large enough for this. She needs an industrial building for
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
this building permit doesn’t work out, she will be retiring, and Kona Aerials Gymnastics will be no more. Please please
please don’t let this happen!
I ask that you please vote to approve Special Permit No. 21-000227 so that our community can continue to enjoy the
many benefits that Kona Aerials Gymnastics and the Nakuwana Foundation provide.
Thank you for your time and consideration of this testimony in support of this application.
Sincerely,
Jasmin McCracken
Owner, Pikake Beads & Gemdrops
(808) 989-7798
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