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From: Mariko W. Shotwell <mshotwell@maunakearesort.net>
Sent: Friday, September 10, 2021 5:29 PM
To: LPCtestimony
Subject: Special Permit No. 21-000227 Kona Aerials Gymnastic Team Inc.
Attachments: 21-000227.pdf
Aloha,
Please find the attached letter in regards to Special Permit No. 21-000227 submitted by Kona Aerials Gymnastic Team
Inc.
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Mahalo,
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68-1792 Lina Poepoe Street
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
September 10, 2021
County of Hawaii
Leeward Planning Commission
101 Pauahi Street
Hilo, HI 95720
Dear Mr. Chair Vitousek and Members of the Leeward Planning Commission:
I'm writing to you on my own behalf and as a member of the Kailua-Kona community to express
my support for Special Permit No. 2I'000227, submitted by Kona Aerials Gymnastic Team Inc.
requesting to permit the operation of a youth gymnastic and sport fitness facility on HuaIaIai
Road in Kailua-Kona.
Kona Aerials Gymnastics Inc. (KAG) is a non-profit organization that has served West Hawaii
athletes for decades and is the only gymnastics training facility in KaiIua-Kona. Their programs
offer Big Island youth the opportunity to participate in an array of activities designed to advance
physical and emotional skills as well as promote leadership skills, self-confidence, teamwork, and
physical coordination. The proposed Special Permit will allow KAG to continue to provide a vital
space for athietes and youth to train and further develop their skills, potentially enabling some
participants to compete nationally and seek college scholarship opportunities.
In addition to providing a healthy, fun and enriching environment for our keiki, KAG, through
their partnership with Nakuwana Foundation, another Hawaii Nonprofit Corporation, the facility
also provides adult fitness, strength and conditioning facilities to the community. The combined
services offered by these two nonprofits promote a consistent, healthy and active lifestyle for
community members of all ages while providing a positive source of much needed recreational
activity to West Hawaii.
1 ask that you please vote to approve Special Permit No. 21-000227 so that our community can
continue to ejoy 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,