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William P. Kenoi llar'or County of Hawaii PLANNING DEPARTMENT Aupuni Center • 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Phone(808)961 -8288 • Fal(808)961 -8742 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 29, 2009 Contact Person(s): Susan Gagorik Planning Department (808)961 -8288 ext. 256 Monday - Friday 7.45am - 4.30pm BJ Leithead Todd Planning Director Margaret K. Masunaga Deputy Planning Director Kylie Alexandra (808)896 -8944 edh2025 @gmail.com www.co.hawaii.hi.us/edh2025 Two Public Meetings Scheduled for the Downtown Hilo Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program! Successful sustainability maintains a careful balance between environmental, social, cultural, and economic principles. That's why the 2009 Sustainable Design Assessment Team Program (SDAT) for Downtown Hilo will address a range of topics, including walkability, multimodal transportation, homelessness, preserving and restoring public buildings, and youth recreation. The Mission of the SDAT Program for Downtown Hilo is to prioritize and begin implementation of sustainable strategies and actions, building upon the EDH 2025 Plan and our broad foundation of local community and governmental partnerships with an infusion of technical assistance and best practices. The public is invited to two community meetings: • The first will be on Tuesday, May 5, at the Aupuni Conference Room, located at 101 Pauahi Street. The event will run from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and give the public the opportunity to provide input on topics that the SDAT team and local implementation partners will focus on. • The second community event will be on Thursday, May 7 at the Taishoji Soto Mission at 275 Kino'ole Street (adjacent to the former Western Auto) from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. SDAT and local implementation partners will share their recommendations and outcomes from the SDAT process and discuss next steps for implementation. Light refreshments will be served at both events. -more- Hawaii County is an equal opportunity Provider and employer