Turnaround Downtown Pāhoa is a strategic initiative designed to use zoning and building codes to promote economic and workforce development in Puna. This effort is guided by the visions outlined in the Puna Community Development Plan and the Kīlauea Recovery & Resilience Plan. Our goal is to create a Pāhoa where residents can live, work, and play in a thriving, resilient community.
Manifesting Visions
Puna Community Development Plan (Puna CDP)
Mālama Puna A Mau Loa! Residents of Puna live in harmony with ‘āina while promoting a sustainable vibrant local economy, healthy communities, and a viable transportation system that is accessible, friendly and safe for now and future generations.
Kīlauea Recovery & Resilience Plan (KRRP)
Recovery Goal: Residents of Puna live in harmony with ‘āina while promoting a sustainable vibrant local economy, healthy communities, and a viable transportation system that is accessible, friendly and safe for now and future generations.
Recovery Objective: Local Economy – Increase the number and diversity of income sources for residents that pay a living wage, including encouraging jobs and entrepreneurial opportunities that complement the ecology, culture, and evolving demographics of the island.
Disaster Economic Recovery Plan
Approach to Economic Resilience
- Focus on impacted area (Pāhoa)
- Provide tools for recovery, growth
- Place-based development
- Cluster-based economic development
- Natural and cultural conservation
- Reinvent and transform
Resources.
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Check out the slide deck that Council Member Ashley Kierkiewicz and Recovery Officer Douglas Le walked community members through.
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This map contains all the various zonings for properties in Pāhoa.
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Click here to view an example of a Special District zoning, which is currently in place for Downtown Hilo. Note that no minimum parking or landscaping is required.