Advertiser: “Clearer vision for Lā‘ie”
The Honolulu Advertiser published an editorial about Envision Lā‘ie yesterday. Here are a few excerpts:
Most of the longtime residents in the quiet town of La’ie would like to enliven their neighborhood a bit without destroying its relaxed, rural charm.
This, of course, is the ongoing balancing act that confronts communities up and down the Ko’olauloa coastline. Modest growth can be a blessing if it delivers improvements and capacity that the community needs while holding at bay the creeping urbanization of townside O’ahu. The “country” feel is, after all, why residents choose to live here — and live with — the often necessary long commute.
The planners of an expansion on and around the Brigham Young University-Hawai’i campus have a good grasp of what the community wants, thanks to the admirable “Envision La’ie” series of meetings with, and surveys of, the residents.
Envision Lā‘ie has posted these surveys and other research for download here at www.envisionlaie.com.
This is why the “visioning” process—the conversation with the residents who helped to shape the plans in a promising way—must continue as the project moves through city reviews.
So far, the engagement of the community in the plans is encouraging, a model of how projects should proceed. If the end result is a La’ie that supports a thriving community, the investment of time in the process will pay off handsomely.
Please look here for further information so the engagement with the community and conversation can continue.
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