23rd December 2010
Posted in Updates

Today’s The Star-Advertiser features two guest editorials on the City’s Ko’olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan and Envision Lā‘ie. You can read an excerpt below, but to view the editorial by Laie Community Association president, Pane Meatoga, Jr., click here.

Over the years, the economy hasn’t always weighed in Laie’s favor. Multiple families live in single homes due to the lack of affordable housing. Young families are forced to choose between long commutes to Honolulu or moving away due to the lack of jobs in our area. My grandkids live out of state for these reasons.

Today we have a choice.

The city’s Koolauloa Sustainable Communities Plan (KSCP) offers us the opportunity to improve our quality of life: affordable housing options for local residents; commercial areas to diversify our economy and attract new jobs; more parks and recreational places; and views of the land and ocean that will keep what we have grown to love — our life in the country.