Hilo Bayfront Trails Updates
October 30, 2012. Yes! Another milestone achieved: The Hilo Bayfront Trails Inc. recieved their tax exemption letter from IRS on October 30, 2012 - they are now officialy a 501(c)3 Public Charity effective date November 11, 2012. Congratulations!
September 5, 2012. The next HBFT meeting is scheduled for Sept. 19, 2012 at the Planning Dept. Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, at 4:00 pm. Call Susan at 961-8154.
August 28, 2012. Hoorah! Application to IRS for tax exempt status under Chapter 501(c)3 is in the mail.
August 1, 2012. The next HBFT meeting will be held on Wednesday, August 18, 2012 at the Planning Dept. Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, at 4:00 pm. Call Susan at 961-8154.
July 19, 2012. Celebrate Hilo Bayfront Trails for securing 60+ likes along with 4 other projects on Thursday, July 19, 2012 at 5:30 pm at Aupuni Center Conference Room. Hear progress updates and next steps and collaborate with others.
July 3, 2012. The next committee meeting for the Friends of Hilo Bayfront Trails (the committee now has a name) will be on July 18th at 4:00 pmat the Planning Dept. Conference Room.
June 11, 2012. Remember, the HBFT Committee meets the 3rd Wednesday of every month at 4:00 pm at the Plannig Dept. Conference Room. Next meeting is Wed. June 20, 2012.
April 12, 2012. The next HBFT meeting will be held on Wednesday, April 18, 2012 at the Planning Department Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 at 4:00 pm. Call Susan for questions, 961-8154.
March 6, 2012. The next HBFT meeting will be held on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 at the County of Hawaii Planning Department Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3, at 4:00 pm. Meetings are normally held on the 3rd Wednesday of each month.
February 23, 2012. There are 3 segments to the Hilo Bayfront Trails: Segment 1: Mo‘oheau Bandstand to Suisan Bridge; Segment 2: Banyan Drive; Segment 3: Banyan Drive to the Boat Harbor. A walk-through of Segment 3 will be held on Sunday, March 11, at 9:00 a.m. Please meet at the Rotary Park.
February 12, 2012. Six (6) HBFT committee members walked around the proposed soccer field/bayfront paths, saw first-hand the proposed layout, obstacles, challenges and likely route. Started at the soccer field bathrooms, headed straight mauka then around the mauka soccer fields behind Palms Bar, out to Pauahi Street. Went makai to the coconut trees just mauka of the bayfront highway to see the proposed path location there, then back to the bandstand. Crossed Kamehameha Avenue and looked at potential path locations back to the soccer field bathrooms.
January 31, 2012. The next HBFT meeting will be on February 15, 2012 at the County of Hawaii Planning Department Conference Room, 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 at 4:00 pm. Call Susan @ 961-8133, for directions.
January 31, 2012. There will be a a ride-through of the Waiolama Canal and Wailoa Park on Sunday, February 12, 2012 at 9:00 a.m. to determine trail locations. Please meet at the bathrooms by the soccer fields off on Kamehameha Avenue - located below Ben Franklin.
December 30, 2011. Hilo Bayfront Trails (HBFT) reaches 60 Likes to qualify for feasibility assessment. County of Hawaii Planning Dept. will work with HBFTcommittee and report back at the end of February 2012.
Hilo Bayfront Trails Idea Page
public money or resources . It states the planning department will work with the committee and it looks like meetings are held at the planning department which would make it sound that public money or resources are used in some form.
The original plan was to have the trail part of downtown, however, it looks like that plan has been changed. Now that the plan is not part of the downtown area wouldn’t it be better for resources to be used for items in the downtown area?
Aloha GY:
I’m not sure what “public money intended for projects in the Downtown Hilo area” you are talking about since there are none, at least that I/we know of.
Please let us know if there are any public funds we are not aware of and please be reassured that any funds allocated for Downtown that we (DIA and EnVision Downtown Hilo 2025 VisionKeepers) coordinate or develop will absolutely only fund projects in the Downtown area.
It states there are 3 segments to this project, of which only a portion of 1 is located in the Downtown Hilo Project area as defined by the update plan. It would be interesting to know if any public money intended for projects in the Downtown Hilo area is being diverted to projects outside the designated area.
I signed up to help with this project but there are no meetings now. I’ll keep watching for updates.