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The Honolulu Advertiser
Posted on: Tuesday, September 25, 2007

No time like present to think about future

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GET INVOLVED

The following public forums on the Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Draft Plan will be held:

Big Island

  • Hilo: 6 p.m. Oct. 3, Aupuni Center Conference Room, 101 Pauahi St.

  • Kailua-Kona: 6 p.m. Oct. 4, Gateway Center of the Natural Energy Lab of Hawai'i, 73-4460 Queen Ka'ahumanu Highway.

    O'ahu

  • Honolulu: 6 p.m., McKinley High School cafeteria, 1039 S. King St.

  • North Shore: 3 p.m. Oct. 6, Hale'iwa Elementary School, 66-505 Hale'iwa Rd.

  • Windward Coast: 6 p.m. Oct. 15, Castle High School cafeteria, 45-386 Kane'ohe Bay Drive.

  • Leeward Coast: 6 p.m. Oct. 16, Nanaikapono Elementary School cafeteria, 89-153 Mano Ave.

    Maui

  • Wailuku: 5:30 p.m. Oct. 8, Maui Economic Opportunity office, 99 Mahalani St.

  • Kahului: 8:30 p.m. Oct. 13, Maui Arts & Cultural Center's Haynes Meeting Room, 1 Cameron Way

    Kaua'i

  • Kapa'a: 5:30 p.m. Oct. 9, Kapa'a Middle School cafeteria, 4867 Olohena Road.

  • Lihu'e: 5:30 p.m. Oct. 10, War Memorial Convention Center, 4191 Hardy St.

    Lana'i

    Lana'i City: 5:30 p.m. Oct. 11, Lana'i High and Elementary School cafeteria, 555 Frasier Ave.

    Moloka'i

    Kaunakakai: 6 p.m. Oct. 11, Kaunakakai Elementary School, 30 Ailoa St.

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    Just because the Hawai'i 2050 Sustainability Draft Plan is in, doesn't mean the work is over — far from it.

    The draft unveiled Saturday touches on key issues of everyday life — affordable housing, infrastructure, economy, energy and culture. What the community decides today will play a key role in how our state charts the course for its future and the future of our children and grandchildren.

    The state Sustainability Task Force spent more than a year holding community meetings and poring over online and scientific polls before coming up with the draft. Now it's up to the community to invest time in reading and weighing in on it, so that these efforts won't become merely lofty goals on a dusty shelf.

    The ultimate goal is to create a state in which future generations can afford to live, work and thrive — something that today's youth in Hawai'i are becoming increasingly less hopeful about as they continue to leave for the Mainland.

    Let's give them the chance for a brighter future at home by getting involved now.