May workshops: what

1
May workshopswhats important about rural?

• balance contrast to town small towns, large
  open spaces, biodiversity
• maintain integrity of countryside agricultural
  economy, open spaces
• more natural environment
• very low intensity land use
• low population density
• pasture land being able to ride horses safely
• clean, quiet, slow
• less stress
• peace quiet (can include cows mooing, chickens
  crowing)
• ensuring that rural lasts

2
May workshopswhats important about rural?

• open space is visually dominant
• large expanses of open space with no dwellings
• preserving open space for future generations
• keeping countryside natural, no giant houses up
  on mountainside
• open space not manicured, but wild
• open, able to smell the land, low profile human
  occupation
• country next to town
• maintaining natural landscape vistas
• viewplanes

3
May workshopswhats important about rural?

• functional working landscape with balance between
  agriculture residential
• buffer between agriculture urban
• perpetuation of agriculture
• economically viable agricultural industry
• productivity of agriculture can take place
  without nuisance complaints
• agriculture as primary basis of zoning in ag
  lands
• long-term agricultural areas preserved
• growth of agricultural products/production to
  offset dependence on imported food

4
May workshopswhats important about rural?

• vibrant sustainable local economies
• economic opportunities within rural area
• allow people to engage in economic activities
  that are important culturally to local
  communities
• maintaining small business, like mom pop stores
  businesses
• family subsistence, farm activity, affordable
  workforce housing
• rural areas contribute to self-sufficiency
  sustainability of islands

5
May workshopswhats important about rural?

• maintaining continuity of cultural values of
  rural areas
• ...especially of those who have been there for
  several generations
• perpetuation preservation of way of life,
  traditional lifestyle, distinct from urban living
• sense of community, sense of place
• regional multigenerational communities
• place where children can come back to live
• community thats good for all families, not for
  wealthy only
• everybody knows everybody
• know my neighbors feel comfortable sharing my
  bananas with them
• ahupuaa concept satisfy needs of community
  within area

6
May workshopswhats important about rural?

• valuing voice of land as wisdom base
• connection to the land, aina
• places where children can grow up knowing the
  land
• preservation of park spaces, places for families
  to go
• providing opportunity for children to play in
  open space

7
May workshopswhats important about rural?

• forested areas
• preserving green space natural resources
• preserving natural areas, especially hydrology,
  not paving over with impervious surfaces
• preserving or restoring local character
  ecosystems, connection of land to ocean
• rural lands providing ecological benefits for
  inshore marine areas
• protection of habitat watershed features,
  streams
• ahupuaa concept mauka to makai
• access to the land for gathering, etc.
• able to access mountains (like for
  hunting/fishing)
• access points to trails, beaches, open space,
  shoreline access

8
May workshopswhats important about rural?

• rural architecture form
• low density, building height limited to two
  stories, no large parking lots
• town centers areas that stay rural are not
  gentrified
• complete community including services, not just
  bigger lots
• small-scale structures, compact small scale
  towns, with services for local residents
• neighborhoods, town centers where people can
  gather, services activities in keeping with
  small scale of rural environment
• low cost development alternatives
• affordable housing
• insurance that rural lifestyle can be maintained,
  taxes dont go so high

9
May workshopswhats important about rural?

• less density, appropriate infrastructure
• less built-up area
• very little or no concrete
• keeping night sky dark
• green on both sides of road, not houses up to
  road look of it, can pull off road
• narrower roadways (buses not allowed)
• preserving rural roadways, one-lane bridges,
  pedestrians bikes can move safely
• can pull into an impervious driveway, can have
  own garden not have fence around garden
• able to play on roads no 4 or 6 lane highways