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Article: Hanauma Bay construction called 'blow to community'
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- Honolulu Star - Bulletin
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- February 10, 2001
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Members of the East Honolulu Community Coalition were disappointed after the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved city plans to build a marine education center at Hanauma Bay Preserve.
Dave Washino, spokesman for the coalition, said: "It's a blow to the community. ... I see the city spent more time promoting the project than they did planning and designing it."
The city's conservation district use application was approved yesterday during a board meeting. Along with a marine education center, a gift shop and snack bar is expected to be built in the area.
Washino said, "We don't want to commercialize Hanauma Bay."
Washino said the coalition has no plans to appeal, but said, "We ...