Coco Palms in the news

February 19th, 2009

Filed Under FYI, Hawaii Icons | 1 Comment

After a long dry spell of no news on the fate of Coco Palms’ seemingly thwarted rebirth, an article popped up in last week’s Garden Island newspaper.  The current owners are asking for an extension to see what the economy does.  This looks to be another long bout of back and forth meetings.  I know that residents want something done with this property…some want the Coco Palms project to go forward and others want it turned into a cultural park or something else.  I’m one of the ones who would like to see Coco Palms come back just due to the history of the place with public access to the coconut groves and fishponds but that’s just my opinion.   I suppose its for selfish reasons because I would like to renew my vows for our 25th anniversary.  Who knows with the way this is going we might just get to break it in for the grand opening, 12 years from now.  If the developers had just conceded with the fitness center/spa issue back to the way it originally was, this project would be well underway if not have an opening date.  It’s frustrating.

To read the Garden Island article, click here.


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  1. Annette on March 29, 2009 4:51 am

    I would so hope the any extensions would be given to save this beautiful place.I guess I have selfish reasons as well. Our 25 aniversary is in a couple of years and we would love to renew our vows as well. If it cannot be rebuit then I think it should be turned into a cultural center. To me this place represented what Hawaii was truely about. I think it should be restored exactly the way it was. I know that many generations of familes would return. I think that there would be no problem filling rooms. Thanks-Annette

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