CUMBERLAND - Ke ʻimi nei nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale i kahi kālā $100,000 e kōkua i ka poʻe nona nā hale ʻaina o ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻomaikaʻi i kā lākou lako waho no ka poʻe kipa ke hoʻoponopono hou ʻia ka hale kūʻai hele wāwae.
Ua kūkākūkā ʻia ka noi hāʻawi ma kahi kau hana i mālama ʻia i ka Pōʻakolu ma City Hall.Ua loaʻa iā Cumberland Mayor Ray Morriss a me nā lālā o ka ʻAha Kūkākūkā o ke kūlanakauhale kahi mea hou e pili ana i ka papahana mall, e komo pū ana me ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i nā laina pono lalo a me ka hoʻokomo hou ʻana i ke alanui Baltimore ma o ka hale kūʻai.
Manaʻolana nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale e wāwahi ʻia ka ʻāina ma ka papahana $9.7 miliona i ka pūnāwai a i ke kauwela.
Ua noi ʻo Matt Miller, ka luna o ka Cumberland Economic Development Corp., e loaʻa mai ka haʻawina mai ka $20 miliona i ke kōkua federal American Rescue Plan Act i loaʻa e ke kūlanakauhale.
Wahi a ka CEDC noi, e hoʻohana ʻia ke kālā e "hāʻawi i ke kōkua i nā mea hale ʻaina e kūʻai aku i nā lako ʻoi aku ka lōʻihi a me ka nani e hiki ai ke hana i kahi hiʻohiʻona like ʻole a puni ke kūlanakauhale, ma ke kūlanakauhale nui."
"Manaʻo wau he manawa kūpono ia e hoʻohui i kā mākou lako waho ma ke kūlanakauhale, ʻo ia hoʻi nā ʻoihana hale ʻaina o ke kūlanakauhale e hoʻohana nui ana i nā hale ʻaina waho," wahi a Miller.“E hāʻawi kēia iā lākou i ka manawa e loaʻa ai kahi haʻawina ma o ke kālā kālā o ke kūlanakauhale e hāʻawi iā lākou i nā lako kūpono e kūpono i ke ʻano nani o ko mākou helehelena i ke kaona e hiki mai ana.No laila, hiki iā mākou ke ʻōlelo i ke ʻano o ko lākou ʻano a hoʻohālikelike iā lākou i nā lako a mākou e hoʻokomo ai i ka hoʻolālā o ke kaona hou.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Miller e hāʻawi ke kālā i ka poʻe nona ka hale ʻaina i ka manawa "e kiʻi i kekahi mau lako maikaʻi i kaumaha a lōʻihi."
E loaʻa nō hoʻi ke kaona i kahi ʻano alanui hou me nā pavers kala ma ke ʻano he ili, nā kumulāʻau hou, nā kumu lāʻau a me nā pua a me kahi paka me kahi wailele.
"ʻO nā mea a pau e hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia i ke kālā e ʻae ʻia e ke kōmike," wahi a Miller, "ʻo ia ala e loaʻa ai iā mākou kahi papa kūʻai, inā makemake ʻoe, na lākou e koho mai.ʻO ia ala mākou e ʻōlelo ai i loko o ia mea, akā paʻakikī ke haʻi iā lākou i ka mea e pono ai a ʻaʻole pono e hana.Manaʻo wau he lanakila-lanakila.Ua kamaʻilio wau i kekahi mau mea hale ʻaina ma ke kaona a pono lākou a pau.
Nīnau ʻo Morriss inā e noi ʻia nā mea hale ʻaina e hāʻawi i nā kālā like ʻole ma ke ʻano o ka papahana.Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Miller ua manaʻo ʻo ia he 100% hāʻawi, akā e wehe ʻo ia i nā manaʻo.
Loaʻa i nā luna o ke kūlanakauhale nā koi he nui mai ka mokuʻāina a me nā alakaʻi alanui federal ma mua o ka hiki ʻana iā lākou ke waiho i ka hana no ke koho.
Ua noi aku nei ʻo State Del. Jason Buckel i nā luna o ke Keʻena ʻOihana ʻo Maryland no ke kōkua ʻana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka papahana.I ka hui hou ʻana o nā luna mokuʻāina a me nā luna kaʻa kaʻa, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Buckel, "ʻAʻole mākou makemake e noho ma ʻaneʻi i hoʻokahi makahiki mai kēia manawa a ʻaʻole i hoʻomaka kēia papahana."
Ma ka hālāwai o ka Pōʻakolu, ua ʻōlelo ʻo Bobby Smith, ʻenekinia kūlanakauhale, "Hoʻolālā mākou e hoʻouna i nā kiʻi (papahana) i nā alaloa mokuʻāina i ka lā ʻapōpō.He ʻeono pule e loaʻa ai kā lākou ʻōlelo. "
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Smith e hiki i nā ʻōlelo a nā regulators ke hopena i nā "hoʻololi liʻiliʻi" i nā hoʻolālā.I ka manawa e māʻona piha ai nā luna mokuʻāina a me ke aupuni pekelala, pono ka papahana e hele i waho no ke kiʻi ʻana e hoʻopaʻa i kahi ʻaelike e hoʻopau i ka hana.A laila pono e hana ʻia kahi ʻae o ke kaʻina hana kūʻai ma mua o ka hōʻike ʻia ʻana o ka papahana i ka Maryland Board of Public Works ma Baltimore.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Laurie Marchini, ka lālā o ka ʻaha kūkā, "Ma ke ʻano kūpono, ʻo kēia papahana kahi mea i loaʻa ka nui o ke kaʻina hana i waho o ko mākou lima a aia i ka lima o nā poʻe ʻē aʻe."
"Manaʻo mākou e wāwahi i ka ʻāina i ka hopena o ke kauwela, ke kauwela mua," wahi a Smith."No laila ʻo kā mākou manaʻo.E hoʻomaka koke mākou i ke kūkulu ʻana.ʻAʻole wau e manaʻo e nīnau 'i ka manawa hea e hoʻomaka ai' i hoʻokahi makahiki mai kēia manawa.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: ʻOkakopa-14-2021
