From West Hawaii Today:

Several Big Island lawmakers are once again seeking to put someone else in charge of Hilo’s resort district.

The Banyan Drive area hosts East Hawaii’s largest hotels but is considered to be past its prime.

Some attribute the problem to having a landowner, the state Department of Land and Natural Resources, that’s better geared toward conservation than managing resort lands.

House Bill 1249 would change that by transferring the lands to a community development district — tasked, among other duties, with creating a development plan for the area.

Rep. Mark Nakashima, D-Hamakua, Hilo, introduced the bill, which has support from six other Big Island representatives. Read the full story.

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