The State suggested three sites for a new market location, including the Waialua Courthouse, Liliokalani Church and Waimea Valley. Each comes with unique obstacles. The Waialua Courthouse is a tiny parcel that requires Shoreline Management permitting, would require vendors to offload their vehicles from the Kamehameha Highway and drive off-site to park, has limited space only for 20 of the 60+ vendors and no parking for shoppers. Representatives for the congregation of Liliokalani Church stated that the congregation would reject any commercial activity on the church grounds on Sunday mornings. While the Office of Hawaiian Affairs has been extremely gracious and helpful in their invitation to HFM for relocation to Waimea Valley, the 20+ acre parcel of Conservation and Shoreline Management land creates a difficult puzzle to put together. This option requires significant time and money, and possibly the engineering and erection of a footbridge. Though conversations have begun, the State knows well how long permitting takes. Neither City-owned parks land nor agriculturally-zoned lands are an option, as you cannot sell produce in these areas. Additionally, early in this process, Lorna Nono of Castle and Cooke reached out to see if the Waialua Sugar Mill was an acceptable location. Annie Suite says, "We were very grateful for the offer, but as we explained to Lorna, when we opened three years ago, we made a very specific decision regarding our HFM and the surrounding farmers' markets, in that we did not want to create any situation which would negatively impact other farmers' markets in the region. Moving to the Sugar Mill location would squash this vital market for the Haleiwa area. Although there is a significant amount of non-local produce there, we cannot do anything to hurt the few real farmers who participate."