Te Hiku Community Board chairman Dennis Bowman is keen to see the premises vacated by the services that moved into Kaitaia's Te Ahu earlier this year open for some sort of business again as soon as possible, before the deterioration that is already becoming obvious gets worse.
"Every building (theformer district council service centre in Redan Road, the library in Melba Street and the i-Site building in Jaycee Park) is showing some sign of deterioration, and if that continues we're going to get to the point where they're only fit for demolition," Mr Bowman said.
Far North Environment Centre had expressed interest in using the old i-Site "lighthouse", directly across the road from Te Ahu, but did not have the means to pay rent.
It was in a prime location, especially with the foot traffic generated by Te Ahu, he added, and would make a very good site for the right business.
He believed an ice cream parlour would do well, or perhaps a florist, but he was keen to hear from anyone with any better ideas.
"The council would be quite happy to sell it, which it can't because it's on a reserve, but there are some (in the council) who would quite happily bulldoze it."
