#Economic Development

The County of Maui Office of Economic Development has issued almost half a million dollars in grant monies to various local organizations in September and October.

Pacific Biodiesel is one of just seven companies in the nation to be recognized by the SJF Institute as a 2011 Green Jobs Award honoree.

The Maui County Office of Economic Development (OED), in partnership with the Hawaii Tourism Authority, is soliciting proposals for community-based events that will help to strengthen Hawaii tourism.

Hawaii’s business community will have a prime opportunity to network and learn about current Asia-Pacific business issues at a special conference held in conjunction with the APEC economic summit.

Representative from Enterprise Honolulu and the Maui Economic Development Board are hosting a free workshop on September 29 ahead of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leader’s Week conference in November.

On July 26, the Hawaii Strategic Development Corporation (HSDC) will hold an information meeting, on Oahu, to inform the public about its new venture capital fund and to seek input on implementation.

Using data obtained from the Census 2010, DBEDT has put together all sorts of tables on population and housing in a report entitled “Island Population and Housing Units, State of Hawaii: 2010”, and made it available on their website.

Senator Inouye announced today that University of Hawaii Maui College will receive $4,300,000 to continue a 14-year old program that provides job training and educational opportunities to more than 800 residents each year who live in underserved, rural communities throughout the state.

The Hawaii State Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT) recently released a statistical summary of Canadian visitor characteristics which show that more Canadians visited Maui than Oahu in 2009.

Karen Arawaka, the Small Business Advocate for Maui County, and the new manager at the Maui County Business Resource Center has outdone herself this month as she’s secured more speakers than ever to deliver expert advice and information on a wide variety of topics pertinent to Maui County small businesses.

If passed, Senate Resolution SCR 134 would move Hawaii once step closer to having its very own stock exchange.

In a race to ready the Honolulu International Airport for worldwide attention during the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week in November 2011, the State today announced three improvement projects valued at an estimated $2 million.

The APEC 2011 Hawai‘i Host Committee issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) yesterday for graphic design services in support of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Leaders Meeting in November.

In a joint written statement released earlier this week, Senators Daniel K. Inouye and Daniel K. Akaka announced that Hawaii will receive a $250,000 grant to prepare small business for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit.

The County of Maui Office of Economic Development announced today its schedule of upcoming business startup, financing, and business development workshops for February.

The Hawaii District Small Business Administration (SBA), the Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism (DBEDT), and other state and federal agencies, are meeting today to plan application of a multi-million dollar, federal small business exporting grant.

Members of the Maui County Council this week will vote on the approval process for the dedication of land and improvements for new county parks.  The bill was designed so that park requirements would be fulfilled prior to final subdivision approval. Under existing laws, approval at times of a park dedication, takes place after the […]

Governor Linda Lingle today announced that the State has advanced more than $1.8 billion in capital improvement projects (CIP) statewide, exceeding the original goal of her Administration’s plan to accelerate public infrastructure construction to stimulate the economy and create jobs. Over the past 17 months, the State has successfully opened bids for, awarded contracts for […]