Maui Business

Cesar Gaxiola, Executive Director of the J. Walter Cameron Center announced that the center has appointed Tom Blackburn-Rodriguez as its new Fund Development Director.

Maui United Way hosts a car wash next Saturday, Jan. 23 to help support their 39 partner agency programs here in Maui Nui.

Subaru Hawaiʻi has donated $50,000 to local nonprofits across the State of Hawaiʻi during its 10th annual “Share the Love Sales Event” campaign.

Kaiser Permanente Hawaiʻi has awarded $140,000 in community benefit grants to the Hawaiʻi Appleseed Center for Law and Economic Justice and Hawaiʻi Public Health Institute.

Bank of Hawaiʻi will reopen its Maui Lani Branch on Jan. 25. The branch at 58 Maui Lani Parkway, Suite 5100 in Wailuku, has been closed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. When it reopens, there will be new business hours.

The County of Maui Service Center will close in phases at the Maui Mall on Jan. 14-15, 2021, with employees relocating to the new center at 110 ‘Ala‘ihi St., at the corner of Hookele and ‘Ala‘ihi streets in Kahului.

To date, the Pop-Up Mākeke has put $1,963,889 million dollars into the pockets of hundreds of Hawaiʻi-based small and micro-businesses.

The grant will support the implementation of trauma-informed approaches and practices of MFSS’ Early Head Start Program and Hale Hiʻipoi Hāna Infant/Toddler Center.

Maui Ocean Center, which has been closed since March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will reopen in three phases, beginning Friday, Jan. 15, 2021 with Mālama Kekahi I Kekahi (to take care of each other) in mind. Reservations are required.

The airline, which offers five weekly nonstop flights between Long Beach and Honolulu and daily nonstop flights to Kahului, Maui starting March 9, partnered with Long Beach-based Worksite Labs, which administers the testing site daily.

Locally owned and operated Premier Restoration Hawaiʻi (PRH) has promoted Anthony Nelson of Makawao from Chief Commercial Officer to President.

Māla Ocean Tavern announced the selection of Rob Farrell as its new general manager. Farell joined MĀLA in December of 2018 and since brought much influence that enhanced MĀLA’s internationally inspired menu.

Tommy Bahama expanded its presence on Maui by opening a new Tommy Bahama Marlin Bar on December 2020 at 900 Front Street in Lahaina.

Affordable housing advocate Lawrence Carnicelli joins Doyle and Dwayne Betsill’s family of Maui construction companies as Vice President of Development for Alaula LLC.

This year, Chamber of Commerce Hawaiʻi will host its annual Chamber Week virtually due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The free event runs Jan. 19-21 and is themed: “Pushing Forward, Together.”

The Hawaiʻi Business Pivot Grant program has awarded $16.7 million to 2,366 non-profit groups and small businesses for eligible operational changes or “pivots” made due to COVID-19.

The County of Maui has completed the purchase of three properties, including the Hawaiian Telcom Building in Wailuku for approximately $3.8 million.

First Hawaiian Bank announced it will cash federal stimulus checks with no fees assessed, including for people who are not customers of the bank.

Mahi Pono LLC has announced the promotion of Maui’s Shan Tsutsui to chief operating officer. Tsutsui succeeds Tim O’Laughlin who will be relocating to California to focus on new initiatives for both Mahi Pono and Pomona Farming.

The COVID relief law provides a new round of one-time direct payments, or “recovery rebates,” to eligible individuals.