WAILUKU — The Maui Planning Commission on Tuesday approved a special management area use permit for a gas station and an 800-square-foot convenience store on a corner of the Lahaina Cannery Mall property near the intersection of Honoapiilani Highway and Keawe Street. After an initial vote by members came out to four in favor and two...
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First-of-its-kind facility offers under-resourced youth education and training in the growing green jobs sector, one of the fastest-growing sectors in Hawai‘i’s economy WHAT: Harry & Jeanette Weinberg Ho‘okupu Center Grand Opening *This is a free, community event for all ages and will showcase Kupu’s next investment in Hawaii’s youth through a learning center. Kupu’s mission is...
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The Hawaii environmental education nonprofit organization Kupu is preparing to open its Honolulu green jobs training center this week in a former net shed at Kewalo Basin that was transformed by G70 into an educational building with classrooms, meeting space and a commercial kitchen for culinary job training for at-risk youth and young adults. The $6 million...
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HONOLULU (KHON2) - Founded in 2007, Kupu, Hawaiʻi’s leading environmental education non-profit organization, has managed the Net Shed in Kewalo Basin since 2010 for public use as well as use by Kupu’s Hawai‘i Youth Conservation Corps Community Program, which serves under-resourced youth in the community. On Thursday, March 14 next week, Kupu celebrates the grand opening...
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Pacific Business News is pleased to announce the 2019 honorees for Women Who Mean Business, now in its 21st year. They represent a wide range of industries in both the for-profit and nonprofit sectors. Architect Bettina Mehnert, president and CEO of AHL, formerly Architects Hawaii, is our career achievement honoree. To learn more about her accomplishments,...
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HONOLULU – The G70 Foundation, created in 2002 by employees of Hawaii’s leading design firm G70, awarded $50,000 to 12 local community organizations, environmental groups and nonprofits in December 2018. Three of the recipients—Boys To Men Mentoring Network, Hilo United Methodist Church, and Na Mamo O Kawa—are Hawaii Island nonprofits. “The G70 Foundation Fund provides a...
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No. 4 G70 Three reasons your employees love coming to work every day. Employees at G70 love coming to work every day because they get to work on exciting projects which contribute to the betterment of the communities in which we live. While at work, they are constantly challenged to create and better our natural and built...
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Several Hawaii private schools are in the midst of redeveloping their campuses, with a move toward creating 21st century schools with community or village settings that foster learning outside the traditional classrooms most adults experienced in their school days. Iolani School last week broke ground on a new “community” for kindergarten and first grade that will...
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The Queen Kapiolani Hotel has set an expected date of Oct. 23 for the reveal of its newly revamped property following a $35 million renovation. In addition to all new public spaces and guest rooms, the project will bring two new dining options: Knots Coffee Roasters, which opened in June, and pool terrace restaurant Deck, slated...
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G70 is using its new headquarters in the former Bank of Hawaii branch space in Downtown Honolulu to show off the architecture firm’s talents, integrating art work by staff and local artists, incorporating open office space and adapting the reuse of a 50-year old space. The firm formerly known as Group 70 International recently finished moving...
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