Projects include youth facilities, affordable housing, commercial kitchen
Honolulu, Hawaiʻi – The House of Representatives adjourned its 2019 session
last week and Hawaiʻi nonprofit organizations secured
$1.5
million in Capital Improvement Project (CIP) Grant-in-Aid funds.
These CIP grants are provided to local organizations serving
the public and working to improve the state of Hawaiʻi, and are awarded for
the purpose of construction projects or the acquisition of fixed assets such as
land or buildings.
Grant-in-Aid CIP funding for Hawaiʻi
County include:
·
$150,000 to the Big Island Resource Conservation and
Development Council as fiscal sponsor for Hawaiʻi ʻUlu Producers Cooperative to
improve the Honalo Marshalling Yard facility
·
$100,000
to build a Behavioral Health Campus in Keaʻau for the Big Island Substance
Abuse Council
·
$500,000
for
improvements to the Central Youth Development Facilities for the Boys &
Girls Club of the Big Island
·
$100,000
for Habitat for Humanity Hawaiʻi Island, Inc. to build affordable housing units
·
$60,000
for the Hāmākua Youth Foundation to renovate its youth center
·
$150,000
to the Hawaiʻi Island Portuguese Chamber of Commerce for construction of a Portuguese
Cultural and Educational Facility in Hilo
·
$200,000
for Innovations Public Charter School Foundation to build a community center in
Kailua-Kona
·
$100,000
for Kanu o ka ʻĀina Learning ʻOhana to complete a commercial kitchen within Hālau Hoʻokipa in Waimea
·
$200,000
for the The Outdoor
Circle to build a paved roadway at Ulu Laʻau Nature Park
In
addition to CIP Grant-In-Aid, Hawaiʻi County and nonprofit
organizations statewide also received operating Grant-in-Aid funds to assist
with the day-to-day operations of their organizations. A list of all operating
GIA funds awarded is attached.
Contact
Information:
Representative
Richard P. Creagan (Naʻālehu, Ocean View, Capt. Cook, Kealakekua, Kailua-Kona) 808
586-9605 repcreagan@capitol.hawaii.gov
Representative
Nicole E. Lowen (Kailua-Kona, Hōlualoa, Kalaoa, Honokōhau) 808 586-8400 replowen@capitol.hawaii.gov
Representative
Richard H.K. Onishi (Hilo, Kea‘au, Kurtistown, Volcano) 808 586-6120 reponishi@capitol.hawaii.gov
Representative Joy San Buenaventura (Puna)
808 586-6530 repsanbuenaventura@capitol.hawaii.gov
Representative David A. Tarnas (North
Kona, North Kohala, South Kohala) 808 586-8510 reptarnas@capitol.hawaii.gov
Representative
Chris
Todd (Hilo, Waiākea, Keaukaha, Panaʻewa) 808 586-8480 reptodd@capitol.hawaii.gov
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