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EXHIBIT A <br />Kilauea Recovery Grant Program Year 3 <br />January 2026 <br />Malama O Puna <br />Project will help to rebuild Puna's `aina- <br />$202,000.00 <br />based food economy by expanding the Pahoa <br />Shared Use Kitchen <br />Lava Zone Kitchen as a certified commercial <br />kitchen where eruption -impacted residents <br />can legally produce, brand, and scale value - <br />Added foods. Funds support training, <br />subsidized access, compliance, and <br />marketplace activation, turning local <br />foodways and invasive wild pig into <br />sustainable, culturally rooted income streams. <br />Pahoa Lava Zone Museum <br />Project will activate the former Akebono <br />$200,000.00 <br />Theater site in Downtown Pahoa as a weekly <br />Hale Halawai O Puna, Phase <br />twice -monthly cultural marketplace. Disaster <br />2 <br />recovery funds support operations, <br />infrastructure, and staffing to provide <br />Hawaiian practitioners, vendors, artists, and <br />youth a stable venue to earn income, restore <br />economic activity, and rebuild community. <br />Puna Rising Ohana <br />Project will restore agriculture damaged by <br />$69,606.00 <br />the 2018 Kilauea eruption. The project <br />`Iolani Farm Restoration <br />installs a high -capacity water catchment <br />system and protective fencing on five acres, <br />enabling regenerative farming, safeguarding <br />crops, and strengthening food security and <br />economic resilience in lower Puna. <br />Sub -Total of Awards for Economic Revitalization <br />$1,899,986.00 <br />ADDITIONAL RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE NEEDS <br />Organization and Project <br />Project Description <br />Grant <br />Amount <br />Hawaii Environmental <br />Project will restore five acres in Puna into a <br />$236,438.00 <br />Restoration <br />resilient native tree and food forest following <br />the 2018 Kilauea eruption. By removing <br />Puna Perfect Project <br />invasive albizia, replanting native and food <br />species, creating local jobs, and hosting <br />community education, the project supports <br />biodiversity, workforce development, and <br />regenerative land stewardship. <br />rd <br />