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Objective 2. Develop value-added pralucts and crafts through the use of native wood,
<br /> flowers, roots, and other organic materials, shells, nuts and fruits, lava rock, bamboo, and meat and
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<br /> ( fish cuts, canned products, and jerkies. Such endeavors would be more easily facilitated by the
<br /> establishment of certified kitchens, craft centers, materials storage facilities, greenhouses, wood
<br /> shops, slaughterhouses and fisheries, galleries, local products festivals, and public art venues.
<br /> Objective 3. Create facilities for small business incubation. The HHCDC should (a)
<br /> identify one site in each district for a business incubator, and secure grants or loans for its
<br /> construction, and (b) inventory unused or underutilized existing structures in the region that could be
<br /> renovated and used for this purpose. Business incubators should be designed to host X10 diverse
<br /> start-up companies at a time, should provide technical assistance, and should include cost-sharing on
<br /> office equipment and supplies. Entrepreneurial training programs for young people should be an
<br /> ongoing function of such facilities.
<br /> Objective 4. Establish more restaurants, gas stations, laundries, mechanic shops, and
<br /> otherservices in the area The HHCDC should assist interested entrepreneurs with business
<br /> planning, site identification, market research, financing options, legal and taz issues, and operations
<br /> training in such azeas as personnel, accounting, information systems, and marketing.
<br /> Goa12. Engage people in advocacy, education, and training initiatives so that citizens have more
<br /> access to information, financing, land, and technology. The coastal region is remote and does not
<br /> have an extensive history of self-organizing, job training, technology, and entrepreneurship. The
<br /> HHCDC can play an important role in providing residents with the resources they to leverage
<br /> political power, have greater control over their land and natural resources, and compete in the
<br /> modem economy. The Plan recomends that the HHCDC continue to expand its role in cultivating
<br /> public political involvement, providing educational opportunities, and securing the necessary
<br /> resources for residents to develop entrepreneurial endeavors.
<br /> Objective 1. Provide additional computer centers, instructional classes, and distance
<br /> learning opportunities. The HHCDC should secure government financial support for computer
<br /> centers, and work with the university extension system to provide equipment, training, technical
<br /> assistance, and academic instruction so that residents of this rural region can educate themselves and
<br /> start their businesses without needing to drive to Hilo, Waimea, or Kona.
<br /> Objective 2. Facilitate a continuous public participation process through which citizens
<br /> may advocate for political rights. The HHCDC should organize standing committees which address
<br /> the azeas of highest concern in the azea, such as the preservation of open space, restoration of the
<br /> ahupua'a system of land use, the availability of farmland, and overall flexibility with regazds to
<br /> general land use regulations. Each committee needs to at least be comprised of youth and adult
<br /> residents, business owners, land owners, and government staff and elected officials.
<br /> Objective 3. Initiate orfrnd existing traditional and alternative sources of financing for
<br /> entrepreneurial initiatives. The HHCDC should research and disseminate the benefits and
<br /> challenges of SBA and bank loans, venture capital funds, women and minority loan programs,
<br /> philanthropic investments and grants, alternative credit unions that fund specific kinds of businesses
<br /> such as environments] or agricultural, community loan funds that offer low- or no-interest loans, and
<br /> microlending institutions that offer very small business loans.
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