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businesses can occur from community based economic development. The State has an <br />Advisory Council on Community Based Economic Development which promotes small <br />businesses to happen, and also non - profits for economic development to stir up small <br />businesses to happen. Can you relay that to the Mayor? <br />MR. KUROHARA: Okay, I will. <br />MR. FUERTES: Thank you. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Are there any further comments? Ms. Kawauchi. <br />MS. KAWAUCHI: I'm thinking that if this department's function is thinking about money <br />making ventures for the County, either grant aide or stimulation for small businesses. What <br />do you think? We're starting to now talk about changing from Research and Development to <br />Economic Development, it seems like there is some discussion - -- <br />MR. KUROHARA: It's more of an emphasis; that is really his key. In every area that we <br />have -- tourism, agriculture - -there is economic development within each one of those. But, it <br />is the focus of the programs that we promote within it; the focus of how the money is spent, <br />or how the grant money is given out. We can kind of tailor it to make sure that it is more in <br />line with his vision of economic development. Not that we will cut out research, but do less <br />research and more economic development. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Are there any further questions? Ms. Jarman. <br />MS. JARMAN: Has the Mayor thought about having a separate department, and still have <br />Research and Development? I'm still not sure that Research and Development, in and of <br />itself, is a department worth having, because the way you are now describing it - -the way it <br />now functions, at least for the research - -will become so secondary. It might not even be <br />doing that much research anymore. Do you think there should just be a new department <br />called Economic Development, and still have Research and Development? <br />MR. KUROHARA: Most counties call this department Economic Development; maybe <br />Office of Economic Development, or Department of Economic Development. I think in the <br />State of Hawaii we're the only one that has a Research and Development. <br />MS. JARMAN: I'd just hate to lose the research part of it, so maybe it could be Research <br />and Economic Development. <br />MR. KUROHARA: It's still being done; we fund that, but - -- <br />MS. JARMAN: It doesn't sound like much, though. If you keep the name in, it might boost <br />the research part of the department. <br />CHR. HAITSUKA: Any further discussion or questions for Mr. Kurohara? Thank you. <br />20 <br />