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WPC HEARING ITEM#2
HAWAIIAN OLA BREWING
From: Bolton Malia TESTIMONY - M. BOLTON
To: Plannina Internet Mail
Subject: PL-SMA-2022-000025 Ola Brew at Wainaku.
Date: Wednesday,April 5,2023 10:08:48 AM
Attachments: ola testimony.odf
Aloha,
Thank you for your service! Attached is my writing testimony in support of
Ola.
Mahalo,
Malia Bolton Hind
Written Testimony on item #2 PL-SMA-2022-000025
Hawaiian Ola Brewing Corporation
for Windward Planning Commission, 9 AM Thursday, April 6, 2023,
Hilo County Council Chambers
Aloha All,
And mahalo for considering my testimony today. My name is Malia Bolton Hind, I own and
operate the Kona Coffee and Tea Company. I am submitting written testimony today in support
of item #2, PL-SMA-2022-000025. The prospect of having a distillery here in Hilo that will bring
over 200 new jobs and career opportunities to our la hui and simultaneously support the
growth of our agricultural industry is incredibly important.
It is clear that Ola Brew is pursuing this project to celebrate a culturally significant plant and
highlighting 'Okolehao -a spirit unique to Hawai'i, of which they have already won international
gold medals. As a community and employee-owned business, they care about the potential
environmental impacts and are therefore working with engineers, architects, and cultural
practitioners to ensure that this project has the best outcome for not only their community of
shareholders, but for our 'aina and la hui as well.
Given their dedication to our community over their last five and a half years of business, I trust
Ola Brew Co. will continue to pursue this project with integrity—keeping the community, and
their impacts on our 'aina at the forefront of everything they do.
Mahalo for your time and consideration and I am happy to answer any questions you may have
regarding the above information.
Mahalo,
Malia-Boeora llind
Malia Bolton Hind
Cultivate Community