Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 10, Number 4, 1 April 1993 — Hina-malailena gets grant for Hāna Village Marketplace [ARTICLE]

Hina-malailena gets grant for Hāna Village Marketplace

The Department of Business, Eeonomie Development and Tourism (DBEDT) has awarded a grant of $50,000 to the Hāna nonprofit group Hina-malailena. The grant will be used to develop a community-based "Village Marketplace" in Hāna and provide space for resident-owned small retail and service-related businesses. With the grant, Hina-malailena will also provide technical assistance for loeal small business people to maximize their probability of success. The group will be able to use

the grant from DBEDT to leverage additional funding from seven other public and private groups. The marketplace is planned to provide space for up to 24 businesses, encourage cottage industries in the area, foster retail product and services development, and promote job skills. OHA is supporting the project with a $90,000 community-based eeonomie development loan. It is also acting as a co-applicant for a still-pending $1.36 million federal Eeonomie Development Administration grant.