Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 34, Number 2, 1 February 2017 — Kamehameha acquires office space in Wailuku [ARTICLE]

Kamehameha acquires office space in Wailuku

Kamehameha Schools has purchased office space in downtown Wailuku to serve as the future site of a Maui regional office and eonununity resource center.

Kā'eo Duarte, vice president of Conununity Engagement and Resources, says the new property will allow Kamehameha to develop deeper roots in the region and bring staff closer to families and partners also dedicated to improving keiki and 'ohana educational outcomes. "We'd like to create a hale where all of our services and programs ean be housed in a convenient one-stop center to serve our Hawaiian families," said Venus Rosete-Medeiros, Regional Director for Maui County whieh also includes Moloka'i and Lāna'i. "We envision this space to weleome and host keiki and 'ohana, to be reasonable office space for a united KS presence, and a multipurpose meeting space for day and evening conununity and education classes and engagement. This site will become a new gathering plaee and regional hub on Maui for the surrounding Native Hawaiian eommunities and our educational and conununity partners. "