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While of much smaller stature than other region- al marketplaces, the ground- breaking for the Ho‘omaka Marketplace at the corner of Kualaka‘i and Kapolei park- ways is a major milestone for reasons beyond the retail that it will attract. The retail at Ho‘omaka Marketplace is instead being spearheaded by our Native Hawaiian com- munity to benefit not only our beneficiaries, but also the community at large. The Kapolei Community Devel- opment Corp. is well known in Kapolei to our homestead
communities for the work and outreach that it does, but much less by those who may be outside of its direct influ- ence. It is for these reasons that I would like to shine the Second City Spotlight on KCDC and the community building that it is doing in service to Kapolei’s greater community.
waiian communities. Their primary goal was to provide a facility to serve Kapolei’s four homestead communities (Kanehili, Kaupe‘a, Maluo- hai and Kauluokahai) while also providing culturally rel- evant programs in support of homestead families.
lature. The Kapolei Heritage Center features a certified kitchen and two classrooms, benefiting an average of 350 users per week!
Scott Abrigo, Michelle Kau- hane, Auntie PeeWee Ryan, Leonani Puailihau, Auntie Homelani Schaedel, Alika Kea, Chantal Keliihoomalu, Kimo Palakilo, Daniel Luke and Kapela Wong, KCDC with renewed importance, has made Ho‘omaka Marketplace an integral part of its outreach since lease revenue will pro- vide continuous funding to KCDC’s programs and ser- vices offered. These services and activities are on top of the opportunities and access that the tenants such as Longs Drugs will provide.
to the government being the solution, I am honored and in- spired by the story of KCDC and its continuing work that positively impacts Kapolei’s homesteads and, now, many more residents of O‘ahu. KCDC is positively impact- ing not only the lives of our beneficiaries but also the West O‘ahu community at large. KCDC serves as a reminder that rising tides float all boats.
Contact state Rep. Sharon Har (D-District 42 — Kap- olei and Makakilo) at 586- 8500 or rephar@capitol.ha- waii.gov.
The work of KCDC was started by Auntie Shirley Swinney and Auntie Home- lani Schaedel in 2007 with an opportunity by the state Department of Hawaiian Homelands to lease land for the benefit of Native Ha-
The Kapolei Heritage Cen- ter fulfills KCDC’s first goal by providing a facility that supports Kapolei’s home- stead communities. Two million dollars in funding for phase one came from grants and donations, including Grants-in-Aid appropriated by the Hawai‘i state Legis-
With phase one complete, KCDC has continued toward its second goal of providing service, education and sup- port for families in Kapo- lei’s homesteads. Continuing its outreach took on a new urgency with the onset of the pandemic when KCDC stepped up to provide the most basic needs for all fam- ilies, including groceries, meals and COVID-19 test kits. Under the leadership of
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