SENATOR MAILE SHIMABUKURO 2022 HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE
NOVEMBER 2022 Waiʻanae - Nānākuli - Maili - Ko Olina - Honokai Hale - Kapolei - Kalaeloa
All Wai’anae Coast Classrooms are Slated for Air Conditioning I worked with Rep. Kapela, Rep. Gates, Rep. Eli and other colleagues to pass SB2862 which will allocate $10M to cool classrooms fully by next year in all Waianae Coast class rooms. Funding to Support Wai‘anae’s Local Agriculture The Grow Hawai`i Agriculture Initiative 2021, was a $1.5 million appropriation to fund a program aimed at assisting established local agricultural enterprises to quickly scale up production and increasing the state’s gross domestic product.
This is a dream come true. I remember visiting school rooms and portables and they were really like ovens. Learning is stifled when class conditions are uncomfortable. Over the last several years, the state made cooling class rooms and learning spaces a priority. I recently filmed a video with our WHS Searider Productions to announce that Wai’anae High School installed huge warehouse-style fans in their gym and cafeteria. I’m so grateful to the DOE. For working so hard. ~ Maile
Benefitting from those funds were Island Farms (hogs) and Zhao Produce (basil) who are both located in Wai‘anae. The Senate Ways and Means Committee visited to learn how their $250k Grow Hawai`i Agriculture Initiative awards were utilized, and the impacts the funding has had upon their respective efforts to build local production of sustainable agriculture across the entire state.
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