Project Faith - Anahola Homesteaders Council
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Questions (FAQs)What is Project Faith?
What is your vision?
What is your goal?
What is your mission?
Where is Project Faith located?
How do you intend to meet your goals?
What are your projected outcomes?
What have you done so far?
What are your most recent developments?
What is your most urgent need?
Who believes in you?
Who is your team?
What recognition have you gained?
How do you do community outreach?
What awards have you received?
What work is currently in progress?
What are your goals in 2003?
What is your five year plan?
Contact Us:
Anahola Homesteaders Council
4444 Hokualele Road
Anahola, Kaua'i, Hawai'i 96703
(808) 823-0927
(808) 823-6110 Fax
(888) 822-0927 Toll Free
www.anahola.net
info@anahola.net
- The Anahola Homesteaders Council (AHC) is an organized group of concerned Native people organized since 1994 to bring about positive changes to our community in Anahola, on the island of Kaua'i, in the state of Hawai'i.
- We received our IRS approved non-profit status on August 12, 1996.
- Project Faith is a development concept critical to the future of Native Hawaiian people on Kaua'i.
- Both economic and cultural benefits to the community will provide positive impacts from this project
- The valuable Native Hawaiian culture in all aspects of life, includes economics, social and educational needs
- Native Hawaiians future can flourish under the Project Faith concept
- Faith in the future means opportunity for Native Hawaiians
- Opportunities expanded for all Native Hawaiians, giving them opportunities to sustain extended families, qualify for homes, jobs, and kupuna care, the keepers of the culture.
We envision a way to:
- Improve the social fabric of our community.
- We seek to develop solutions to
- Reduce high unemployment,
- Address social depression,
- Improve on community deterioration,
- Support a growing elderly population and
- Combat the rise in at-risk youth concerns.
- To collectively plan, design, and build a Multi Purpose Service Center meeting the needs our community in Anahola.
Our goal is to:
- To develop a Community-Based Educational, Cultural and Commercial Service Center offering solutions towards:
- Health
- Social
- Unemployment
- Education
- Economic opportunities
- Anticipated increased housing development by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) benefiting Native Hawaiians in Hawai'i
Our mission is to:
- To plan-design-build a Multi-Purpose Educational, Cultural and Commercial Social Service Center benefiting native Hawaiians in Anahola on Kaua'i.
- Project Faith is Located in Anahola, Kaua’i, Hawai’i
- 20 acres located adjacent to and on the Kapa‘a side of the existing Hawaiian Homestead subdivision (mauka side of Kuhio Hwy)
How do you intend to meet your goals?
- Organized and committed ourselves
- Developed a planning process and learned from it
- Called on experts
- Assembled consultants
- Collaborated with other organizations
- Identified land
- Developed a master-plan
Outcomes we expect will provide:
- Jobs (short and long term)
- Independent business opportunities
- Stronger community Self-Esteem
- Improved education
- Heightened investment interest
- New native businesses
- Reduced welfare
- Revived cultural awareness
- Focus on health care issues affecting the community
In the past we:
- Developed a plan
- Identified the land
- Received community support
- Established collaboration
- Sought advice from professionals
- Established a place of office
- Improved our skills
Created an Oahu based AHC Executive Advisory Board comprised of:
- Engineers
- Commercial developers
- Educators
- Planners
- OHA trustee
- Business people
- Community-Based leaders
They are:
- Economic Development Administration (EDA)
- Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Department of Energy (DOE)
- Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
- University of Hawaii
- Rural Housing Development Initiative Program (RHEDI)
- Gerbode Foundation
- Native Hawaiian Community Initiative Program
- Department of Hawaiian
Homelands (DHHL)
- Office of Hawaiian
Affairs (OHA)
- Weinberg Foundation
- Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
- Secured land agreement with DHHL
- Commence date: October 1, 2002
- Increased consulting base
- Conducted Fundraising Research
- Marketing
- Hastings, Conboy, Braig Associates
- Vision Properties
- Business Planning
- Hawaii Small Business Development Center
- Jon F. Anderton CPA
- Planning Consultant
- Glenn Kimura - Kimura International
We need to complete:
- Environmental Impact Study (EIS)
- Cost = $100,000
- Estimated time to completion = 8-to-10 months
- Study will impact project site design process.
- Environmental Assessment Study (EAS)
- Cost = $40,000
- Estimated time to completion = 6-to-9 months
- Study will impact construction start date for school.
Several Partners:
- US Department of Housing (HUD), Hawaii
- US Economic Development Agency (EDA), Hawaii
- Rural Community Assistance Corporation
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Kamehameha Schools
- First Hawaiian Bank
- County of Kaua'i (Resolution)
- Hawai'i State Senate (Resolution)
- Honorable U.S. Senator Daniel J. Inouye
- Honorable U.S. Congressman Ed Case
- Kapa'a Business Association
- Waimanalo Construction Coalition
- Kilauea Neighborhood Association
- Keaukaha-Panaewa Farmers Association
- Kimura International - Planning
- Tim Bradley - AIA
- Aqua Engineering – Sewer, water
- Austin & Tsutsumi Associates – Civil Engineering
- Wagner Engineering – Civil Engineering
- Peter Miller – Esquire
- Wade Lord – Commercial Management
- Wendell Brooks Jr. – Developer Consultant
- Jon F. Anderton – CPA
- Ian Costa – AIA
- Morgan & Suzuki - AIA
- Hasting, Conboy, Braig Associates
- Look Research - Fundraising
- Gerontological Services Inc. - Elderly Demographic Research Service
- Vision Properties - Commercial Leasing
- Jonathan Chun - Esquire
- Pure Hearts Trust
Consulting - Nestor Figueroa
Recently:
- Became No. 1 EPA Brownfields Site recipient in Hawaii
- 2002 - EPA Green Building Award
- Significant media exposure
- Articles in the Pacific Business News from Oahu
- Articles in the Garden Island Newspaper from Kaua'i
- Articles in the Star-Bulletinfrom Oahu
In the past?
- Received federal grant funding (1999-2002) from the Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
- Developed a 3 year design and planning process
- Achievements (in brief):
- Accumulated over ten (10) years of community dialog (1994-2004)
- Achieved consensus to AHC proposed master-plan (2001-2002)
- Determined the land (Belt-Collins 1987 report)
- Developed a preliminary development cost estimates (source: KHDC - 2000 report)
- Completed market study (source: Chaney Brooks 2000 Report)
- Developed planning report (source: Sante Fe Planning Research)
- Conducted community survey (source: Sante Fe Planning Research)
- Researched
- Native business interest (source: J. Camacho report 2002)
- Identified potential private investment interest (Community Renewal Services)
- Identified potential management firms (Community Renewal Services)
- Developed community outreach plan
AHC maintains a six step community outreach plan.
The six steps are:
- Host radio talk show on Kong Radio Kauai’s largest listening station
- Provide access to the AHC Learning and Resource Center
- Produce Newsletters and Project Web Page
- Organize a Public Speaking Forum
- Attend community meetings
- Sponsor meetings and events
1998-2002:
- Administration for Native Americans (ANA) Award
- Department of Hawaiian Homelands (DHHL) Farm Survey
- EPA Brownfields Award
- EPA Green Building Award
- Land - September 23 – AHC Approved Land Commission Award
- Site Development Design and Construction Cost Analysis
- Design team: Austin & Tsutsumi Associates
- Process ongoing
- Elderly Assisted Living facility
- Design team: Costa AIA Elderly
- Process ongoing
- Comprehensive Project Feasibility Study
- Consultant: Hawaii Small Business Development Center
- Process ongoing
- General Assessment Report
- Consultant: Hastings, Conboy, Braig Associates
- Process ongoing
- Soil investigation
- Investigating team: Ernest K. Hirata Associates Inc.
- Completed 1/2/03
- EPA Brownfields soil contaminant assessment
- Investigating team: AMEC Earth and Environmental Services Process ongoing
- EPA Greenbuilding award
- Design team: Ferraro Choi AIA
- Process ongoing
In 2003 Our goals will be to:
- Continue to research funding sources
- Satisfy obligation to HRS 343 Environmenta Impact Study (EIS) requirement for 20 acre site
- Satisfy obligation to HRS 343 Environmental Assessment Study (EAS) requirement for 3 acre school site
- Support Civil engineering design assignment
- Determine construction site cost
- Prioritize construction phasing
- Initiate planning/design process for school site
- Start conceptual planning for business complex
- Develop a comprehensive project business plan
- Identify potential management firms
- Continue community needs assessment
- Strengthen AHC administrative capacity
Our Project in Year One (2003), we will:
- Already secured 2003 funding obligation
- Start EIS -20 acre
- Start EAS - 3 acre
- Complete business and market feasibility plan
- Prioritize project phasing
- Support AIA ongoing design process for the elderly care facility
- Start AIA pre-planning process for the school
- Expand community needs assessment
- Determine General contractor
- Pursue available funding sources
- Hire AHC personnel
- Already secure 2004 funding obligation
- EIS complete
- EAS complete
- Complete Civil Engineering site design assignment
- Proceed with government permitting
- Secure funding partners for site construction phase
- Complete final construction design by AIA
- Initiate AIA design assignment for school
- Proceed with initial planning/design for business component
- Develop workforce development strategy plan
- Complete the detail financial business market project plan
- Potential funders review plan
- Research potential management firms
- Develop Native business training manual
- Already secured 2005 funding obligation
- Complete AIA assignment showing final design plans for school
- Site design receives government approval
- Plans go to bid
- General contractor selected
- Community workforce strategy plan developed
- Process application
- Continue market planning and research
- Improve the AHC finance strategy plan
- Complete AIA design assignment for school phase
- Assign AIA start construction drawing for business phase
- Management firm determined, negotiations starts
- Native businesses identified training seminars scheduled
- Local business interest identified
- Tenant lease negotiations begins
- Already secured 2006 funding obligation
- Contractor start site improvement work
- Estimated 60-150 jobs available
- Community workforce notified on jobs availability
- Management firm agreement final
- Local businesses lease negotiations start
- Native businesses entrepreneurial training ongoing
- Complete AIA assignment for design plans toward business phase
- Submit plans for government permitting
- Continue to improve on market strategy
- Improve AHC relations with financial partners
- Already secure 2007 funding obligation
- Building contractors approved to start construction
- School phase
- Business phase
- 100 - 150 jobs available
- Backbone improvements near completion
- 50 - 75 jobs
- Native business entrepreneurs completes training
- Negotiations to local business tenant agreement continues
- Marketing promotional plan initiated
- AHC financial strategy plan continues
- AIA begin planning/design to elderly retirement phase
A strong working relationship with:
- Department Of Hawaiian Homelands
- Federal/State County Government
- Private Foundations
- Private Business Sector
- Community
Being Hawaiian
Mahalo nui for the opportunity:
The AHC Ohana..