Kaua‘i Community College officials recently received $800,000 in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to set up an agricultural training program in Anahola. The college is one of six University of Hawai‘i campuses that recently
Kaua‘i Community College officials recently received $800,000 in grant funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to set up an agricultural training program in Anahola.
The college is one of six University of Hawai‘i campuses that recently received about $4.7 million in HUD grant funds from HUD Assistant Secretary Michael Liu, who came to Hawai‘i to award the grants.
As part of the allocation, leaders with the YMCA of Honolulu also received a $50,000 “Weed and Seed” grant to reduce crime in the Ala Moana/Kapi‘olani, Chinatown, Kalihi and Palama districts, HUD officials said in a news release from Washington D.C.
Leaders with the Kaua‘i Community College campus are to work with the Anahola Hawaiian Homestead Association, the Anahola Farmers’ Association and other public and private partners to develop an agricultural training and agribusiness center in Anahola.
The intent behind the project is to create a “hands-on experience” in which Kauaians, especially young folks, can get agricultural training.
Also receiving grant funds were the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo, Hawai‘i Community College, Honolulu Community College, Kapi‘olani Community College and Leeward Community College.
The grants funds to the UH campuses are from HUD’s Alaska Native/Native Hawaiian Institutions Assisting Communities Program, whose focus is to encourage institutions of higher learning to improve the quality of their communities.
