• Mexican restaurant in Kapa‘a celebrates 1 year anniversary • The Office of Hawaiian Affairs awards $49,904 grant • Sotheby’s Realty No. 2 on Franchise Times’ Fast 55 Mexican restaurant in Kapa‘a celebrates 1 year anniversary Verde restaurant in the Kapa‘a
• Mexican restaurant in Kapa‘a celebrates 1 year anniversary
• The Office of Hawaiian Affairs awards $49,904 grant
• Sotheby’s Realty No. 2 on Franchise Times’ Fast 55
Mexican restaurant in Kapa‘a celebrates 1 year anniversary
Verde restaurant in the Kapa‘a Shopping Center celebrated its one-year anniversary on Thursday. Free short rib nachos were offered as a “mahalo” for a great year.
New Mexican food is rarely found outside its borders and Verde restaurant is Kaua‘i’s first opportunity to taste a blend of authentic New Mexican-style food being offered by Chef/Owner Joshua Stevens, a release states.
Verde’s was recently voted as Best New Discovery in this year’s Taste of Hawai‘i.
The Office of Hawaiian Affairs awards $49,904 grant
The Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce has been awarded a grant of $49,904 from the Office of Hawaiian Affairs to develop a Hawaiian Economic Development Entity Asset Map for each island and for the state.
As part of the project, meetings will be held with HEDE’s on O‘ahu, Hawai‘i island, Maui, Moloka‘i, Lana‘i and Kaua‘i to gather data for the map or matrix. The data will then be used to create and publish asset maps or matrixes for each island. A comprehensive statewide map will also be developed which will include all of the island data.
The project was initiated by NHCC to address a need for reliable quantitative and qualitative data on Hawaiian-focused organizations and entities involved with economic development within the Hawaiian community on each island.
As a result of this project, a Hawaiian Economic Development Council will be created. The council and HEDE’s will work together to establish a consortium that will become the economic nucleus for the future Hawaiian Nation.
NHCC is partnering with the Pacific American Foundation on this project.
For more information about the project, please contact Dirk Soma at (808) 294-8639 or dnshawaii@yahoo.com
For more information about the NHCC, please visit our website at www.nativehawaiian.cc
Sotheby’s Realty No. 2 on Franchise Times’ Fast 55
Sleeping Giant Sotheby’s International Realty recently announced that the Sotheby’s International Realty brand was ranked second on Franchise Times’ Fast 55 list, a ranking of the fastest-growing franchises.
The Fast 55 list is compiled based on FRANdata research and is published by Franchise Times. According to the publication, in order to make the Fast 55 list a franchise company must meet two criteria: They must be a brand that has been franchising for five years or less and they must exhibit positive franchise unit growth for each year during this period.
The Sotheby’s International Realty network currently has more than 10,700 sales associates located in more than 500 offices in 39 countries and territories worldwide.
