Goals
Empower O`ahu’s five primary goal areas are:
- Preserve our culture and land.
- Develop and maintain the physical infrastructure of our communities and island.
- Increase
the capacity of our community-based organizations to support
sustainable economic and community development initiatives.
- Increase
employment and economic opportunities for residents in EZ eligible low
income communities by expanding and strengthening our economic base
through business and industrial development.
- Increase
the economic self-sufficiency of individuals and families, especially
those in poverty, within O`ahu’s EZ eligible low income communities. EO
has developed 18 strategic initiatives that are described in its
strategic plan to impact these five broad goal areas.
Accomplishments
Through
its partnership with the City and County of Honolulu, and the US
Department of Housing and Urgan Development, Empower O`ahu has
established the Community Investment Fund Program to
support community-based initiatives that generate new economic
opportunities for low and moderate income individuals and families in
Honolulu’s LMI areas.
To-date,
EO and the City have supported over 20 projects through the Community
Investment Fund Program. These projects are expected to assist
community members establish over 60 new micro enterprises and create
over 90 new jobs.
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