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Maui County Adaptability Fund Applications due November 6
Mayor Michael Victorino recently announced the launch of the Maui County Adaptability Fund to help local small businesses recover and survive the impacts from COVID-19. The County has allocated $5 million to the Fund. Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) is...
Mayor Victorino announces $5 million Adaptability Fund to support small businesses in Maui County
Mayor Michael Victorino announced today the launch of the Maui County Adaptability Fund to help local small businesses recover and survive the impacts from COVID-19. Maui Economic Development Board, Inc. (MEDB) is administering the Adaptability Fund, a program funded...
2020 Hawaii Energy Conference Highlights
The 2020 Hawaii Energy Conference (HEC), postponed in March due to Covid-19, aired in July as a live-stream online event. Presented by the Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) and supported by the Mayor’s Office of Economic Development, the virtual conference...
Maui Economic Development Board kicks off their 2020 STEM Drive
KIHEI, Maui, Hawaii – (July 20, 2020) – Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB) announces the kick-off of their first-ever 2020 STEM Drive, a benefit for the MEDB Ke Alahele Education Fund. This online fundraiser begins today and runs through August 15, 2020. According...
MEDB Statement on Recent Events in our Nation
Like other communities across the country, Maui County and its residents have been affected by the anger, grief and hurt caused by recent events in Minneapolis, Georgia, Louisville and elsewhere, and the resulting civil unrest. "The knee on the neck” is an apt...
Update on PPP Forgiveness
SBA-2020-0032 “Interim Final Rule on Forgiveness” Released Late on Friday, May 22, 2020, the Small Business Administration (SBA) and the U.S. Department of Treasury (“Treasury”) issued a new interim final rule relating to forgiveness of loans made under the Paycheck...