Learn about low-cost ways to speed up permitting and ease Hawaii’s housing crisis during a luncheon presentation in Hilo on Wednesday, Oct. 30, featuring public policy experts from the Grassroot Institute of Hawaii.
The event will be at The Venue in Hilo, 811 Laukapu St., from noon to 1 p.m., with doors opening at 11:30 a.m.
Admission is $10 and includes lunch.
Grassroot’s Keli‘i Akina, president and CEO, Joe Kent, executive vice president, and Ted Kefalas, director of strategic campaigns, will be on hand to discuss recommendations laid out in Grassroot’s newest report, “Seven low-cost ways to speed up permitting in Hawaii.”
The report, written by Grassroot policy researcher Jonathan Helton, is subtitled “Expediting the issuance of building permits is critical to making a dent in Hawaii’s housing crisis.”
There will be time for audience members to ask questions of the speakers.
For more information, please call Sean Mitsui at (808) 864-1776 or email info@grassrootinstitute.org.
The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii is an independent, nonprofit research organization dedicated to promoting the principles of individual liberty, free markets and limited, accountable government throughout the state.