Hawaiian Acres Community Food Hub

​Last November, the Hawaiian Acres Community Association—fiscally sponsored by Puna Mākaukau—was one of seven awardees of a generous grant ($534,000) funded by the American Rescue Plan Act, a federal COVID-19 relief package, administered by the County of Hawai‘i. The award is for the construction of a long-awaited certified shared-use kitchen for our community, designed to tie into existing structures at the Hawaiian Acres Community Center site on Moho Road.

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Due to extenuating circumstances the original proposed plan for a multi-use structure, with a community center and kitchen could not be executed in the given grant timeline. Therefore, a revised Plan B is proposed that will satisfy the grant requirements and create a shared-kitchen on an expedited timeline.

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The obligated contracts with architect and engineers will be completed and plans submitted to the Building Division of the County of Hawaii Department of Public Works to obtain a building permit for Plan A. This provides us with the option of completing the structure at some point in the future. The Plan A footprint and site plan will remain available.

Plan B will be Hawaiian Acres Community Food Hub - an ABCO Certified Food Hub exempt from building permits. A pre-built shipping container commercial kitchen will be purchased and installed on site along with bathrooms, and storage. A roof will be built between containers, creating a large covered space for seating and outdoor events, with secure storage in the containers. 
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