Pathways to Prosperity: Health, Housing, and Economic Diversity for All

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Pathways to Prosperity: Health, Housing, and Economic Diversity for All

Create a holistic community hub with a new rehab center, workforce housing, and career development opportunities, all designed to diversify the local economy and help every resident thrive, with a focus on the building blocks of society, health and education

Project Description

Creation of a holistic community hub with a new rehab center, workforce housing, and career development opportunities, all designed to diversify the local economy and help every resident thrive, with a focus on the building blocks of society, health and education.

This project is a comprehensive project with four (4) key elements:

Development of a new 56-bed Rehabilitation Center

Expand much-needed capacity of Rehabilitation Beds for our aging population
Provide a state of the art building aimed at reducing and preventing hospitalizations and lowering the cost of healthcare Provide a focus on Health and Wellness

Development of a Workforce housing for healthcare and education

Development of workforce rental housing for 75-100 Renters
Affordable entry level units
Additional units to adapt to the income levels as they progress through the next level of their career

Workforce Development

Expansion of glidepath for entry level workers in healthcare and education
Earn and learn programs to allow entry level healthcare workers and education workers to progress in their careerssome text
- Certified Nurse Aide to Licensed Practical Nurse
- Educational Assistants to Teachers

Community Development

Ability to create a new master planned community that is developed around health and wellness and intergenerational living
Potential for a new Community/Senior Center (in partnership with the Maui County)
Economic revitalization of Kahului, with new high-quality jobs and housing

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Purpose

Development of a 56-bed Rehabilitation Center, which will ensure critical healthcare infrastructure for our Aging community, and be a foundational piece to improve access and delivery of healthcare for Maui County
Develop 75-100 new units for workforce housing for entry level and mid-level healthcare and education professionals
Expansion of existing Workforce Development programs to provide opportunity for our youth, who do not necessarily have the optimal socio-economic opportunities for educational and career advancement
Provide workforce for critical shortages in healthcare in education (especially as the demographics shift)
Improvement in the wages for the residents of Maui County through workforce development
Diversification of the economy with a clean, low impact industry (healthcare and education)

Alignment with West Maui Community Plan (WMCP)

Goal 2.5 - Safe, healthy, livable communities for all.

Policy 2.4.5 - Encourage culturally appropriate, environmentally friendly, community-supported, legal small businesses, art, historic industries, and wellness as an industry.

Policy 2.5.10 - Support the development of pedestrian-oriented, complete communities that meet residents' needs for daily living for providing a mix of land uses, housing close to jobs, services, schools and recreation, and convenient and safe mobility options including walking, biking, and transit options.

Interdependencies and Roadblocks

County donation of Land
Funding

Project Details

Cost Estimate:

Rehab Center (preliminary estimates)

$54 million needed for construction of the Rehab Center
$25 million for expansion of medical services facilities in addition to Rehab Center (eg: ambulatory surgical center)

Workforce Housing (preliminary estimates)

$46.4 million to $48.5 million

Workforce Development

Capital costs not anticipated; budget will be developed.

Potential Funding Sources:

Existing funds:

Rehab Center
- Cash on hand: $5.5 million
- Congressional Earmark: $3.0 million
- State Grant-in-Aid: $0.8 million

Workforce Housing
- Preliminary pro-formas project that the project could support approximately $22.0 million in debt.

Workforce Development
- Not applicable at this time

Balance will come from Capital Campaign, government sources, debt and potential public/private partnerships:

Federal/State/County grants
CDBG DR
EDA
USDA
HUD
CDBG
Low Income Tax Credits
New Market Tax Credits
Philanthropy
Public-Private Partnerships
Employer Subsidies
T-HUD funding (Per Meghan from Senator Hironoʻs office)
Capital Campaign
Debt

Project Leads:

Wes Lo, CEO, Hale Makua Health Services
Mark Mugiishi, CEO, HMSA

County of Maui

Mayor Bissen
Managing Director Josiah Nishita

Project Partners:

Development Partners

Hale Mākua Health Services
County of Maui

Potential Workforce Partners

UHMC (Laura Nagle)
Maui Economic Development Board (Leslie Wilkens)
Maui Economic Opportunity (Debbie Cabebe)
Healthcare Association of Hawaii (Janna Hoshide)
Ohana Pacific Health/Hale Makua workforce development (Carissa Holley)

Potential Teacher Pathway and Housing Partners

Superintendent Hayashi, Department of Education
Deputy Superintendent Tammi Oyadamori-Chun

Potential Healthcare Partners

HMSA
Kaiser Permanente

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Key Highlights

ERC members share from the ERC process:

The opportunity to get to know and work with others, who they normally would not meet, in meaningful ways
A new way of doing business together for shared goals: Time to build foundations and relationships, to learn, and to think broadly about what Maui needs for long-term recovery has been really appreciated and is crucial for real impact
Witnessing a de-siloing of government (across levels) and experiencing working with agencies and across sectors provides hope
Mayor Bissen announced that there will be private funding to support two years of project management, so relationships, new ways of doing business together, and the projects will continue through implementation, and our administration will continue to support the people of the Maui and the County after this warm hand-off

Maui Nui Strong is a program of the County of Maui Office of Economic Development that connects our residents, businesses, and visitors to useful information about Maui County, our diverse islands, and a variety of resources that help to promote thriving and vibrant communities.

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