The Pa‘auilo-based nonprofit Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, which has planted more than 2,000 native trees as part of the partnership with Gentry Homes, says: ‘Hawai‘i’s most valuable asset is its ecosystem. We all have a responsibility to protect it.’
The Building Industry Association of Hawaiʻi installed its 2024 Board of Directors. The list includes Hinano Nahinu, Lead Designer at Pacific Source, who was tapped to lead the organization in 2024.
While government and private employers in other locales are increasingly stepping up to build homes to address housing shortages, the idea has not caught on in Hawaii.