Systemwide Events Calendar

Leveraging Rail: How Many Ways Can the Community Benefit?

November 10, 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Hawaii Community Development Authority, 547 Queen St. Honolulu

Kakaâ€˜ako: Our Kuleana: A Free Urban Planning Academy for Everyone is a free workshop series open to the public to learn about the development issues in Kakaâ€˜ako and to engage in innovative placemaking ideas for Kakaâ€˜akoâ€™s future.

November 10: Leveraging Rail: How Many Ways Can the Community Benefit?

Change brings possibilities. What are our priorities and how can we achieve them? How can rail help create parks and affordable housing, support small local businesses and increase livability?

Featured speakers include:
Torsha Bhattacharya, UH Manoa School of Travel Industry Management
Harrison Rue, Honolulu Department of Planning & Permitting
John Whalen, Hawaiâ€˜i Community Development Authority Board

Kakaâ€˜ako: Our Kuleana: A Free Urban Planning Academy for Everyone
This 6-week series of public workshops is intended to create a space for information sharing, dialogue and connection. We welcome everyone who is interested in Kakaâ€™ako to learn about the challenges and possibilities in these changing neighborhoods in our urban core. User-friendly planning ideas and tools will be shared to help us explore our kuleana as stewards of its future.

The workshop series will be held on 6 consecutive Tuesday evenings from 6-8 p.m. from October 13th to November 17th.

Pre-register for the workshop series here.

Where
All sessions will be held at the Hawaiâ€˜i Community Development Authority community room, American Brewery building at 547 Queen St.

The Department of Urban and Regional Planning will be giving a certificate of completion to those who attend four or more workshops in the educational series.

Sponsored by the Department of Urban & Regional Planning and the Hawaiâ€˜i Chapter of the American Planning Association. Powered by students in PLAN 610 community planning and social policy seminar.