Hawaiʻi Community College Professor Gene Harada was recognized with the Willard Wilson Award for Distinguished Service for nearly three decades of teaching.
The new gathering place has several tables, each with a solar charging station, a new food vendor serving Mexican cuisine and 15-minute parking spaces.
Students in five Hawaiʻi CC programs built the home, and more than 4,000 students have participated since the Model Home project was established in 1965.
The University of Hawaiʻi Economic Research Organization finds that construction has accelerated in Hawaiʻi over 2016 and will approach its cyclical peak over 2017.
Honolulu CC Recognizes Summer Construction Academy Students for completing a six-week course of carpentry, sheetmetal, welding and autobody instruction.