1. Asset Building and Financial Empowerment: Examples from Hawai‘i County’s Ka‘ū Community Development Plan Ron Whitmore Long Range Planner Hawai‘i County Planning Department June 29, 2012

2. Overview  Context: Community Planning  County of Hawai‘i Community Development Plans (CDPs)  Ka‘ū CDP  Types of Strategies  Prospects for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment

3. Community Planning  Scale: between comprehensive (e.g., General Plan) and site-specific (e.g., master plans)  Stakeholders: residents, community organizations, landowners, businesses, agencies, etc.  Scope: comprehensive but focused by community priorities  Process: participatory with appropriate roles  Outcome: create conditions for asset building and financial empowerment

4. County of Hawai‘i Community Development Plans (CDPs)  Translate the goals of the County General Plan into specific actions for geographical regions around the island  Create a forum for community input into land-use and delivery of government services  Adopted by ordinance

5. Ka‘ū CDP

7. Majestic Ka‘ū

8. Lessons Learned and Applied in Ka‘ū  Solid planning foundations:  Community Values & Vision  + Community Profile  = Community Goals  Explicit focus on community-based economic development (CBED)  Right expertise: local and outside

9. Lessons Learned and Applied in Ka‘ū  Ensure that it’s implementable  Feasible:  Legal  Financial  Capacity  Different audiences:  Planners (policy)  Investors (reverse RFP)  Community (action & finance plans)  Include capacity building strategies

10. Types of Strategies  Policy  Land use policy map  Other policies in County jurisdiction  Advocacy: policy outside County jurisdiction  Community-Based, Collaborative Action  Public and Private Reserves

11. Prospects for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment  Preserve a range of assets: natural, cultural, community, economic  Policies and policy maps:  Protect the shoreline, watershed, forests, and cultural sites  Protect access, particularly for nā ‘ohana economy  Preserve village/town integrity & character  Acquire vulnerable assets

12. Prospects for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment  Enhance a range of assets  Policy  Increase access  Establish mixed-use districts  Establish appropriate visitor “nodes”  Improve public facilities: recreational, safety, transportation  Community-based, collaborative initiatives  Manage ecosystems, cultural sites, and access  Establish trail corridors  Document the rich history  Prepare interpretive resources to share Ka‘ū as a cultural center/network

13. Prospects for Asset Building and Financial Empowerment  Grow economic opportunity grounded in assets and regional identity  Community-based, collaborative initiatives  Expand agriculture and local food production  Home, community, school  Value chain  Use natural resources sustainably  Credits for ecosystem services  Appropriate renewable energy  Welcome visitors  Authenticity, protocols, scale  Ag/eco/geo-tourism  Grow local businesses  Technical/financial support to decrease leakage

14. Learn More  www.kaucdp.info www.kaucdp.info  Ron Whitmore: (808) 961-8137 rwhitmore@co.hawaii.hi.us