Amy Asselbaye on Economic Revitalization, Business Recovery Grants and Regenerative Tourism

This week, Amy Asselbaye, the executive director of the City’s Office of Economic Revitalization, joins host Brandi Higa on the One Oʻahu Podcast to talk about a handful of programs that the City and County of Honolulu has to offer when it comes to rent and utility relief, grants programs, and other resources. Asselbaye provides an update on the Oahu Business Recovery Grant Program, which has already received 600 applications (1:51). Later, Dexter Kishida, the City’s Food Security and Sustainability Program Manager, joins the podcast to talk about the City's Agriculture Grant program and the Good Food Pledge (8:31). And finally, Amy Asselbaye explains what success would look like for our island when it comes to regenerative tourism (36:57).