Community Economic Development

In addition to sponsoring some first-time participants at this event, DBEDT is offering all exhibitors a training session on Trade Show Exhibiting 101.  Featured are speakers from the Patsy Mink Center for Business and Leadership and the YWCA Oahu.  Links to this and other training sessions for exhibitors can be found here.

The recently passed Federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act authorized a community economic development program called the Opportunity Zones Program. This new program provides incentives for investors to re-invest unrealized capital gains into Opportunity Funds in exchange for temporary tax deferral and other benefits. The Opportunity Funds will then be used to provide investment capital ...
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