DBEDT Workshops: Resources and Support Programs For Small Businesses

Learn about the programs, grants, and loan opportunities offered by the Department of Business, Economic Development, and Tourism for Hawaiʻi businesses to grow and scale.  Join us for in-person sessions to learn about the following and more:

• Community Based Economic Development (CBED) Loan Program
• Enterprise Zone Program
• HI-STEP – Export program
• Research & Development programs and grants
• Manufacturing programs and grants
• Clean Energy Financing and other Resources
• Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy and Resiliency (HI C-PACER) financing program
• Foreign Trade Zone Import/Export support

For more information and to register, please follow the links below:

• Kauai – October 29, 2026 9:00 AM – Noon <click to register>
  Kauai War Memorial Exhibition Center, 4191 Hardy Street, Lihue, HI 96766
  Information about Hurricane Lowell Business Recovery Grants and other emergency loans will be presented
  
  
• Kona – September 22, 2026 9:00 AM

Natural Energy Laboratory (NELHA) #208, 73-970 Makako Bay Drive, Kailua Kona, 96740  <veiw recap>

• Hilo – September 22, 2026, 2:00 PM

Aunty Sally Kaleohano’s Lūʻau Hale, 799 Piʻilani Street, Hilo, 96720 <view recap>

• Maui – September 23, 2026, 8:00 AM

(in conjunction with the Innovate Maui Nui Conference) University of Hawaiʻi, Maui College, Kahului, HI 9673

• Oʻahu – September 29, 2026, 9:00 AM

Wahiawā Value-Added Product Development Center, 1001 California Avenue, Wahiawā, 96786 <view recap>