MEO receives $6,250 grant with help from Valley Isle Community FCU
A team from Valley Isle Community Federal Credit Union delivered a $6,250 check to support MEO’s Business Development Center….
Ag Micro Grant application deadline nears, Feb. 25
Maui Grown Tomatoes in Haiku has been a recipient of the Maui County Agricultural Micro Grant, which is currently accepting applications for a new round of grants…
Budgeting, spending, credit strategies offered at MEO class Feb. 19
The class also will cover credit, how to establish it, improving FICO scores, and understanding personal credit profiles. A FICO score is a tool used by lenders to determine whether an individual qualifies for a credit card, mortgage or other loans and the rates the individual pays…
Video of informational meeting on Agricultural Micro Grants available
About 55 individuals and more than 20 via Zoom listened to MEO BDC Director David Daly discuss the new round of the Maui County Agricultural Micro Grants on Wednesday, Jan. 15…
County Agricultural Micro Grant informational meeting set Jan. 15
Maui Grown Tomatoes in Haiku has been a recipient of the Maui County Agricultural Micro Grant, which is currently accepting applications for a new round of grants…
MEO ag micro grant program to begin; informational meeting Jan. 15
‘Ano Farms received one of the 188 agriculture micro grants in the last round of a program administered by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center…
New MEO Core Four business planning course to begin Jan 7.
The owner of Ignition Coffee, Luigi Mor-Hamoy, received a microloan and business guidance from MEO’s Business Development Center. A new round of Core Four Business Planning classes presented by BDC begins Jan. 7…
MEO Offers ‘Helping Lahaina Heal: Mastering Your Money’ workshop
A “Helping Lahaina Heal: Mastering Your Money” workshop, offered by Maui Economic Opportunity, will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 19, at the Lahaina Recovery Center in the Lahaina Gateway…
MEO BDC takes Teen Financial Literacy to Lana‘i
Maui Economic Opportunity took its Teen Financial Literacy on the road . . . or over the channel . . . to Lana‘i High & Elementary on Oct. 16. Business Development Center Specialists Lianne Peros-Busch and Teon Simmons taught more than 130 youth in the 6th, 7th...
Maui County Agricultural Micro Grant 5.0 informational meetings postponed
MEO’s Business Development Center will be providing more information about the informational meetings and Maui County grant at a later date…
MEO to provide financial education, credit counseling to fire survivors
Maui Economic Opportunity will be providing money management education, credit counseling and debt management assistance to those impacted by the August 2023 wildfires with a grant from the American Red Cross. The $1.4 million grant, which runs through July 2025,...
MEO Teen financial literacy workshop set Oct. 8-9 at Cameron Center
The two-day Financial Literacy for Teens workshop, covering topics such as budgeting, saving and credit, will be held during the Fall Break week on Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 8 and 9, at the J. Walter Cameron Center in Wailuku. The teen financial literacy workshop is...