God’s Lanes athleisure startup wins $25,000 MEO program grant
Landa Ampong’s business plan for God’s Lanes, LLC, a startup e-commerce retail company offering faith-based athleisure apparel to Christian men and women, was judged the best plan and awarded $25,000 in a Maui Economic Opportunity Business Development Center contest....
David Daly named MEO Employee of the Month for July
David Daly, who empowers clients to “to go beyond to take their passions and make it a way of life,” has been selected MEO’s Employee of the Month for July. The director of MEO’s Business Development Center, which offers classes in business planning and financial...
MEO BDC Money Matters Financial Literacy Workshop online via Zoom
Another round of the Money Matters Adult Financial Literacy Workshop series, offered by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center, will be held from 10 to noon Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 18 and 19, via Zoom. The two-session series will cover...
Teen Financial Literacy
Maui Economic Opportunity’s Teen Financial Literacy Online Workshop will be held from 4:30 to 6 p.m. July 20, 22, 27, & 29. The four-session program offered through MEO’s Business Development Center covers budgeting and savings, basic banking, applying for jobs,...
Core Four business planning course for teen entrepreneurs set in July
A Core Four Business Planning Course For Teens, who are interested in learning about business or starting one, will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. July 7, 14, 21 and 28 via Zoom. The class is presented by Maui Economic Opportunity’s Business Development Center and is a...
MEO Core Four – UHMC students collaborate ontrade show style presentation
Four entrepreneurs from Maui Economic Opportunity’s Core Four business planning series worked with 23 UH-Maui College Introduction to Graphic Design students on a Las Vegas-style trade show. The mutually beneficial project provided new businesses with logo and...
Agricultural Micro Grants
More than 100 micro-farm grants awarded by MEO in Maui County funded program Maui County’s $2.5 million Agricultural Micro Grants Program, administered by Maui Economic Opportunity, purchased tractors, chippers and other supplies; put up fencing and sheds; and...













