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Leilani business owner urges county support for job fairs, Bayfront market and day‑labor hiring center
Summary
During the committee’s public‑comment period, Tim Colicchio, a Leilani‑area business owner and nonprofit director, urged the county to support quarterly job fairs, a Friday Bayfront market for local sellers, and a day‑labor hiring center to connect residents with immediate work opportunities and reduce theft and vagrancy.
Tim Colicchio, owner of Trinity Plumbing and CEO of the United Community Outreach nonprofit, testified during public comment that economic opportunities in parts of Hawai‘i County have dwindled since the decline of sugar and pineapple industries. He told the committee the local economy in some communities depends on agriculture and…
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