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Economic Revitalization Commission seeks council support for budget, loan fund and vacant‑lands pilots
Summary
The commission presented its 2025 annual report and 2026 priorities, urging council support for OER’s budget, a loan fund for entrepreneurs and statutory tweaks (Bill 35 / Bill 10) to facilitate below‑market leases and pilot economic uses of vacant city lands, including Chinatown pilot concepts.
The Committee on Public Safety and Economy heard an informational briefing from the Economic Revitalization Commission (ERC) on its 2025 work and priorities for 2026. Amy Oselbay, executive director of the Office of Economic Revitalization (OER), and ERC chair Eliza Talbot and vice chair Olin Lagan described site visits, work on agriculture and food systems, entrepreneur cohorts and advocacy for local procurement and use of vacant city land.
Olin Lagan summarized 2025 activities: "In 2025, our focus was on agriculture and food systems," and described site visits (including urban farming and loʻi that help retain water…
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