Hawaii Economic Development

Hawaii economic development is thriving and exciting. Hawaii economic development is a glimpse of the future. We are a non-profit Hawaii economic development organization funded by Oahu's private sector. Enterprise Honolulu is here to guide and assist you with Hawaii economic development issues.

Enterprise Honolulu continuously strives towards improving Hawaii economic developement and our global competitiveness. We do so in collaboration with the City and County of Honolulu, Department of Business Economic Development & Tourism, and the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce.

Our Mission Statement

"To be the driving source of collaborative leadership in sustaining a professional, globally competitive, economic development delivery system which leverages the strengths of the private and public sectors for establishing Oahu as a world-recognized location to grow businesses, attract smart capital investment and create quality jobs."

Our team is devoted to providing the help you need, when and where you need it. Our top priorities are to:
• Attract and recruit new businesses
• Help entrepreneurs in their business development initiatives
• Promote growth and diversification among existing businesses
• Retain existing businesses and support in their expansion

The key to the state's future is sustainable growth and improvement. By providing a full range of services, all at no cost or obligation to you, we can save you numerous hours of research and analysis.

Our staff of dedicated professionals can provide you with:
• Access to Regulatory Authorities
• Commercial Building Information
• Coordination of State and Local Assistance
• Custom Research
• Financial Contacts
• Job-Training Assistance
• Labor Market Analysis
• One-Stop Convenience
• Site-Selection Assistance

Our staff can schedule meetings with community leaders, set up customized tours, arrange introductions to necessary business contacts, and even advocate for you with state and local government entities.

In spite of the 1990's recession that lead to slow economic growth in Hawaii, Honolulu continues to be an smart location for fresh business ventures due to its strategic mid-pacific location, time zone benefit, multicultural / multilingual / educated / productive workforce, advanced telecommunication infrastructure, escalating technology leadership, growing venture capital funds and angel financing, exceptional research facilities, state-of-the-art business and technology parks, well developed infrastructure and outstanding incentives.

Facilitated through a superb partnership between the public and private sector, the diversification strategy is creating more jobs and better jobs leading to a higher standard of living for Honolulu's highly educated workforce. The public / private sector partnership operates at state and county levels. The job creation strategy is achieved through:
• Cultivating an entrepreneurial culture in the state
• Retaining and expanding existing business
• Attracting new businesses into the region

Each year business, professional and governmental organizations take advantage of Honolulu's excellent location to hold their most important events here. Ideally positioned in the center of the Pacific Rim, Honolulu is well served by major airlines. It is a meeting place for organizations that seek to broaden representation from Asia and the Pacific.

Occupying 2,216 acres of land as well as 2,210 acres of water, Honolulu International Airport is located about three miles west of Downtown Honolulu, and seven miles from Waikiki. The airfield consists of two parallel crosswind runways, two parallel east-west runways, associated taxiways and navigational aids. Facilities include a complex of air cargo, general aviation, and the passenger terminal complex at the North Ramp and airport support facilities at the south Ramp near Ke'ehi Lagoon. Located west of the terminal complex is a complex of maintenance and air cargo facilities, principally for the inter island airlines.

Honolulu International Airport is the major aviation gateway for the State of Hawaii. It is the primary hub for domestic overseas and inter-island flights and is currently one of three State airports accommodating international flights. Honolulu International also functions as a joint military-civilian airport sharing airfield facilities with Hickam Air Force Base.