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YEAR 2017: Kona Homeless
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by Big Island Video News
on Jan 1, 2018 at 1:41 am

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STORY SUMMARY

HAWAII ISLAND - This is an installment in a year-ending series looking back on the Big Island's top news stories of the year.

(BIVN) – Hawaii’s homeless crisis came to the forefront this year as state and local leaders tried to tackle the issue.

Under pressure to formulate a policy for handling the homeless population, newly elected mayor Harry Kim set his sights and one problematic area in particular: Old Kona Airport Beach Park.

After a few cancellations, the county finally organized it’s big cleanup. Many of the displaced homeless were ushered to a new location downtown. The temporary housing became known as Camp Kikaha.

Towards the end of the year, the county was working on plan to create a more permanent solution in Kealakehe.


Filed Under: Kailua-Kona Tagged With: homeless

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