Business View Magazine Feb 2023

27 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 10, ISSUE 2 Deluz Concretes provide opportunities for success for everyone involved,” he adds. Goodfellow Bros’ major projects across the Hawaiian Islands have created huge opportunities for local communities, Brown explains. “Probably the biggest impact we have in Hawaii, apart from the end results of the projects themselves, is the jobs they create. For example, our work on the Kona Village Resort here on the Big Island employed some 500 people on site, not including those working on back-end operations. The resort was built in the 1960s and was one of the only resorts on the Big Island at the time.” “In 2011, Kona was hit by the Great Tohoku tsunami, and the resort was damaged so badly it had to be shut down. We have been working to restore it for quite some time; it’s finally due to reopen this year, and we anticipate it will very quickly become a premier resort destination that will provide a massive jobs boost to Kailua Kona,” he explains. Other development streams currently underway include affordable residential builds on Lanai and Maui. With Hawaii’s median house prices topping $1 million, low-cost housing has never been more important. Brown shares, “Inflation is making it even harder for Hawaiians to become homeowners. It feels good to contribute what we can by working on affordable housing projects, making a bit of a difference in the lives of people who don’t have that kind of money. We are doing a lot of work on Lanai in particular, which is owned by one of our partners. We’ve provided critical infrastructure not only for residential communities, but also for solar energy At Papé Machinery, our roots reach back to 1938 when our founder, E.C. Papé, acquired his first capital equipment dealership in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. E.C Papé’s reputation for customer service and dependability spread, and the family-owned business began to grow and prosper. Four generations later, Papé Machinery has become the leading supplier of construction, logging, material handling, landscaping, trenching, and farm equipment, as well as semi-trucks and warehouse products in the West. We make good on our commitment to increasing our partners’ uptime by providing them with end-to-end solutions. Whether you lead a major construction firm or a single-family farm, we care about your success and are here to help you get all the equipment you need in one place to grow and meet your goals. From Mount Vernon to Fowler, Spokane to Oahu, you’re never far from your Papé Machinery support team. With locations across California, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Hawaii — and with knowledgeable and experienced team members available 24/7— Papé Machinery is accessible wherever and whenever you need us. When end-to-end solutions are backed by excellent equipment and consistent, quality customer service, there’s no limit to what you can get done. .................................... For more information, please visit our website papemachinery.com GOODFELLOW BROS