Business View Magazine | September 2022

177 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 9 HONOLULU COUNTY , HAWA I I island state in the United States, and one of the most geographically isolated populations in the world. Our island is blessed with incredible natural beauty and zest for life. Visitors and residents alike come for the beauty, but they stay for the people. We are a culturally diverse place with a great legacy and lineage of Native Hawaiian culture, but we have people of every ethnicity you could imagine living, working, and thriving here. It’s not utopia, not nirvana, but it is an incredible melting pot of culture and heritage.” Major economic drivers include tourism and military historically, but recent developments thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic have pushed Honolulu to look locally for economic growth. Opportunities in the clean energy sector, Mr. Blangiardi says, are of particular interest. “We have dedicated a lot of time to building on our assets in clean energy. Hawaii is actually a national leader in clean energy laws legislation, Mayor of Honolulu, Mr. Rick Blangiardi