Business View Magazine | September 2022

179 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE VOLUME 9, ISSUE 9 the island of O’ahu a great place to live, work, and play. Community outreach is important to ensure the younger generation stays local, rather than moving to the mainland for work and education opportunities. Aged care is a key priority, Mr. Blangiardi says. “In many cases people have worked hard their whole lives to send their kids to college, whether it’s our University of Hawaii or the mainland. The thing is young people who move out of state tend to stay there. They meet people, start their careers, get married… So often, their parents grow older without a geographically present support network. Now, we are working hard to get them to remain local, but for those who don’t, we want to make sure their parents can age gracefully in the best facilities with world-class care.” Honolulu County is supported by a number of local and interstate collaborators that Mr. Blangiardi would like to mention in thanks. “The people that work in our wonderful county are doing so at very high levels, and really, they HONOLULU COUNTY , HAWA I I Bike to Work - Photo Courtesy of DTS