• AFTERHOURS + Kuleana Green Business Expo hosted by KKCC Sustainability Committee

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    Name: AFTERHOURS + Kuleana Green Business Expo hosted by KKCC Sustainability Committee
    Date: April 16, 2025
    Time: 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM HST
    Website: http://www.kona-kohala.com
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    Event Description:
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    Network with Intention at the April AfterHours
    hosted by KKCC Sustainability Committee.
    This event features the Kuleana Green Business Expo.

    Enjoy an evening of networking, delicious pupus, refreshing drinks with your friends from the Kona-Kohala Chamber of Commerce and our island community from 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

    Join us at early at 3 PM for a Guided Tour of the Ranch!

    Chamber Members and First-Time Non-Members $20
    Non-Members $40
     

    Don't forget your business card for the prize drawing.

    Take the Kuleana Green Business Pledge 
    www.kona-kohala.com/kuleana-green-business-program

    For more information, please call the Chamber at 808-329-1758 or email to events@kona-kohala.com.

    Guided Tour of Pu'u Wa'a Wa'a Ranch!

    We invite you to experience the Blue Planet Energy Research Lab, an eye-opening and educational experience exploring the wonders of Henk Rogers’ ranch. 

    The Ranch operates on a Micro-Grid solar system providing sufficient power generation equivalent to sustaining ten homes. This system includes a state-of-the-art battery storage system and uses hydrogen as a secondary storage medium, allowing it to operate independently from the public utility grid. Additionally, there's a hydrogen fueling station for a Toyota Mirai, an electric vehicle that converts hydrogen into electricity.

    If you would like to take part in the tour, please arrive promptly at 3 PM. The tour will begin between 3:30-3:45 PM. The ranch is at 2500 ft. elevation. Please wear comfortable shoes appropriate for walking through grass and dress for mauka weather as it can be chilly & wet.

    Check out this video: Inside Henk Rogers' Energy Lab in the Pu'uwa'awa'a Ranch

    If you have any questions, please email events@kona-kohala.com and we will connect you.
    **Must sign Liability Waiver. Hard copies will be provided at the event.

     

    Location:

    Pu'u Wa'a Wa'a Ranch
    71-1645 Mamalahoa Highway
    Kailua-Kona, HI 96740

    The ranch is at 2500 ft. elevation, dress for mauka weather as it can be chilly & wet. 

    Directions to Puʻu Waʻawaʻa Ranch
     
    From Kailua-Kona: 
    (About a 35-minute drive) 

    •  Take Palani to Mamalahoa Hwy (190), head north toward Waimea.
    • As you get closer to Mile Marker #22, you will see houses in the background ahead on a ridge and a very large puʻu (cinder cone) in the distance on your right. 
    • Get ready to slow down and turn RIGHT into the driveway with a solar powered recessed metal gate.
    ​​ From Waimea, Waikoloa, or Hilo via Daniel K. Inouye Highway:
    • Stay on Highway 190 going south. You will see Puʻu Lani Ranch subdivision access on your left. 
    • Soon after passing Puʻu Lani, you will be traveling down a hill. 
    • Once at the bottom, be prepared to take the first LEFT into the driveway of Puʻu Waʻawaʻa access road with a solar powered recessed metal gate.
      Arrival
    • Come through the gate, which should open automatically. If the gate does not open, get out and manually open it then close it behind you (livestock inside).  
    • Drive straight. 
    • It’s common to see livestock including: Black Angus cattle, feral sheep, and pigs along the road. Please go slow and be patient. 
    • You will approach a Y on the road with a brown signboard and a tiny green corrugated roof structure on the left.
    • Stay to your RIGHT and drive approximately 2 miles up on the paved road.  
    • You will come to an overhead sign, “Puʻu Waʻawaʻa Ranch” over a cattle gap.  
    • Pass the Energy Lab, which will be on your left. Do NOT park by the Energy Lab, continue up the road to the first paved RIGHT turn.
    • Head toward the LEFT side of the open pavilion.   
    • Park to the left of the pavilion, where there is an open grass area and not in the circle driveway.
     Departure
    • ​When leaving, use high beams and avoid livestock.  
    • At the gate, pull up to the stop line in the center of the road. The gate opens toward you.
    • Be sure the gate closes once you exit, otherwise manually close it.

     


    Take the Kuleana Green Business Pledge 
    www.kona-kohala.com/kuleana-green-business-program

    Date/Time Information:
    Wednesday, April 16, 2025
    5 p.m. - 7 p.m. 
    Contact Information:
    Chamber office 329-1758
    Send an Email
    Fees/Admission:
    Chamber members and First-Time Non-Members $20
    Non-Members $40

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