What is the Molokai Heritage Trust?
A community-based non-profit Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) formed to acquire and provide oversight for management of Molokai Ranch lands.
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Year 1Description
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Year 2Description
“When the community buys back Molokai Ranch, it will have restored ea (sovereignty) to its people.”
~ Malia Akutagawa, JD, ESQ.
Associate Professor of Law & Hawaiian Studies
Hui ʻĀina Momona
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
Hawai'inuiākea School of Hawaiian Knowledge - Kamakakūokalani Center for Hawaiian Studies
William S. Richardson School of Law - Ka Huli Ao Center for Excellence in Native Hawaiian Law
Community-Based Ownership Models.
Forming an SPV is among the first steps towards community ownership of Molokai Ranch.
View our community meeting flow below
Community Meetings
Community-wide distilled updates on working group progress, opportunity for broad community input.
Working Group Meetings
Synthesize progress made by subcommittees into material that is easily understandable and empowers our community with the information to make informed choices.
Subcommittee Meetings
Dedicated to doing technical research on financing models, community ownership models, and revenue generation and distilling findings for
working groups.
Community Ownership Models
Funding
Options
20
Average total number of participants in meetings
80%
Of meeting participants “agreed” or “strongly agreed” to the establishment of a community-based non-profit to buy and manage Molokai Ranch lands.
13
Total number of meetings as of 2022
Past Meetings.
February 22, 2022
First Open Community Ownership of Molokaʻi Ranch Meeting
March 22, 2022
Working Group Meeting
March 29, 2022
Open Community Ownership of Molokaʻi Ranch Meeting #2
April 20, 2022
Subcommittee Meeting (Funding Options)
April 27, 2022
Subcommittee Meeting (Community Ownership Models)
May 4, 2022
Working Group Meeting
May 11, 2022
Open Community Ownership of Molokaʻi Ranch Meeting #3
June 2, 2022
Subcommittee Meeting (Funding Options)
June 9, 2022
Subcommittee Meeting (Community Ownership Models)
June 30, 2022
Open Community Ownership of Molokaʻi Ranch Meeting #4
July 14, 2022
Subcommittee Meeting (Community Ownership Models)
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Implementation and developing the bylaws for the SPV
July 21, 2022
Open Community Ownership of Molokaʻi Ranch Meeting #5
Zoom Recording coming soon
July 28, 2022
Subcommittee Meeting (Funding Options)
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Discuss acquisition of Molokaʻi Ranch and developing materials for potential funders
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The Solution.
Community Ownership of Molokai Ranch
through a community-led initiative facilitated by Sustʻāinable Molokai.
