Stabilizing Or Stalling? State Officials Explain Why Hawaii’s Recovery Plan Will Take 2 Years…The governor’s economic development leaders say they want to carefully craft a plan that will hold up for the long term. But legislative leaders aren’t convinced.
Nearly a year into the COVID-19 crisis, state economic development officials are preparing the latest phase of an ongoing recovery effort that so far has gained little traction.
For people who see an urgent need to help an economy still reeling from the pandemic, there’s good news and bad.
The good news: officials expect to have a number of action items from various sectors by April.
The bad news: the bulk of actions and “implementation pilots” won’t even start rolling out until the spring of 2022, under the current schedule.
