Coming Events
Advertiser Staff
BEST BETS
• The "inside story" on what happened at this year's Legislature is on tap at the Building Owners and Managers Association "LEGISLATIVE REPORT 2005." The annual update will feature a legislative panel of state Reps. Kirk Caldwell, Galen Fox and Brian Schatz, and Sen. Donna Mercado Kim. It is scheduled from 11:30 a.m. registration to 1:30 p.m., June 14, at the Hawaii Prince Hotel, Waikiki. Fee; guests welcome. Reservations by Friday: 847-0143.
• A fixed-rail transportation system — and how it fits in with other alternatives included in the O'ahu regional transportation plan — will be part of an upcoming discussion by Gordon Lum, for 21 years, executive director of the O'ahu Metropolitan Planning Organization (OMPO), the group charged with looking at the "big picture" of O'ahu transportation. He speaks to the luncheon meeting June 16 of the HAWAII SOCIETY OF CORPORATE PLANNERS, 11:30 a.m. sign-in to 1:30 p.m., in the Hawaii Prince Hotel Waikiki's Mauna Kea Ballroom. Lum, a 32-year veteran of the transportation field, was previously a city planner, a transportation engineer and consultant. Fee; guests welcome. Reservations by Friday. Information: Roberta Cullen, 537-2356.
TOMORROW
• "BUSINESS ENTITY: CHOOSING AN ORGANIZATIONAL ENTITY," a workshop on choosing the organization style that best suits your venture, will be offered 10:30 a.m. to noon tomorrow at the Small Business Resource Center, 1041 Nu'uanu Ave., Suite A. Fee. Registration: 526-1001.
SATURDAY
A series of free community fairs for the prospective home buyer is planned this month and next in Waipahu, Honolulu and Kane'ohe. The "HELP FOR HOMEBUYERS" educational fairs are presented by the Hawaii HomeOwnership Center, in partnership with several community housing organizations. Lenders and Realtors will be present. The fairs are scheduled 9 a.m.-noon Saturday at the Filipino Community Center, 94-428 Mokuola St., Waipahu; 9 a.m.-noon June 25, Farrington High School; and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 9, Windward Mall Center Stage, Kane'ohe. Suggested: records of gross monthly income and expenses. Information: 523-9500.
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