Honolulu Coffee will open its first North American location Thursday with a cafe in Vancouver, British Columbia.
The 2,485-square-foot space is on Nelson Street, just a few blocks away from Robson Street, Vancouver’s premier shopping corridor. The opening coincides with Canada Day celebrations in British Columbia.
The menu will showcase fresh-roasted Hawaii coffees brewed manually by baristas, directly sourced whole-leaf teas and food items such as a tropical acai bowl, and fresh-baked items such as oat cakes and lilikoi (passion fruit) bread.
The estate-grade coffee is grown at the company’s 80-acre farm in Captain Cook on Hawaii island, where farmers grow 100 percent Kona coffee.
Honolulu Coffee has 40 locations in Hawaii, Japan, Guam and, now, Vancouver.
Smartphones OK for proving auto insurance
Starting in July, drivers can use their smartphones to provide proof of auto insurance.
Gov. David Ige signed House Bill 1705 on Tuesday, which allows electronic insurance cards to be used as proof of insurance for motor vehicles, motorcycles and motor scooters. The insurance ID may be accessed directly through a licensed insurer’s website, application or database.
To qualify, the ID must include the name of make and factory or serial number of the motor vehicle; policy number; names of the insured and the insurer; and dates of coverage including the expiration date.
Hawaii joins 37 states that already permit drivers to use an electronic copy of their insurance card as valid proof of insurance.
Finance Factors to host charity breakfast
The 21st Annual Finance Factors Charity Breakfast will be served by more than 70 volunteers and employees from 6:30 to 9 a.m. July 15 at Finance Factors Center downtown.
The traditional local-style breakfast consists of Kukui Portuguese sausage, eggs and rice, all for $6. Proceeds collected will support Kupu, a local youth and environmental nonprofit.
On the move
Kamehameha Schools has named Venus Rosete-Medeiros regional director for Maui County. She began her career at Kamehameha Schools serving as a teacher/counselor in the Community Education Division’s Malama o ke Ola Program and served as a youth program developer and disseminator specialist with the Native Hawaiian Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program. Rosete-Medeiros also founded the Neighborhood Place of Wailuku, serving as its first executive director, and facilitated hundreds of community and youth groups for the past 20 years.
AARP Hawaii has announced the appointment of Audrey Suga-Nakagawa as director of advocacy. She has more than 25 years of management and consulting experience in public health, social services, health care administration and gerontology. Prior to her appointment, Suga-Nakagawa served on AARP Hawaii’s volunteer executive council and provided outreach and advocacy expertise as owner of ASN Consulting Services.
