G70, a design firm, has hired two employees.

>> Michele Leong has been hired as a planner. She previously worked for a Honolulu-based engineering firm. She holds a Master of Arts degree in urban and regional planning from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Pacific Lutheran University.

>> Scott Schwarzwalder has been hired as a project architect. He previously held the same position for an architectural design firm in New York. Schwarzwalder received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Syracuse University.

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