HONOLULU (KHON2) — The transit construction mitigation fund was created to assist businesses hit hard by rail construction along Dillingham Boulevard according to Honolulu City Council member Tyler Dos Santos-Tam.
“We put this program in place last year knowing that a lot of the businesses have been suffering for years and so we wanted to create a pathway to get some kind of relief from the city,” he explained.
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Anthony Han, owner of Soul Chicken, is one of the few small business owners that qualified for the $10,000 grant.
“Luckily I got approved for this,” Han said. “So I just got the check. Just so lucky I got it.”…