HONOLULU KYUDOJO AT MAU'UMAE

Dear Friends and Supporters,

We have made great progress since our last update. Most notably, we have put together a dream-team of some of Hawaii’s largest and most reputable contractors and vendors, who have steppedforward to support the construction of the dojo. Our “TEAM KYUDO” contractors and key vendors

Team Kyudo Contractors	Role
Allied Builders System	General Contractor
Commercial Plumbing Inc.	Plumbing Installation
Dorvin D. Leis Co. Inc	HVAC Contractor
DSE Hawaii	Electric Contractor
Goodfellow Bros. LLC	Grading & Site work
Group Builders Inc.	Interior Finishes

Team Kyudo Vendors	Products/Services
Alpha Electric Supply	Electrical Commodities, Lights
Cosco Air Conditioning & Refrigeration with Daikin Comfort	Daiken AC System
Ferguson Enterprises LLC	Plumbing Commodiites, Appliances
Foundation Building Materials	Anderson Windows & Doors
Johnson Controls	Fire Alarm Components
The Bathroom Store	Toto Restroom Fixtures

We are profoundly grateful for their generous support !

Public outreach will be the primary focus of our efforts during October. We plan to make a formal presentation (our second) before the Kaimuki Neighborhood Board, solicit public input on our Environmental Assessment via neighborhood mailer, go “Live” with our website “hawaii kyudofoundation.org”, as well as support other public information channels that are currently planned by our development partners.

The kyudo design work progresses, albeit not without some unforeseen conditions altering our plans. Our civil engineer discovered some significant challenges on the site relative to the initial Mauka/Makai orientation of the dojo. Accordingly, we re-oriented the dojo to an East/West (Ewa/Koko Head) orientation, and this has had a very positive side effect on overall design; enabling us to improve the aesthetics of the dojo considerably. Working through this change has pushed back our planned design completion until the end of October.

We continue to coordinate with EnVisioni Kaimuki and other groups working to reforest the park in a manner that mitigates wildfire hazards and accentuates native species adapted to the hot dry climate of the area.

Internally, we have continued to strengthen our Board of Directors with the additional of Ai Oyama, who has extensive experience in kyudojo operations in Japan and is a former President of Hawaii Kyudo Kai – Hawaii’s oldest and largest kyudo club.

Again, mahalo to our generous contactors and Vendors