There are few places on earth that offer such abundant fitness opportunities as Kona, Hawaii. If you want to swim year round, we have a lot of ocean. Runners and cyclists can count on 320+ days of excellent running and cycling weather. (The other 45 or so are not bad either!). There are many golf...Read More
I saw this morning that 90% of Hawaii’s food is imported. That’s an amazing statistic for our islands. We are nearly entirely dependent on air and sea transportation and Mainland food growers and distributors for nearly everything we eat and drink. Even some things that we think are “Hawaiian” are not. Every bag of “Hawaii...Read More
At Kona Impact we love working with entrepreneurs. There is nothing more satisfying than helping entrepreneurs–young and old–with the tools they need to succeed. We love to see hard-working people succeed and grow their businesses. One person we’ve helped recently is Jon from J-A’s Auto Detailing. When he came to us he had already attempted...Read More
We certainly do not claim to be a “green company”, but we like to say that we seek to reduce our environmental impact. Here’s what we do: 1. All green waste–coffee ground, filters, banana peels, apple cores, etc.–is composted and used in our gardens 2. Paper waste is shredded and used in our worm farm,...Read More
If you are a service-related business, especially one that drives around town, one of the best investments you can make is vehicle graphics. Simply put, a vehicle with graphics gets noticed, whether it is a vehicle magnet, applied vinyl or window graphics. Here is a window and cut vinyl install we completed a few days...Read More
The day after the Ironman World Championships in Kona, I met a man at the dump who let it be known that he was pleased that the competition was done and everyone was going home. He then went on to complain how much he was inconvenienced (the dump, where I met him was closed one...Read More
I just saw an ad for a web design company with a great deal – $999 for a website. Wow, I thought, not bad, but what’s the catch? As I looked a little deeper, we could see the catch or catches easily. The first was “1 revision with additional revisions $95”. In the design world,...Read More
One of our clients has a great way of describing the benefit of buying locally: raising the water level. By this he means that when our money is spent at locally owned businesses, the “water level”, the overall health and economic viability of all local businesses improves. At Kona Impact, we see this every day....Read More
