Kaua`i Column on Economic Indicators
Since January 2005, TKI
Executive Director Ken Stokes has been contributing a twice-monthly
column on Kaua`i Economic Factors
for Kaua`i
People newspaper that focus on sustainability, economy, housing
and demographics. Recent columns are listed in reverse chronological
order below and on the right.
TKI's 'green economics'
approach incorporates business and community interests with ecosystem
concerns.
Economy
- Hotels
decline before visitors, 3 jun 09
- Hawaii
grew faster, fell first, 13 may 09
- Property
tax fills funding gap, 8 apr 09
- Tax
base growing faster than buildings, 4 mar 09
- Kauai
visitor boom broke island records, 7 jan 09
- Most
island food still grown elsewhere, 10 dec 08
- Kauai
visitor spending inches up in '07, 8 oct 08
- Hawaii
retail faces challenge of scale, 1 oct 08
- Kauai
visitor tally still sinking fast, 3 sep 08
- Gas prices
driving decline in gas sales 13 Aug 08
- How to cut
Kauaian energy bills in half 9 Jul 08
- Cheap energy
helped family budgets 2 Jul 08
- Kauai's
post-9/11 growth rates uneven 14 May 08
- KIUC costs
more than double since 2003 11-Mar-08
- Hawai iimports
most oil from Asia 04-Jan-08
- Furniture
leads Kaua`i retail growth 14-Dec-07
- Fewer
residents use interisland air 02-Nov-07
- Inequity a
factor in Kauai's economy 12-Oct-07
- Kauai spends
more than other islands 05-Sep-07
- Kauai outlook
for more slow growth 02-Aug-07
- Managers lead
in growth of best jobs 13-Jul-07
- Island
transport cost rising fastest 06-Apr-07
- Turnover rises
as unemployment falls 2-Feb-07
- Interisland
air traffic shifting to go 5-Jan-07
- Hawai`i
generous to taxman, nonprofits 1-Dec-06
- Kaua`i
population still growing slowly 7-Jul-06
- Kaua`i visitor
growth remains strong 9-Jun-06
- Kapa`a Bypass
solves wrong problem 5-May-06
- Kaua`i dams
store vast water supply 7-Apr-06
- Workers losing
battle with inflation 17-Feb-06
- Containers
dominate harbor shipments 10-Feb-06
- ‘Safety net’
dominates federal spending 11-Nov-05
- Food dominates
island retail spending 14-Oct-05
- Kaua`i
economic growth stays flat 18-Aug-05
- Ag still nota
high growth business 8-Jul-05
- Kauai economy
shows slower growth 14-Jan-05
