Mission
 The purpose of Pacific Gateway is to help immigrants, refugees and low-income residents of Hawaii gain access to opportunities and services through the building of skills that lead to self-sufficiency while respecting the integrity of diverse cultural heritages. Pacific Gateway Center’s values include: Food, Diversity, Spirit of Aloha, Humor, Creativity, Integrity, Mutual Respect, and Teamwork.
Help Pacific Gateway Center
Help the Pacific Gateway Center to continue our work by contributing to our agency.Your tax deductible donation will help us to provide our services and assist the low income and immigrant populations of the State of Hawaii. We thank you for your kokua!
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83 North King Street Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
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723C Umi Street, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817
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To volunteer:
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Please call 808-851-7010
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Message From Our Executive Director
 This year, PGC grew so much that we added three new project sites on Oahu for better reach and access to our clients. Those locations are our Culinary Business Incubator in Kalihi, the retail incubator in Chinatown, and the business incubator in downtown Honolulu area. The process of funding projects to continue our mission in serving the immigrants and low-income residents of Hawaii remains challenging. However, with support from various grantors and the staff, we were able to grow and continue the good work that we have been providing to the Hawaii community. We would like to say mahalo to you for your support throughout this year. May our relationship continue to help individuals and businesses achieve their self-sufficiency.
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Organization Celebrates 35th Anniversary
Written by KGMB9 News - news@kgmb9.com
September 09, 2009 07:00 PM
A Special Treat on North King Street.
Nine monks chanted to mark the 35th anniversary of the Pacific Gateway Center. The organization helps immigrants with everything from language to housing to employment.
The blessing took place at the Lemon Grass Cafe, a spot where low income residents who want to start a business can sell their food.
"We are providing them an outlet here, without charge to them that we can help promote them, we are trying to market our clients," Director of Pacific Gateway Center, Tin Myaing Thien said.
The center also provides kitchens and storage for start up businesses. Some of its success stories include cake lava and the San Francisco Salad Company.
Pacific Gateway Center Anniversary
Honolulu Advertiser.Com
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Photos by GREGORY YAMAMOTO | The Honolulu Advertiser
The Pacific Gateway Center, which helps immigrants, refugees and low-income Hawaii residents get access to opportunities, on Wednesday celebrated its 35th year. Rev. Inpeng Siphanthorn of the Srithammaram Lao Temple led a Buddhist chant to help mark the occasion at the center in Chinatown. (See a video of the event also posted at www.honoluluadvertiser.com.)
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2007 Small Business Award Winners
April 1, 2007
By Evan & Kari Leong
The success of Hawaii’s small businesses is vital to the overall health of our economy.
Central Pacific Bank understands how important this relationship is. Recently, an impressive total of nine small business leaders nominated by the bank were recognized as 2007 Small Business Administration Small Business Award Winners.
Five of those nominations were recognized as State finalists.
Minority Small Business Champion - Dr. Tin Myaing Thein, Pacific Gateway Center. For over 25 years, Dr. Tin Myaing Thein has served national and international communities as a strong advocate of minority small business. Born and raised in Myanmar (Burma), Dr. Thein knows the obstacles and communication barriers which immigrants are often faced with. She also knows the challenges involved when immigrants attempt to start their own businesses. Today, as the Executive Director of the Pacific Gateway Center in Honolulu, Hawaii, Dr. Thein is dedicated, passionate, and committed to assisting low income and disadvantaged minority individuals to realize their dreams of starting their own businesses.
Out To Lunch: Lemongrass Café
March 30, 2009
The Pacific Gateway Center’s culinary incubator, opened this new café last week with a rotating menu of ethnic dishes from a different region each day. Monday is Burmese, Tuesday Singaporean, Wednesday Lao, Thursday Indonesian and Fridays change every week. The food is all made by entrepreneurs developing food-service businesses or job seekers learning new culinary skills. Lemongrass Café at Pacific Gateway Center, lunch served daily 11 to 2, 83 North King Street, 808.851.7010.
Lemon Grass offers food of minorities
Excerpts fom THE WEEKLY EATER
By Nadine Kam
POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Apr 29, 2009
In the online world, the wisdom "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime," is alternately credited to Jesus, Confucius and authors unknown. No matter who thought or said it first, I believe it holds up to this day, and so does the staff at Pacific Gateway Center. They're actively putting this idea into practice as a nonprofit "community development financial institution" that helps low-income entrepreneurs start and run their own businesses with the aim of becoming self-sufficient, contributing members of the community.
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Incubating dreams
Fledgling businesses start cooking by using Pacific Gateway Center's incubator kitchens.
By Betty Shimabukuro
bshimabukuro@starbulletin.com
THEY SAY you have to spend money to make money. But what if you have nothing to spend? If your dream lies in food service, the upfront costs of setting yourself up in a certified commercial kitchen can be insurmountable. This is where the Pacific Gateway Center's incubator kitchens come in.
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