Editing Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (section)

==Economy==
[[File:Kona Inn Shopping Village, Sunset, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii (4548894603).jpg|thumb|Kailua Inn Shopping Village]]
Kailua-Kona saw an economic downturn during the [[Great Recession in the United States|2008 national financial crisis]] but in the early 2010s has seen significant growth and economic development.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2014/09/hawaiisbig-island-economy-improving-despite.html| title=Hawaii's Big Island economy improving despite tourism slowdown| date=26 September 2014| work=Pacific Business News| access-date=3 January 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103215702/http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/blog/morning_call/2014/09/hawaiisbig-island-economy-improving-despite.html| archive-date=3 January 2015| url-status=live}}</ref> [[Tourism]] also saw a downturn in the late 2000s but has since seen some resurgence.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fhb.com/en/assets/File/Marketing/FHB_2013-14_HawaiiEconForecast.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2015-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103214741/https://www.fhb.com/en/assets/File/Marketing/FHB_2013-14_HawaiiEconForecast.pdf |archive-date=2015-01-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> Visitor air arrivals alone increased about 160% from 2010 to 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://dbedt.hawaii.gov/visitor/visitor-research/|title=Annual Visitor Research Reports|last=Chun|first=Jennifer|website=State of Hawaii, Hawaii Tourism Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190420003243/http://dbedt.hawaii.gov/visitor/visitor-research/|archive-date=April 20, 2019|access-date=April 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[University of Hawaiʻi]] held its first classes at the [[Hawaiʻi Community College|new Hawaii Community College]] Palamanui Campus in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2015/08/24/university-of-hawaiis-new-27m-kona-campus-begins.html|title=University of Hawaii's New $27M Kona campus begins first classes|last=Gill|first=Lorin|date=August 25, 2015|work=Pacific Business News|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150831200230/http://www.bizjournals.com/pacific/news/2015/08/24/university-of-hawaiis-new-27m-kona-campus-begins.html|archive-date=August 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/palamanui-may-offer-marine-science-degree| title=Palamanui may offer marine science degree| work=West Hawaii Today| date=9 May 2014| access-date=3 January 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150103214713/http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/palamanui-may-offer-marine-science-degree| archive-date=3 January 2015| url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url=http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/uh-heads-lay-out-vision-hawaii-community-college-palamanui| title=UH heads lay out vision for Hawaii Community College — Palamanui| work=West Hawaii Today| access-date=3 January 2015| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141231232650/http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/uh-heads-lay-out-vision-hawaii-community-college-palamanui| archive-date=31 December 2014| url-status=dead}}</ref>

Since the early 2000s the Kona side had seen significant amounts of [[vog]] from [[Puʻu ʻŌʻō]] and [[Kīlauea]], but that changed in May 2018 when Kilauea largely ceased its emissions. Kailua-Kona's air is clearer than it has been in decades.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/01/big-island-the-vog-is-gone-for-the-first-time-in-decades/|title=Big Island: The VOG I Gone - For The First Time in Decades|last=Armstrong|first=Jason|date=January 2, 2019|work=Civil Beat|access-date=April 16, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190416201252/https://www.civilbeat.org/2019/01/big-island-the-vog-is-gone-for-the-first-time-in-decades/|archive-date=April 16, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>