Hawaii nonprofit Kupu's green job training center to begin construction early next year

Kupu is halfway done with its capital campaign and is set to start construction on its green job training center at the beginning of next year, the Hawaii nonprofit said Wednesday. Kupu has raised about 66 percent of the $5 million in funding necessary for renovations and improvements to the 9,550-square-foot “net shed” at Kewalo Basin in Kakaako. The project is still in the entitlement process, said Kupu Chief Operating Officer Matthew Bauer. “Many things in the facility were built in the…