If you love Makena, join the fun Saturday June 11th at third entrance, Oneloa Beach. The 4th annual Save Makena skim board contest goes from 8am til 2pm. Plenty prizes, ono grinds from Flatbread & Lulu’s and a chance to find out what’s up with Makena. Sponsored by Hawaii Amateur Skim Board League, Maui Skimmers, […]
Planning Commission FONSI on Kanaha Building
The Planning Commission granted a finding of no significant impact on the environmental assessment for the proposed 6 story office building and parking garage slated for land adjacent to Kanaha Pond and Wildlife Refuge. The Planning Commission found no significant impact despite: The building is in an area which will become innundated with the projected […]
Council OKs Purchase of 4 acres Kulamalu Affordable Housing
The Maui County Council Budget and Finance Committee gave its recommendation Wednesday to purchase 4 acres in Kulamalu for affordable housing. The council voted 8-0 to endorse a plan to spend $3.8 million from the county’s Affordable Housing Fund on the land and to authorize Mayor Alan Arakawa to negotiate a purchase. The measures are […]
Mayor Arakawa Event in Lahaina
Mayor Alan Arakawa will hold a “County on Your Corner” event Sat May 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lahaina Cannery Mall, outside of Starbucks.
KCA Hears About Maui Island Plan
Using a PowerPoint presentation, retired professor Dick Mayer raised a number of issues that he thought the KCA should consider. Although he participated in the GPAC process that created the Maui Island Plan, he emphasized that he was speaking as an individual. “I am not a resident of Kīhei,” he said. “I live in Kula. […]
Status of Hawai’i Solar Incentives
Homeowners in Honolulu, Maui and Hawaii counties are no longer able to claim a $1,000 instant rebate for the installation of solar water heating systems because federal funding for the program has been exhausted. However, there is still a $750 rebate available to those who choose to finance their solar water heating systems with a […]