Stay Informed: South Maui Development Projects Missed our recent Community Informational Meeting? You can watch the Zoom recording or review the slideshow presentation from the event held on Wednesday, October 23rd, at ProArts Theater in Kīhei. The proposed development projects in South Maui could strain already limited infrastructure while catering primarily to non-resident millionaires with […]
PLEASE TESTIFY: Wailea 670/Honuaʻula Public Hearing 9/24/2024
In 2008, Maui County Council members worked for months to make sure the Honuaʻula project (popularly known as Wailea 670) would be appropriately conditioned to serve the people of Maui, and then narrowly approved the project. Key to that approval was the developer’s promise to provide 700 affordable homes, 450 of which would be within […]
Regenerative Agriculture Video Series
Welcome to our video interview series highlighting different regenerative farmers around the island. This will be the home for this video series as we develop it. Alex Pinsky, Maui Organic farm Tours The first farmer we interviewed is Alex Pinsky of Maui Organic Farm Tours. This is a series of six educational videos on his […]
Rebuilding Lahaina with the Health of Our Keiki in Mind
On October 8, 2023, a fire raged through Lahaina, devastating over 2,000 homes, displacing over 6,000 people and taking the lives of at least 98 people. This was yet another reminder that how we build matters. As survivors are now being escorted to what remains of their homes, equipped with hazmat suits and respirators to […]
Bill Requesting a Mākena State Park Carrying Capacity Study to be Heard by Committee on Finance, 4/5 at 2pm
Mahalo to House Finance Chair Kyle Yamashita for holding a hearing on this important bill. SB1136_SD1, the bill that requests a carrying capacity study for Mākena State Park (aka Oneloa Beach) will be heard by the Committee on Finance this Wednesday, April 5th at 2pm. Please note that the House Water and Land committee modified […]
CALL TO ACTION: PLEASE REQUEST A HEARING FOR LEGISLATIVE BILL HB702/SB1136 ON CARRYING CAPACITY AT MĀKENA STATE PARK
Mākena State Park was established as a result of dedicated community action to create a state park at Mākena instead of allowing development near the shoreline. Since then, Mākena State Park has been one of the most popular beach parks on Maui among both residents and visitors. Due to over tourism and the increasing tourism […]