Judge Joel August agreed with Ma’alaea Community Association and Maui Tomorrow Foundation Inc. and ruled that the EIS for Jesse Spencer’s Ohana Kai Development at Ma’alaea did not adequately address the proposed injection wells for the on-site sewage treatment plant. anticipated increases in salinity of its water supply as its three wells are pumped. Therefore […]
Population Data for Maui County
NOTE on large number (16,500) of “vacant units”. Many are hotel, condo, TVR or 2nd home accommodations. There may also be some foreclosures. Download a spreadsheet showing Maui County Census Population Data for 2010
Kaiwahine Village Approved 5-4
Affordable housing project in Kihei OK’d March 19, 2011 – By MELISSA TANJI, Staff Writer for the Maui News WAILUKU – The Maui County Council on Friday narrowly approved the proposed Kaiwahine Village affordable housing project in Kihei. After more than an hour of discussion that included the addition of five new conditions to the […]
Maui Island Plan Chair: Immediately Phase Out Kahului Sewage Plant
y Thomas R. Cannon, Architect, A.I.A., Chair, Maui Island General Plan Advisory Committee | Mar 18, 2011 The recent Hawaiian tsunami illustrates that a dangerous threat to public safety exists here in Maui County. The Kahului Sewage Treatment Plant (KSTP) is located on the beach in a proven tsunami flood zone. When this coastline is […]
Film: Bag It
“Try going a day without plastic. In this touching and often flat-out-funny film, we follow “everyman” Jeb Berrier as he embarks on a global tour to unravel he complexities of our plastic world. What starts as a film about plastic bags evolves into a wholesale investigation into plastic and its efface on our waterways, oceans […]
Moloka’i Community Plan Moves Forward.
Permitting Process Receives Cleanup Reprinted from The Molokai Dispatch The Molokai Community Plan, last updated in 2001, is on the move after holding community engagement workshops last October. Up next is for the Molokai Planning Commission is to choose a Plan Advisory Committee. The Molokai Planning Commission will choose nine of the 13 members on […]