In November, Maui Tomorrow Foundation celebrated a significant legal victory for responsible coastal development and environmental oversight. In the court’s order, Judge Kirstin Hamman of the Maui Environmental Court invalidated the Maui Planning Commission’s recently updated Special Management Area (SMA) administrative rules. While we hope the County will respect the Court’s decision, there is a […]
Honuaʻula/Wailea 670 Timeline
Shifting Promises, Inadequate Planning, and Lack of Accountability This timeline of key developments reveals a troubling pattern of shifting promises, inadequate planning, and disregard for community concerns, placing Maui’s environment, history, and affordable housing at risk. 1971-2007: Changing Ownership and Evolving Plans The project’s early years were marketed as a residential development with mixed housing […]
Critical Hearing Alert: Stop Developers from Taking Away Affordable Housing
Two proposed amendments to the Honuaʻula/Wailea 670 project have been referred directly to the Housing and Land Use Committee of the Maui County Council for a hearing on Monday, 11/25 at 10 AM that will reconvene on Monday 12/2 at 1:45pm. The two bills on the Committee Agenda seek amendments that drastically reduce the number […]
Maui Affordable Housing Updates; New County Department of Housing
Maui Tomorrow is dedicated to education and advocacy for
sound planning to shape Maui’s future. A big part of planning responsibly is making sure that all
Maui families, individuals, and households have safe, secure places to live, at a truly affordable
price.
Opportunity to Provide Input to County Charter Proposals, Thursday 10/21
The County Charter establishes the structure and organization of the government of the County of Maui, and can deeply impact our future. Every ten years, the Mayor and the Council appoint an eleven member Charter Commission to review the operation of the County and propose amendments or draft a new Charter. This process has begun […]
Testimony Needed on Friday, 9/24: EMI Water Lease EIS is Inadequate!
URGENT TESTIMONY ALERT! Maui Tomorrow believes that East Maui Irrigation’s Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) does not adequately disclose the negative impacts of their proposed 30-year water lease of East Maui stream water, and this FEIS may be approved this week. Please testify this Friday, Sept 24th at 9:00am at the State of Hawai’i Board of Land […]