What do you want for West Maui? The Honoapi‘ilani Highway Improvements project (a collaboration between the Federal Highway Administration and the Hawai‘i Department of Transportation) is requesting public comment about the “Purpose and Need” section of the Federal Environmental Impact Statement required before the project can move forward to the next planning phase. With your […]
COUNTY COUNCIL OVERRIDES MAYOR’S VETO, VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS MORATORIUM TO BECOME LAW
Congratulations Maui! The County Council has heard our voices, and has voted to override Mayor Victorino’s veto of Bill 148, the Visitor Accommodations Moratorium. This bill will now become law, and will stop approval of any new hotels, timeshares, short-term rental homes, and transient vacation rental units for two years, or until tourism management measures […]
Court Invalidates Environmental Assessment for Wailea Luxury Housing Project
Judge Rules that Developer Cannot Separately Evaluate Projects Comprising the Remaining 135 Acres of Wailea Hoʻoponopono o Mākena, Maui Tomorrow Foundation, and Sierra Club of Hawai‘i prevailed today in their lawsuit in Maui’s Environmental Court. Maui Circuit Court Judge Kirstin M. Hamman invalidated the Maui Planning Commission’s approval of an environmental assessment for the Wailea […]
Maui’s Visitor Industry Can Fund Affordable Housing for Residents
by Michael Williams, Maui Tomorrow Foundation President, and Albert Perez, Maui Tomorrow Foundation Executive Director For generations, Maui has been a beautiful, but expensive place to live, especially if you have keiki. Although many parents have decided to make sacrifices so that their children can grow up here, overtourism and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic have […]
Opportunity to Get Involved in South Maui and Pā’ia-Ha‘ikū Advisory Committees to the Maui Planning Commission
Maui Tomorrow Foundation encourages community members who live in South Maui, Pā’ia, and Ha‘ikū to sign up to join their regional Advisory Committees to the Maui Planning Commission. This is a wonderful opportunity to be heard and make a positive impact, right where you live. Deadline to apply is August 23rd at 4:30pm. The Maui […]
Maui Tomorrow’s Oral History Project
Maui Tomorrow, as its name implies, usually looks to the future, always working to preserve the best of Maui and improve our quality of life for the future. The organization has been doing this for over three decades. Now Maui Tomorrow is reflecting on how it got to where it is today. It will examine […]