Kihei Community Association | Maui, Hawaii

6/16/18 #kihei  NO, this was NOT one of those stupid misguided publicity stunts. Somehow this poor frightened creature came into the location before the market opened at 8:30 AM, leaped a perimeter fence, and became trapped in a long narrow strip of land between two buildings.  Market management immediately called 24 hour hotline to rectify […]

6/12/18 #kihei.  At 1:00 PM this afternoon five  invited concerned community members (including KCA) were welcomed by Jennifer Wieland, Principal of Nelson Nygaard of Seattle, WA,   http://nelsonnygaard.com/     apparently  contracted by Maui  Metropolitan Planning  Organization (MPO)  for the hele mai maui long range transportation plan 2040. We were targeted for a segment on bicycling and pedestrian […]

After five years, military action team Tropicare will be back at St Teresa’s in central Kihei 6/16/2018 #kihei While specific details are not yet available, it looks as if August will mark the return of “Tropicare” to Kihei, to offer a wide variety of free health care services to those in need by a U S […]

Assembly at the Kihei Community Center  on Lipoa at 1:00 PM before  heading over to high school construction site mauka the Pi’ilani Highway at Kulanihakoi Street UPDATE 6/12/18 OK, holiday weekend ended, so we looked into WHY?  It is our understanding after pleasant conversation with LUC, they are anticipating a possible attempt  by a state […]

6/5/18 #kihei  UPDATE  KCA testified for our requested crosswalk on SKR this afternoon at Chair Cochran’s IEM committee, and it was passed unanimously 6/2/18 #kihei. So we are walking along that short pleasant area of SKR makai  shaded by the long challenged grove of Monkey Pod trees; you know the ones the mayor is always trying to […]

6/4/18 #kihei  This morning once again our South Maui County Legislator for our region, Kelly King sat down with a group of KCA directors to discuss a number of community issues. Commencing at 10:00 AM, as the topics grew, the planned one hour meeting extended through a second hour, wrapping just before the clock swung […]

This evening’s meeting was preceded by the first subcommittee gathering to address the Paniaka Pond             5/31/18 # kihei This evening, we participated at the monthly meeting at PWF’s classroom in Maalaea at 6:00 PM, as the revitalized Coalition is running regular monthly meetings, coordinated by Albert Perez. KCA is […]

Underpass; Roundabouts; Crosswalks; Bikepaths; Sidewalks; Bikelanes; Mass Transportation and More 5/29/2018 #kihei The 1998 Kihei Makena Community Plan has countless references to “alternative” transportation, but for the most part during the twenty years that have lapsed, ten more than the expected term of the plan, little has been accomplished in South Maui. (BTW, should the […]

Is the water brown? Do you turn around, or jump right in?  UPDATE  5/31/18  The DOH-CWB issued the following statement today: ” The Water Quality Alert Notification for Cove Park, Maui has been cancelled. Water sample testing results show that the enterococci levels no longer exceed advisory levels. “ Does this mean it is now […]

Microbial indicators of marine recreational water quality in Maui, Hawai`i: Assessing waterbody impairment in relation to known pollution sources Neil Rhoads and Mailea Miller-Pierce, PhD. May 28, 2016 #kihei #maui #ocean #waterquality We are the authors of a scientific paper examining the negative effects of On Site Disposal Systems (OSDS) – cesspools and septic tanks […]