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by | January 12, 2025 | Environment | 0 Comments

1/12/2024 #kihei #coral #reef #environment The business case for saving coral reefs A growing body of research shows the nation’s coral reefs protect $1.8 billion in economic assets each year and should be protected for our sake and their own. Grist Jan 06, 2025 Emily Irving / AFP via Getty Images "They found that the nation’s reefs spare about 18,000 people and $1.8 billion in economic assets from floods each year. The results, published in a USGS paper in 2019 and the journal Nature...
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Historic Hawaiian District Signs around Maui

by | January 6, 2025 | Beautification, Education | 0 Comments

1/6/2025 #kihei #southmaui #history #hawaiianculture The sign in this posting signifies the boundary of the ahupua’a of Waiakoa in the moku of Kula. South Maui spans portions of four moku: Wailuku, Kula, Honuaʻula and Lahaina. Each moku in South Maui encompasses key biocultural resources (fish, birds, and plants) and valuable ecosystems, such as wetlands, coastal dunes and native dryland forests. Within these moku, there are 25 ahupuaʻa which extend from Ukumehame in Māʻalaea to Kanaio in...
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The 1/21/24 meeting at 630 PM at Pro Arts Playhouse has WATER as the topic

by | December 30, 2024 | Development, Environment, Featured, Government | 0 Comments

12/30/24 #kihei Ola i ka Wai - Water is life Kihei is a desert.   Presently we are on water restrictions.  Yet we see massive development  continuing in our district. From where will they get the water? At our first 2025 membership meeting on Jan 21 at 6:30 PM at the Pro Arts Playhouse our guest  presenters Lucienne de Naie (Sierra Club Maui Chair) and John Stufflebean (Director of County Water Supply) will address the matter. KCA is an all volunteer, unfunded, non...
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It will be several more years before you can walk, cycle or drive across North Kihei on the NSCR

by | December 20, 2024 | Alternative Transportation, Environment, Government | 0 Comments

12/20/24 #kihei Pedestrians and cyclists going Southward through Kīhei have been able to avoid the unsafe Pi‘ilani Hwy and South Kihei Road (SKR) using residential streets until they reached Ka‘ono‘ulu. The only way to continue was using the narrowing shoulder of the (illegal) high speed undivided highway or SKR. But a solution was coming... some day. The North-South Collector Road (NSCR) was planned in the 1980's to support traffic within Kīhei, including for pedestrians and bicyclists....
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by | Jan 12, 2025

1/12/2024 #kihei #coral #reef #environment The business case for saving coral reefs A growing body of research shows the nation’s coral reefs protect $1.8 billion in economic assets each year and should be protected for our sake and their own. Grist Jan 06, 2025 Emily...

Historic Hawaiian District Signs around Maui

Historic Hawaiian District Signs around Maui

by | Jan 6, 2025

1/6/2025 #kihei #southmaui #history #hawaiianculture The sign in this posting signifies the boundary of the ahupua’a of Waiakoa in the moku of Kula. South Maui spans portions of four moku: Wailuku, Kula, Honuaʻula and Lahaina. Each moku in South Maui encompasses key...

Dirt Removal

Dirt Removal

by | Dec 12, 2024

12/12/2024 #kihei #sediment #mudflooding #kulanihakoi Over the years, a depth of up to 10 feet upcountry sediment has filled sections of the Kulanihako’i gulch (near Kaonoulu St) in North Kihei. This week, dump trucks are starting to take that away, with as many as...

Next Community Meeting

Tuesday, January 21
6:30 pm

ProArts Playhouse, Azeka Makai
1280 S. Kihei Road

Where is the Water Coming From?

With thousands of mostly luxury homes planned for South Maui and with our district  on water use restrictions, is there really enough water available for all the planned developments?

Department of Water Supply Director John Stufflebean

Sierra Club Maui Chair Lucienne de Naie

Kihei Community Association’s Priorities 2025

  • Fire prevention
    Working with agencies, landowners, and the community to form a Fire Prevention Task force for South Maui and pass along requests and recommendations between that group and the community
  • Flooding mitigation
    Working with Public Works, upcountry landowners, and flood control experts to reduce the risk of flooding in South Maui
  • North-South Collector Road
    Advocating the completion of the next segments of the North-South Collector Road between Waipuilani and Kaonoulu
  • WasteWater Initiatives
    Supporting efforts to speed the replacement of cesspools in Maui Meadows with clean water alternatives and advocating for identification and treatment of pollution from failing pipes at major hotels and condo developments
  • Healthy Living through Smart Growth
    Supporting efforts to make Kihei a walkable, bike able community with sidewalk and bikeway connectivity throughout, especially to all our schools including the new Kūlanihāko‘i High School. Supporting the implementation of the revised South Maui Community Plan and the values it espouses
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  • Send your renewal amount with Venmo to admin@gokihei.org or scan the QR code below and specify your renewal level (individual standard $25, individual silver $50, individual gold $100, business standard $100, business silver $250, business gold $500)

  • Pay by credit card
  • Mail a check for one of the amounts above to:
    Kihei Community Association
    P.O. Box 662
    Kihei, HI 96753
Help KCA help Kihei

KCA relies on your membership dues to accomplish our goals for a smartly planned community. Well-managed traffic, drainage, safe walking and biking routes, community parks and clean ocean water are just a few agenda items.  You can help shape our future by renewing or joining KCA today. Have time and a desire to make a difference? The KCA board seeks new volunteers to help with projects and carry the torch into the future. Please contact KCA to ask how you can be of service to our community.

To see what our future community may look like, check out Dick Mayer’s presentation on the developments planned for South Maui.

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Kihei Community Association’s mission statement

The objects and purposes of the corporation shall be to encourage, promote and aid in developing, improving and maintaining the area of Kihei, Island and County of Maui, as a desirable residential community; to develop unified community spirit; to do any and all things to promote the health, safety and welfare of residents within the Kihei area; to encourage recreation and service programs, and programs to enhance social life and community welfare within the Kihei area; to promote better understanding and fellowship among its members, their families and all residents of the Kihei area.