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“Civil Beat” visits Kihei community at Saturday Morning Farmers’ Market

4/26/25 #kihei       Reporters from the online Hawai‘i news journal Civil Beat at a booth at Kō Mahi’ai Mākeke Market in Kīhei on April 26, 2025. The market "pops up" every Saturday morning at  8:00 AM  in the rear of Kukui Mall on So Kihei Rd, across from the Kihei Fire Station.       SEE https://gokihei.org/news/talk-to-civil-beat-about-south-maui-concerns-4-26-2025           

Hale O Pi’ikea Housing Applications

04/24/2025 #kihei #housing Aloha kamaʻāina families!! Applications are being processed NOW for affordable rental housing at the newly constructed Hale O Pi’ikea in Kihei (Pi’ikea Ave and Liloa Dr). The first units will be opening this summer. The applications are available here: https://mdihawaii.com/rentals/hale-o-piikea-phase-1/. This link also includes information on the rental prices and amenities. Interested residents who would like assistance in the application process can reach out to...

Phase 1 of Hale Pi’ikea 100% affordable rental project now accepting applications for move in this summer

4/24/25 #kihei   Applications for Hale O Pi'ikea - Phase I The affordable housing complex on Pi'ikea Avenue (Hale O Piikea) is scheduled to open this Summer. Applications are required for anyone who wishes to apply for a space in this new development. There will be a total of 90 units. About the Property Hale O Piʻikea Phase 1 is the first installment of a 100% affordable multi-family rental housing development located in the heart of Kīhei. As a key component of the larger Kihei Downtown...

No, Kaonoulu NOT closed; neither is the intersection @ S Kihei Rd , after heavy overnight downpour

4/23/25 kihei# For most of this century, when we had heavy rain, Kulanihako'i Stream overflowed onto Kaonoulu Street, usually closing this road and sometimes the intersection with SKR as well. County Public Work crews would be on the seen to clear the mud, muck and brown water. Sometimes the Fire Dept was called to rescue some guys trapped by the area flooding.   Granted we are unclear how much stormwater flowed down the mountain in this storm last night, which can have a major effect, so...
MMMC Meeting this Tuesday Evening

MMMC Meeting this Tuesday Evening

The Puu Kukui Elementary School 3700 Kehalani Mauka Parkway in Wailuku is the location of a meeting offered by the Maui region of the Hawaii Health System Corp. While this is all obviously outside of our area of south Maui, as Maui Memorial is THE hospital on Maui (no...

What do you do with your hazmat??? Up this weekend!

What do you do with your hazmat??? Up this weekend!

For decades Maui residents wondered how best to dispose of hazardous material residue around their homes. While other counties had plans in place, Maui seemed to be lacking. Some guys, just with frustration , sent them to the County landfill, while the very...

Be Ready for Traffic Delays in Wailea This Week (4/27/15)

Be Ready for Traffic Delays in Wailea This Week (4/27/15)

There are basically only two ways to drive in or out of Wailea to the rest of of Maui Island, via Wailea Alanui Dr to reach SKR or Wailea Ike Drive hooking to the Pi'ilani Hwy.. Beginning Monday (4/28/15) at 8:00 AM, both roads are subject to closures and detours, as...

Butts to Budgets to Ag Rates, Alliance shows  variety

Butts to Budgets to Ag Rates, Alliance shows variety

The Alliance of Maui Community Associations (Alliance) meeting on Monday evening (4/20/15) with two KCA directors participating, included a half dozen other Community Association Directors discussing three varied issues. The introductory short presentation was offered...

Pi’ilani Highway closes for road construction this week

Pi’ilani Highway closes for road construction this week

While we have been watching and reporting on this HDOT project mostly questioning why no sidewalks were included, (SEE https://gokihei.org/development-project-review/two-kca-directors-testify-at-planning-commission ), this week (4/20/15) the intersection will be closed...

KCA testifies again at Council’s B & F Committee

KCA testifies again at Council’s B & F Committee

On Wednesday morning (4/15/15) KCA expressed continuing support for safe bicycling in So Maui. While we had done so at the neighborhood committee meeting on April 2, see https://gokihei.org/news/are-you-ready-for-countys-fy-2016-budget As this morning meeting on the...

Are you aware of SAAM??  Next one is Monday 4/20/15

Are you aware of SAAM?? Next one is Monday 4/20/15

At times we use this forum to alert our community of items or events which are beyond our prescribed South Maui area, generally island or even county wide, since we believe it has a direct relationship to our community, but goes way beyond us. This is one of those....