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UPDATE 4/25/26 Will they construct and OPEN a new hotel in LIPOA (R & T Park)??

UPDATE  4/25/26      After years this completed but vacant facility is being utilized, at least temporarily. Hale Makua also helped Maui Health transfer 50 patients to a facility in the Kīhei Research and Technology Park that ‘Ohana Pacific Health, a sister company of Hale Makua, had been trying to sell. A wing of Maui Memorial has also been cordoned off for Kula patients. Fulton said Kula staff have also relocated to the facilities where their patients have gone.  ...

Kulanihako’i Stream Gulch

4/22/26 #kihei      

So Kihei Rd repairs continue as 2026 phase 2 begins this morning

4/20/26 #kihei   A few hours after the official road closure at 800 AM, the County heavy equipment coordinated dance was going strong in the area of Kaonoulu & SKR.     As they work Southbound from the No Kihei Rd intersection, this second phase between Ohukai and Kulanihakoi commenced today. https://www.mauicounty.gov/m/newsflash/home/detail/18717 The only alternative route to proceed South is the State Pi'ilani highway, which works for motor vehicles, but is unsafe for...

Blessing of the entire 3 phase Pi’ikea Hale affordable housing project

4/18/26 #kihei   Yesterday afternoon, KCA was well represented by half the Board of Directors at this event to bless the now completed truly affordable rental housing project in central Kihei with its grand opening. Ikenakea Development representatives, father and son Chris and Keegan  Flaherty, emphasized the partnerships that enabled the successful completion of the project. Keegan offered a symbol of the outrigger canoe paddlers working together and gifted a mini koa paddle to...
Congratulations to Chief Tivoli S Faaumu, MPD New Chief

Congratulations to Chief Tivoli S Faaumu, MPD New Chief

While KCA has had an outstanding relationship with him as he headed up the Kihei division for several years, we are very pleased to relinquish “Tivo” as “our” Chief to the entire county, so they can experience his extraordinary skills and manner as we have. This...

Environment topic of free Nov. 21 event

Environment topic of free Nov. 21 event

Even though the event is not in South Maui & seems directed to Central Maui, the topic is a favorite of KCA, and it is what we have been championing for over a decade. How can we make our area a walkable/bikeable community? A free workshop about improving Maui's...

KCA loses a very good long term friend this week.

KCA loses a very good long term friend this week.

This week your Association lost our long term media friend and supporter, as the Maui Weekly closed its doors, and the final edition is this week. KCA President Mike Moran mentioned none of us can remember when the Maui Weekly did not have a writer in attendance at...

State DOT working along Maui County Street

State DOT working along Maui County Street

So what were the State Department of Transportation (HDOT) workers doing along Kailoa Place in North Kihei today (10/14/14)? Well, since the strip of land on the mauka side of the street is part of the State's Pi'ilani Highway Right of Way, it is their kuleana to...

Who is doing what at Kulanihakoi Gulch?

Who is doing what at Kulanihakoi Gulch?

You know the Kulanihakoi Gulch, or at least then very end of it where it runs below the Pi'ilani Hwy between Kaonoulu and Kulanihakoi Streets across the N-S Collector Rd corridor continuing makai to SKR and the Kai. Well this morning, (1016/14) just makai of the NSCR...