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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...

Eclipse Agrees to Meet with KCA

Councilman Don Couch has arranged a meeting between undisclosed representatives of Eclipse Development Group of Irvine, CA, which has begun initial steps to build adjoining Pi'ilani Promenade and Maui Outlet Malls along the mauka side of the Pi'ilani Highway on each...

Contact Your Representative About the Pi’ilani Promenade Project

Contact Your Representative About the Pi’ilani Promenade Project

At the July community meeting it was requested that the KCA assemble the addresses of South Maui's representatives so that concerned citizens could easily voice their opinions to them about the Pi'ilani Promenade.  It was further requested that a sample letter was...

Association of Community Associations on Maui

Collaborations are nothing new on Maui, including cooperative efforts of non profits working toward common goals. Using the somewhat cumbersome working title, Association of Community Associations(ACA,) representatives of numerous such entities, as well as other non...

Candidate forums: results and predicitions

Last evening's (7/3/12) well organized and produced So Maui House primary candidate forum on Akaku, to help determine which of four Democratic candidates will challenge incumbent George Fontaine in November, began with an unusual development concerning prior two term...

Kihei Residents Say No To Outlet Malls – Maui Time

Kihei Residents Say No To Outlet Malls – Maui Time

by Anthony Pignataro NO OUTLET! Every now and then, I get reminded of the cold fact that in the United States of America, those in positions of power (elected officials, industrialists, land developers, etc.) see us normal people as nothing more than "consumers."...

Mega-Mall Projects Spark Kihei Protests – Maui Weekly

Mega-Mall Projects Spark Kihei Protests – Maui Weekly

KCA panel members voice procedural, traffic and safety concerns regarding mall projects in South Maui. “… the end of Kihei as we know it.” June 28, 2012 Tom Blackburn-Rodriguez , The Maui Weekly To some, it's an opportunity to shop on Maui without having to fly to...

What if they built a mall and no one came?

July Community Meeting Recap Energy and anticipation were in the air inside, as the sun was setting outside the Charter School, overflowing with interested residents and various media for last night's (7/19/12) long awaited discussion of the proposed "largest...