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South Maui should be a safe walkable, bikeable community

6/7/25 #kihei #transportation #bicycle For decades KCA has been advocating for our district to have safe walking and cycling. Sidewalks are promised and required, but never constructed. Bike paths get lip service by County government, but do not get constructed.  SEE https://gokihei.org/environment/kca-again-proposes-a-safe-bike-path-in-kihei  https://gokihei.org/environment/the-next-bike-path-for-kihei-waipuilani...

Final week to apply for affordable rental housing in central Kihei, Last day is Friday the 13th

  6/6/25 #kihei # housing The deadline for applicants to be entered into the lottery for the Hale O Piikea I affordable rental units is June 13th at 5:00 PM.  Applicants must submit their applications by then to be entered into the lottery. The lottery will be conducted on June 20th in the morning. Applications can be found on the project website: https://mdihawaii.com/rentals/hale-o-piikea-phase-1/.     Applications received after Friday, June 13, 2025, 5:00 p.m. will be...

Don’t wait until the next KCA meeting (July 15 2025) to contribute to the Maui Food Bank

6/2/25 #kihei So you know KCA has had an ongoing food drive for the Maui Food Bank     https://mauifoodbank.org/   for over a decade. In spite of numerous entities participating in this endeavor, the situation is now worse. We still encourage bringing non perishable , nutritious food donations to every meeting on the third Tuesday of  the odd months, but we ask you to consider helping in other ways too.  Several businesses in So Maui have collection drums,...

Update to event at Pro Arts on May 27 regarding the So Maui Community Plan

5/25/25 # kihei #housing   https://gokihei.org/development-project-review/maui-county-council-is-reviewing-the-south-maui-community-plan-on-may-27th The event will be moderated by Lucienne de Naie with a panel of Cody Nemet (Koko Rootz), Robin Knox, Kelly King, and Stacey Alapai

Maui Animal Organizations Look For Unity

Within the last 10 days almost all of Maui's animal organizations have had two opportunities to meet and collaborate to explore successful ways to benefit our domestic animals. A closed meeting on 1/25/12 began what will be a series of  such monthly conclaves,...

‘Can David Goode Fix Kihei?’

Maui County official discusses roads, sidewalks, bike paths and flooding in South Maui. “What we have to do is try to work with what we have.” February 2, 2012 Tom Blackburn-Rodriguez , The Maui Weekly It was a full house at the Tuesday, Jan. 17, meeting of the Kihei...

MPD Community Meeting in Kihei

Almost forty people populated a small section of the cavernous Community Center at 6:00 PM Monday (1/31/12) to view a presentation by our police department, but unfortunately most of them were employed by MPD, leaving almost twenty including a few media folks. A well...

“Pave Paradise, Put Up a Parking Lot?”

It is said the inspiration for singer, songwriter Joni Mitchell's Big Yellow Taxi,  containing those lyrics, "pave paradise, put up a parking lot," came to her as she was flying into Honolulu decades ago, and saw the heavy construction below. Are we experiencing this...

New affordable rental development in center of Kihei?

The KCA Planning Committee on Tuesday 1/24/12 heard a brief presentation fromKevin Carney of non-profit EAH Housing, explaining the potential, if government funding can be secured, to develop a 32 unit affordable rental complex at 82 Kanani Road. Originally this...

Close the main runway at Kahului airport for a few months??

Well over two hundred very animated folks packed the house (cafeteria) on Monday evening (1/23/12) at the new Pomaikai  Elementary School in Kahului for the State Department of Transporation's meeting concerning proposals to correct problems with the present runway...

Public Works Director Goode gives KCA the Word at Meeting

KCA Website update! Our computer wizards had eliminated the Menehunes, and you can again join or renew your membership on the website. If you are not a member, please join us. An animated group of South Maui residents heard DPW Director David Goode tell the KCA  the...