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The Future of Parking in Kihei: County Announces July 24th Park Maui Informational Meeting

7/11/25 #kihei #transportation #kca The County of Maui Department of Transportation invites you to two Park Maui outreach events in Kīhei in July. These events are an opportunity for residents, businesses, and visitors to learn about the County’s new parking management efforts and provide valuable feedback. Park Maui Informational Meeting: Kīhei Community Center (303 E. Lipoa Street) Thursday, July 24 | 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. Get the latest updates on the Park Maui pilot program, including...

What is up with the Hale Pi‘ikea affordable rental housing project in central Kihei??

7/10/25 We continue to follow the development in this central Kihei area mauka of the North-South Collector Road (Liloa) along both sides of Pi‘ikea with continued updates. Currently the action is in the three phases of Hale Pi‘ikea, as construction of the first phase is nearing completion, and the first move-ins are expected next month. Tangentially, Pi‘ikea Avenue has been closed for months. So while over 1,200 applicants are hotly anticipating the outcome of the lottery, likely ten times as...

We Need the Kīhei Mauka Road Before Occupancy of Kīhei Mauka

7/9/2025 #kihei #kiheimauka #kca During the initial phases of development of the new South Maui Community Plan (SMCP), Kaonoulu Ranch and Haleakala Ranch approached the Kihei Community Association (KCA) with a proposal for a very large new development - Kihei Mauka - just mauka of Kaiwahine, Piilani Promenade and the High School. It spans about 600 acres and could ultimately include up to 1,500 housing units. While initially skeptical, KCA met several times with the ranches and reached an...

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...