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South Maui Bicycle event is on April 12 (Sunday) 8:45 AM, ride from Kalama Park

3/31/26  #kihei This is not a KCA event, but posted for community service There is an 18.5 mile round trip commencing at Kalama Park South to Makena State Park. Upon return to Kalama Park, there will be an 1100 AM barbecue with food and drinks , hosted by South Maui Bicycle.         https://fareharbor.com/embeds/book/mauibike/items/710764/calendar/2026/4/?flow=136705&full-items=yes

YOU can be a direct part of seawater quality testing on this Sunday, 3/29/26

3/27/26  #kihei     This is a last minute effort to crowd source water quality sampling . Mahalo to Dr Andrea Kealoha for stepping up in this endeavor      

Council’s budget committee’s annual regional meeting in So Maui 600 PM April 8,2026

3/26/26 #kihei   At the Kihei Community Center on Lipoa, commencing at600 PM, the committee will open the floor for community comments on the FY 2027 County budget.  

Post storm Beach Clean Up Tomorrow (WED) in North Kihei

3/24/26  #kihei       Led my the Surfrider Foundation  (Not a KCA event, but provided as a community service) The two Kona Storms hit Maui hard, there are many places that need some love. The Surfrider Foundation is partnering with Pacific Whale Foundation, Friends of Keālia Pond and the Keālia Pond Wildlife Refuge to clean up marine and stormwater debris along a one-mile section of beach.        All cleanup tools will be provided. Bring...
Plans for Kihei Mega Mall Questioned

Plans for Kihei Mega Mall Questioned

Kihei Community Association planning discussion shifts to controversial Kihei mall. “Whether we like it or not, they have legal entitlements to develop it.” April 26, 2012 Tom Blackburn-Rodriguez , The Maui Weekly The community maps were on the wall. Audience surveys...

What a Long Strange Trip It’s Been

It's been over a year since we were first contacted by members of the community advising that four half century old monkey pod trees on SKR were fated for immediate removal by County Government, which had the ways and means to do so . Some guys said ain't it a shame...

Sempra tells KCA minimal impact on So. Maui

In a meeting with KCA this morning (4/25/12), Sempra representatives Lisa Briggs and construction manager Dan Hyatt, along with Leilani Pulmano of Munekiyo and Hiraga,  explained their Auwahi Wind farm project, already in initial stage on construction,  likely will...

This Specific Item Overtook Plan at Community Meeting

A lot of knowledgeable individuals addressed the members, and the members responded and inquired concerning the Maui Island Plan being evaluated by the County Council, as over 100  overflowed the room on Tuesday (4/17/12) evening. However, while the Plan covers the...

What Happened to the Tree?

While the KCA has advocated for street trees and urban forests for the betterment of our community, on occasion we see the action going in the wrong direction. When Kai Makani condo development was constructed less than five years ago, S Kihei Rd was modified to add...

How Will Sempra’s Auwahi Wind Farm Project Affect S. Maui?

UPDATE: See news item on project from Maui Now!   http://mauinow.com/2012/04/18/brief-ulupalakuas-auwahi-wind-farm-to-break-ground/   As we gaze west, we easily view the established and developing wind turbines on the West Maui Mountains, but what about the next...

Building in Kihei’s Wetlands again?

UPDATE Councilman Don Couch advised the KCA last evening (4/17/12) that it would be next to impossible to build anything at this corner due to required permitting issues. Earlier this month, Mayor Arakawa advised the KCA that the County had no interest in purchasing...

Threatened Trees Are Out of The Woods

By ILIMA LOOMIS - Staff Writer (iloomis@mauinews.com) , The Maui News KIHEI - The monkeypods will stay. More than a year after county officials first announced that four monkeypod trees would be removed along South Kihei Road, sparking a back-and-forth battle with...

KCA discusses our concerns with Mayor Arkawa on Monday (4/9/12)

The KCA appreciates that the mayor agrees to meet with the board of directors each quarter to listen to our community's concerns. Last Monday, directly from the new Kihei roundabout blessing and grand opening, several members of the BOD headed up to the ninth floor to...