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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...

KCA meets together with Dan Burden, Planning Dept and NPAC

Thursday (2/16/12) morning, members of the KCA board and planning committee had the opportunity to discuss Kihei's  "walkable/bikable" needs, & how to achieve them with renowned street planner Dan Burden and his Walkable and Livable Communities Institute with...

KCA Volunteer Ruby Truly Featured in Maui News

Ruby Truly - The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photo That's KCA volunteer Ruby, featured on the front page of Saturday's (2/18/12) Maui News, hard at other volunteer work at Hale Kau Kau feeding some guys in Kihei.  You can meet and greet her at the welcome table at...

“Safe Routes to School” Event Poorly Attended

A glaring lack of attendance as nationally renowned street planning expert Dan Burden offered his "Safe Routes to Schools" presentation in Kihei on Thursday evening (2/16/12) concerned the few who did attend. The staffs of the  Nutritional & Physical Activities...

KCA Planning Committee meets with David Yamashita about Puunene

Maui County Senior Long Range Planner David Yamashia spent over an hour educating the planning committee on the present status of the Puunene "Motor Sports park" facility area, which is owned by the State DLNR, with portions run by the County under executive order. He...

Who is caring for Kihei’s old trees?

A grove of Monkey pod trees literally overshadows the farmer's market by the former Suda's Store (now ABC) on land owned by the Weinberg Foundation on So Kihei Rd in North Kihei. From a distance, the aged stately trees seem fine, but recent "pruning" does not appear...

Still building in Kihei’s Wetlands?

The hard working team from Maui Master Builders are the guys digging that huge hole along SKR's makai side, just south of Kulanihakoi St.  Apparently more beach front homes will soon appear in the area that continues to flood, even from modest Island rain storms....