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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...

Maui Skateboard Series Need Community Support

Youth program has been a great resource for South Maui youth. Jon Miller · President, Kihei Community AssociationFrom The Maui WeeklyThe Kihei Community Association (KCA) would like to voice their support for the Maui Skateboard Series under the direction of Andrew...

Park commercial concessions can have consequences

Park concessions could have consequences March 15, 2011 Save | The Kihei Community Association is eager to hear the public response to the possibility of opening up food and activity concessions in our South and West Maui parks, an idea being considered to raise...

Community Meeting 3/15/11 Emergency preparedness

Following opening announcements by board secretary Steve Cordova, President Jon Miller began the panel discussions with honored guests Anna Foust and Stan Goosby focusing mostly on potential Tsunami effects on South Maui. A very engaged audience soon expressed their...

Clean-Up Effort and Dune Planting at Kamaole 2 After Tsunami

Thanks to all for a good workday at Kamaole 2 on Monday, March.  Especially the 15 hard workers we had on site.  We were able to replant native pohuehue along the dune face and move towards replanting the lost grass area near the lifeguard tower.  We trimmed out the...

Remarkable Workday at Kamaole 2

We had a remarkable day on Monday, March 7th at Kamaole 2.  We were a group of 35 strong.  On Sunday I received a call from Justine Odenwaelder a dean of The Forman School, a boarding school in Litchfield, Ct.  She and two other chaperon's had a group of 13 high...

Maui tour boat strikes whale in Sanctuary

The details are sketchey, as there is an active law enforcement investigatuion occuring, but apparently a chater whale watch boat struck a humpback whale in the Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National marine Sanctuary on Feb 22 in Maui's portion of the sanctuary...

Aged Trees in Kihei to be cut down by County?

Four Monkey Pod trees at 790 So Kihei Road are slated to be cut down  soon, apparently because they are upsetting a portion of the sidewalk. The trees, estimated to be at least 40 years old, are located on the makai side of the road by the Maui Schooner resort. A...

Free Internet Access at R & T Park

Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday Evenings 6 - 8:30 PM at UH Center @ Kihei Facilty Maui R & T Park 590 Lipoa Parkway for Maui residents. Second Floor, room 232  FCFS  Call 875-5979 for more info

Re-cap of 2/15/11 Community Meeting

While the room was chilly, the attitude and spirit was welcoming warm, as President Jon Miller opening the meeting a bit tardy due some improved but still challenging tech issues (cool wireless mics for the panel!) Pat Rouse began announcing "Aging with Aloha...