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Senior Affordable rental housing project finally under construction in South Kihei

10/5/24  #kihei Liloa Hale Senior Rental project has commenced construction as you see here. Our Design Review Committee took a few looks at this affordable project for  seniors about five years ago and it received Council approval in 2020.    SEE https://gokihei.org/environment/kca-drc-hears-about-proposed-100-affordable-senior-rentals-in-south-kihei   There apparently were some challenges concerning financial matters which slowed the start down, but now we see...

Traffic jammed in central Kihei

9/25/24 #kihei #traffic 1:00 PM Wednesday afternoon. Bad collision? Wildfire? Flooding? Nope, just some minor restriping on a Pi‘ilani Highway intersection scheduled midday (not commuting times) jams South Kihei Road.  SEE https://gokihei.org/government/lane-closures-on-pi%ca%bbilani-highway-and-pikea-avenue-for-restriping-9-25-27-and-9-30-24 But this reinforces what are our community has been saying this century; WE NEED TRANSPORTATION INFRASTRUCTURE!!!      

LANE CLOSURES ON PIʻILANI HIGHWAY AND PI‘KEA AVENUE FOR RESTRIPING 9/25-27 and 9/30/24

9/19/24 #kihei We reported a few days ago the in-process months long closure of the makai portion of Pi‘ikea Avenue:  https://gokihei.org/development-project-review/piikea-closed-until-april-2025 Now we have this short term closure at the mauka end at the highway. HDOT announcement: Kīhei, Hawai‘i – The Hawai‘i Department of Transportation (HDOT) advises highway users that there will be lane closures on Piʻilani Highway (Route 31) and the county-owned Piʻikea Avenue in Kīhei from...

Candidate Forum with South Maui State Candidates 9/17/2024

9/17/2024 #kihei #elections #candidates At 630 PM on Tuesday evening, KCA president Char Schulenburg welcomed about 65 attendees at the Pro Arts Playhouse to the regular public general membership meeting with a brief series of announcements. One key one is the recurring information that a nominating committee has been established to begin the process of determining the 2025 Board of Directors. Interested applicants should complete and submit an application at...
Nov 17 General membership Meeting

Nov 17 General membership Meeting

UPDATE  11/8/20 VIEW THE MEETING ON FACEBOOK LIVE, EVEN IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A FACEBOOK ACCOUNT: https://facebook.com/kihei.community.association/live Also we have added an additional guest, Linda Puppolo for Maui Economic Development examining potential...

How do coral reefs protect Kihei (and Hawaii)?

How do coral reefs protect Kihei (and Hawaii)?

Image from the USGS publication below.   The protection coral reefs provide against storm damage to our coasts can be quantified and visualized, here using Kihei as example: The Role of Coal Reefs in Coastal Protection (from USGS) That is on top of their value as...

South Maui Community Plan Website

  We Are South Maui website launched for South Maui Community Plan Update   The County of Maui Department of Planning has launched its new website, We Are South Maui, for the update of the South Maui Community Plan.   The...

Last Chance for potential KCA Directors 2021

Last Chance for potential KCA Directors 2021

10/21/20 #kihei.   The KCA bylaws explicitly outline the process for potential directors to be presented to the general membership at the November 17 meeting where they elect the new board for next year. VI, 2 Board of Directors offers: " Organization,...

Final KCA 2020 Candidate Forum is Oct 20 at 6:30 PM

Final KCA 2020 Candidate Forum is Oct 20 at 6:30 PM

UPDATE  10/16/20 Unfortunately our forum will NOT be on Akaku this time, but you CAN see it on FaceBook Live even if you do not have a Facebook account   9/20/20 #kihei   Our third and final forum is another virtual one, meaning you can view it on...

Kama’ole Solar Update:  September 26, 2020

Kama’ole Solar Update: September 26, 2020

SB Energy Corp. and its subsidiary Pacific Green Ikehu LLC have withdrawn the Kamaole Solar Project that had been selected by Hawaiian Electric in the second-round procurement of renewable energy projects for Maui. The company has explained that, “Unfortunately, the...