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Different reason for flooding closing So Kihei Rd (SKR) in No Kihei this week

by | June 30, 2025 | News Flash | 0 Comments

6/26/25 #kihei Earlier this week SKR was closed for several hours between Uwapo and No Kihei Rd (NKR). While the increasingly  frequent mudfloods of stormwater raging down the mountain are the usual reason, this time the water came up onto the roadway from the Kai's king tides. For some history on the months long road closure to install this stream gulch crossing, SEE  https://gokihei.org/development-project-review/south-kihei-road-to-be-closed-again   Much of the community...
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Completed Skilled Health Facility in Lipoa ( R & T Park) has not opened for years due to no one available to staff it?

by | June 24, 2025 | Development, Featured | 2 Comments

6/24/25 #kihei At the Maui Planning Commission meeting this morning, Mr.  Andre Hurst of Regency Namakua  offered that in his communication with the current owner, Ohana Pacific Health, due to a severe shortage of qualified potential employees, they remain unable to open this facility.  There seems to be no estimation on when this matter would be rectified . The facility has been complete for years, but remains vacant.                ...
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Will they construct and OPEN a new hotel in LIPOA (R & T Park)??

by | June 20, 2025 | Development, News Flash | 2 Comments

6/20/25   #kihei For most of the past decade we have watched a "mystery" unfold at the Maui Research & Technology Park (renamed Līpoa). Before there was a brewery and a high school, right in that same area, a sign announced: "Regency Maui Nursing and Rehabilitation Center". It remained there for years, but then construction began at 1347 Ninau St, and a series of interconnected structures were built. Landscaping was completed, a roadway encircled the buildings. parking...
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Drone Footage of Hale O Pi’ikea Construction

by | June 14, 2025 | Development, Environment, Housing | 0 Comments

6/14/2025 #kihei #development #housing #environment Here is bird-seye view of the Pi’ikea Avenue construction site, where the new housing development, Hale O' Pi'ikea, is under construction. What used to be a wetlands is being developed into an affordable housing complex. While Maui is experiencing a housing crisis, building on Kihei's remaining wetland areas is an environmental concern. According to Maui Now, "Hale O Pi‘ikea III will introduce a mix of one-, two-, and three- bedroom housing...
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Maui Food Bank Need Continues

Maui Food Bank Need Continues

by | Apr 20, 2020

4.19.20 #kihei  For most of the 21st century, the Kihei Community Association (KCA) organized a continuous food drive for the Maui Food Bank (MFB). We did this by asking our MEMBERSHIP as well as the overall community who attend our general membership meetings to...

The True Value of KCA Membership

The True Value of KCA Membership

by | Apr 11, 2020

  4/10/20 #Kihei We expect anyone who is aware of the Kihei Community Association (KCA) knows what we are: a nearly-sixty-year-old all-volunteer, nonprofit, unfunded MEMBERSHIP organization. Like most other membership organizations, we are only as good as our...

Kihei Bus Route Will Be Cancelled Monday, April 13

Kihei Bus Route Will Be Cancelled Monday, April 13

by | Apr 7, 2020

            4/7/20 #kihei  One of the two Maui Bus routes in south Maui will be cancelled Monday, April 13. The one which will be cancelled is the Kihei Villager Route, No. 15. The one that remains in operation is the Kihei Islander...

Drain Work on Auhana Road Causes Route Change

Drain Work on Auhana Road Causes Route Change

by | Apr 3, 2020

4/02/20 #kihei Since the volume of vehicles traveling on the local streets and highways is way down, this is a good time to work on the roads.  Recently, Kihei Community Association reported on drain repair work for Keonekai Road. Similar work is planned for...

And yet one MORE action to preserve Ma‘alaea Mauka

And yet one MORE action to preserve Ma‘alaea Mauka

by | Mar 28, 2020

  3/28/20 #kihei #maalea #pohakea How long has there been opposition to development at Ma'alaea mauka? Maybe ever since the Spensers purchased the land from Mike Atherton. . Here is just a sample of our reports over the past couple of years....

Now the work begins with those pipes

Now the work begins with those pipes

by | Mar 26, 2020

3/26/20  UPDATE  You recall we had questions about these pipes along  Keonekai Rd last month and then on Valentines Day we had the answer, replacing the existing but failing drainline there. Now the work begins on  Monday 3/30/20 and expects to...

Is this the end for Maui Time Weekly?

Is this the end for Maui Time Weekly?

by | Mar 26, 2020

  3/25/20 #kihei Will Maui Time be next? Almost six years ago we lost a weekly newspaper. Can the community prevent another loss? After over two decades of publishing, Maui's “alternative” newspaper, the free weekly Maui Time (MT), is experiencing a severe...

Next Community Meeting

Tuesday, July 15
6:30 pm

ProArts Playhouse, Azeka Makai
1280 S. Kihei Road

Check back soon for the topics! 

 

Please bring a non-perishable item for the ongoing campaign to help the Maui Food Bank 

 

Kihei Community Association's Priorities 2025

  • Shaping the Future of South Maui
    South Maui is growing, and we advocate for smart growth - supporting efforts to make Kihei a walkable, bikeable community with sidewalk and bikeway connectivity throughout, especially to all our schools including the new Kūlanihāko‘i High School. Supporting the implementation of the revised South Maui Community Plan and the values it espouses. Working with developers and the government to provide the resources we need for a thriving community.
  • Fire Prevention
    Working with agencies, landowners, and the community to continue to improve Fire Prevention and Mitigation resources for South Maui – more firebreaks and greenbelts to protect our residents, another road for emergency egress, improved evacuation planning and more.
  • Flooding Mitigation & Ecological Restoration
    Working with Public Works, upcountry landowners, as well as flood control and wetlands experts to reduce the risk of flooding in South Maui with retention basins, gulch maintenance and revegetation. Protecting and restoring our wetlands and other natural resources is also a top priority.
  • More Roads & Infrastructure
    With over 7000 new homes in the pipeline for South Maui, we must have more roads and water. We need the entire North-South Collector Road completed from Kanani to North Kihei Road; we support a Kihei Mauka Collector Road mauka of the high school from Kanani to Veterans Highway; and we need to widen the Pi'ilani Hwy south of Kilohana.
  • Wastewater Initiatives For Healthy Reefs and a Clean Ocean
    Untreated sewage is killing our reefs and polluting our beach water. We are supporting efforts to speed the replacement of cesspools in Maui Meadows with clean water alternatives and advocating for identification and treatment of pollution from failing pipes at major hotels and condo developments.
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Help KCA help Kihei

KCA relies on your membership dues to accomplish our goals for a smartly planned community. Well-managed traffic, drainage, safe walking and biking routes, community parks and clean ocean water are just a few agenda items.  You can help shape our future by renewing or joining KCA today. Have time and a desire to make a difference? The KCA board seeks new volunteers to help with projects and carry the torch into the future. Please contact KCA to ask how you can be of service to our community.

To see what our future community may look like, check out Dick Mayer's presentation on the developments planned for South Maui.

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Kihei Community Association's mission statement

The objects and purposes of the corporation shall be to encourage, promote and aid in developing, improving and maintaining the area of Kihei, Island and County of Maui, as a desirable residential community; to develop unified community spirit; to do any and all things to promote the health, safety and welfare of residents within the Kihei area; to encourage recreation and service programs, and programs to enhance social life and community welfare within the Kihei area; to promote better understanding and fellowship among its members, their families and all residents of the Kihei area.