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Despite A Death And Damage, Maui Stalls On Chronic Kīhei Flooding Hononlulu Civil Beat 5/7/26

by | May 8, 2026 | Environment, Featured, Flooding, Government, KCA In The News | 0 Comments

5/8/26 #kihei   Residents remain frustrated by the county’s lack of progress in addressing the decades-long problem facing the burgeoning South Maui town. ByCaitlin Thompson,Erin Nolan/ May 7, 2026   https://www.civilbeat.org/?p=1776267&utm_source=Civil+Beat+Master+List&utm_campaign=c4237ac5ba-        Mahalo to this wahine duo for talking with KCA directors on this vital topic  
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Multimodal Transportation in the South Maui District

by | May 2, 2026 | News Flash | 3 Comments

5/3/26  #kihei Almost daily we hear community comments about the lack of transportation infrastructure in South Maui. Traffic jams on the Pi'ilani Hwy; why don't we have sidewalks? what happened to the North South Collector Road? I would bike ride if it was safe; buses that come once per hour have little value; we need a plan!   Almost six years ago there was an attempt at some proposals coordinated through the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)  ...
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South Maui Needs Shade Trees NOW

by | May 2, 2026 | Beautification, Development, Environment, Featured | 0 Comments

5/1/26  #Kihei#   There is that old expression  that offers the best time to plant a tree was twenty years ago.  Next best is NOW!  So we have the who (YOU!) the  what and the when. How about the where? Even the best tree planted in the wrong location may not work. "Right Tree Hawaii" can help with the where once you have the what. https://www.righttreehawaii.com/        
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UPDATE 4/25/26 Will they construct and OPEN a new hotel in LIPOA (R & T Park)??

by | April 25, 2026 | Development, News Flash | 2 Comments

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.  ...
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How Does Paving Over Relate to Flooding?

How Does Paving Over Relate to Flooding?

by | May 17, 2020

5/17/2020 #kihei #impervious #paving #flooding From Scientific American May 15, 2020: Expanding Paved Areas Has an Outsize Effect on Urban Flooding Researchers have finally been able to pinpoint just how much impervious surfaces exacerbate flood levels ... Now...

The kai in North Kihei is brown, but so far no alert

The kai in North Kihei is brown, but so far no alert

by | May 12, 2020

  5/10/20 #kihei As we walked along the shoreline in North Kihei, north of the north end of Kalepolepo county park about 9:00 am today, where South Kihei Road (SKR) is closed for construction, we noticed that the ocean close to shore was riddled with brown...

General Membership Meeting for May 2020 Cancelled

General Membership Meeting for May 2020 Cancelled

by | Apr 29, 2020

4/30/20 #kihei While we held out in hopes that we might proceed on May 19th,  we decided to once again cancel our general membership meeting for May due to the State and County leaders pronouncements and the status reports on the COVID-19 health crisis. We are...

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...

Next Community Meeting

Tuesday, May 19
6:30 pm

ProArts Playhouse, Azeka Makai

1280 S. Kihei Road

The future of our coastline (erosion, sea level rise, ...)


Tara Owens (Sea Grant)


Wes Crile (Sea Grant)

 

Report from the State legislature


Senator Angus McKelvey (South and West Maui)


Representative Terez Amato (South Maui)

 

There will be an opportunity for questions and discussion, as well as for general Talk Story.

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

 

Kihei Community Association's Priorities 2026

  • 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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  • Mail a check for one of the amounts above to:
    Kihei Community Association
    P.O. Box 662
    Kihei, HI 96753
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.