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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?

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.                ...

Will they construct and OPEN a new hotel in LIPOA (R & T Park)??

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...

Drone Footage of Hale O Pi’ikea Construction

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...

South Maui should be a safe walkable, bikeable community

6/7/25 #kihei #transportation #bicycle For decades KCA has been advocating for our district to have safe walking and cycling. Sidewalks are promised and required, but never constructed. Bike paths get lip service by County government, but do not get constructed.  SEE https://gokihei.org/environment/kca-again-proposes-a-safe-bike-path-in-kihei  https://gokihei.org/environment/the-next-bike-path-for-kihei-waipuilani...
Dr. Chip Fletcher Talks Climate Change  at MOC on Thursday

Dr. Chip Fletcher Talks Climate Change at MOC on Thursday

UH's Dr Chip Fletcher Presented Spectacular but Devastating Climate Crisis Report 8/16/19 #kihei #climatechange #climatecrisis If you do not take the opportunity to attend these frequent free evening events - "Sea Talk" - in Maalaea each month, maybe you should. Last...

Dredging of Kihei Boat Ramp in Progress

Dredging of Kihei Boat Ramp in Progress

8/16/19 #kihei #dredging #boatramp Earlier this year the Maui News reported that: Boaters at Kihei Boat Ramp are incurring thousands of dollars in damages and are in need of more manpower to pull their vessels out of the water because of the massive sand buildup in...

You are often known by the company you keep

You are often known by the company you keep

              8/19/19  #kihei If that is true, with whom or what would Maui County want to partner with or even lead? Major polluters? Corporations who place profit over the natural environment? Those are some of the entities...