Coral Reef Presentation

Topic:  Wahikuli and Honokowai updates on coral reef research & watershed management efforts Presenters:  Kathy Chaston, NOAA Coral Reef Conservation Program & Tova Callender, West Maui Watershed and Coastal Management Coordinator   Date:  Tuesday, Nov.27, 6-8pm   Location: Na Aikane Cultural Center, Front St. Lahaina (Maulu’ulu’olele Park across of Tennis

Megamall Hearing: Evidence Finished

[Dick] Mayer characterized light industrial use as one that would provide full-time, well-paid jobs to local residents and ownership opportunities to local businesses. Retail use, he said, might provide many jobs, but they would be low-wage positions that were likely to be part-time and provide few benefits to employees. He

State Official: [megamall] “Plan clearly different”

A state Office of Planning official said that developers of two large retail centers and 250 affordable housing units in Kihei should have filed a motion with the state Land Use Commission to amend conditions placed on the parcel that was initially proposed as a light industrial park. “This is

Auwahi Wind Farm Transmission Line Going In

A photo well worth viewing at  Maui News

Maui County: RFP for Waste to Energy at Pu’unene Landfill

Maui County is looking for a developer to finance, plan, design, permit, construct and own a waste-to-energy project at the Central Maui Landfill in Puunene, the biggest of four county-run landfills on the Valley Isle. The plan would include diverting nearly 500 tons of waste from the county landfill and

Testify: Put Green Areas Back into Maui Island Plan

Subject: Take Makena 390 acres Urban back out of the plan & Put Back In the Green Areas Message: Makena Resort – 390 more acres of development? Not Needed, Not Wanted, Not Deserved! Green areas, parks, preservation turned into nonbinding diagrams? Maui Island Plan has turned into a Growth Plan

Mahina Martin Testifies at PLDC

Maui opponent Mahina Martin flew to Honolulu to attend today’s meeting, criticizing the agency in part for holding a single state-wide followup hearing on O’ahu, which she said was difficult for neighbor islanders to attend.

State Tax Proposal Would Slam the Brakes on Solar Energy, Jobs in Hawai’i

Sierra Club, Earthjustice call on administration to change course November 9, 2012 Honolulu, HI Today, Governor Neil Abercrombie announced a drastic, potentially devastating cut to the Hawaiʻi’s successful tax credit for solar energy. The proposal would reduce by approximately 50 percent the tax credit for homeowners and businesses that install

Map of Kula Landowners 2011

Map of Kula Landowners 2011

South Maui Landowners Map 2011

South Maui Landowners Map 2011