Starr on Wailuku Redevelopment Plan

Viewpoint by Jonathan Starr Wailuku town is the geographical center of Maui County, as well as our business hub, seat of government and home to our hospital, college, courts and…

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Lingle Appointees Refuse to Resign

Jerry Edlao and David Goode, appointed to the Board of Land and Natural Resources by Governor Lingle  have refused Gov. Abercrombie’s request that they resign. David Goode is also…

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Council OKs Purchase of 4 acres Kulamalu Affordable Housing

The Maui County Council Budget and Finance Committee gave its recommendation Wednesday to purchase 4 acres in Kulamalu for affordable housing. The council voted 8-0 to endorse a…

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KCA Hears About Maui Island Plan

Using a PowerPoint presentation, retired professor Dick Mayer raised a number of issues that he thought the KCA should consider.  Although he participated in the GPAC process that created…

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Maui’s Water Resources: A General Overview

Researched and Written by Lucienne de Naie and Marty McMahon, M.A. with assistance from Bobby Becker and Terry Reim Summary of Research conducted by Maui Tomorrow’s Ka Waiola Project 2002-2004 Made possible with…

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Council Weakens “Show Me the Water”

County council members approved a bill that would relax the county’s “Show Me the Water” policy for “affordable housing projects” and certain other developments. Projects which would…

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Judge Voids Ohana Kai EIS

Judge Joel August agreed with Ma’alaea Community Association and Maui Tomorrow Foundation Inc. and ruled that the EIS for Jesse Spencer’s Ohana Kai Development at Ma’alaea did not adequately…

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Mayor Submits Budget

March 23, 2011 Maui Time “This is not a budget of fluff and extravagance but one of necessity,” Mayor Arakawa announced as he presented…

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Kaiwahine Village Approved 5-4

Affordable housing project in Kihei OK’d March 19, 2011 – By MELISSA TANJI, Staff Writer for the Maui News WAILUKU – The Maui County Council on…

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Moloka’i Community Plan Moves Forward.

Permitting Process Receives Cleanup Reprinted from The Molokai Dispatch The Molokai Community Plan, last updated in 2001, is on the move after holding community engagement workshops last October. Up next…

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