Category: Hot Topics
Maui Friends of the Library to open additional non...
Posted by Rob Weltman | Feb 2, 2024 | Featured, Hot Topics, News Flash | 0 |
Public Works (DPW) working for public fire safety ...
Posted by Mike Moran | Jan 3, 2024 | Environment, Government, Hot Topics, Volunteers | 4 |
Kihei’s “Holiday” Whale
Posted by Mike Moran | Dec 23, 2023 | Beautification, Hot Topics, KCA In The News, News Flash, Volunteers | 0 |
What steps do you support for better emergency res...
Posted by Rob Weltman | Oct 11, 2023 | Government, Hot Topics | 0 |
South Maui CPAC 9/6/2023 – Overall Map Revie...
Posted by Rob Weltman | Sep 30, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Government, Hot Topics, News Flash | 2 |
Hawaii’s Firefighting Leaders Share Their Lessons
by Rob Weltman | Mar 28, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Fire Prevention, Government, Hot Topics | 0 |
3/28/2024 #wildfire From Civil Beat: Hawaii’s Firefighting Leaders Share Their Lessons With Officials From Across The World Representatives from fire organizations statewide are at a conference this week in Reno about minimizing and managing wildfire threats. Preventing the next Lahaina is a community responsibility that will take incentives and penalties, Hawaii’s leading fire...
Read MoreMayor Bissen Delivers State of the County Address 3/15/2024
by Rob Weltman | Mar 16, 2024 | Government, Hot Topics, Housing | 0 |
3/16/2024 #kihei #mayor #maui #government While not specific to South Maui, Mayor Bissen touched on a number of issues of great concern to our area in his State of the County address at an almost full Maui Arts & Cultural Center on March 15, 2024: Investing in the North-South Collector Road Cracking down on short-term rentals to make more of them available to Maui residents,...
Read MoreTHE DESIGNER WHO’S TRYING TO TRANSFORM YOUR CITY INTO A SPONGE
by Rob Weltman | Mar 15, 2024 | Beautification, Environment, Featured, Hot Topics | 0 |
Sanya Mangrove Park is just one of many “sponge” projects in China, a way to work with water instead of fighting it.COURTESY OF THE CULTURAL LANDSCAPE FOUNDATION 3/15/2024 #urbanplanning #water From Wired March 15, 2024: The Designer Who’s Trying to Transform Your City Into a Sponge Kongjian Yu pioneered China’s “sponge city” concept—less concrete and more green spaces to exploit...
Read MoreMayor Bissen Joining KCA Public Meeting 3/19
by Rob Weltman | Feb 16, 2024 | Government, Hot Topics | 6 |
2/16/2024 #kihei #publicmeeting #mayor #maui Meet Maui Mayor Richard Bissen at ProArts 3/19 Among the topics to be discussed: Flood Mitigation Fire Prevention The North-South Collector Road
Read MoreTalk Story on Our Food Systems
by Rob Weltman | Feb 7, 2024 | Government, Hot Topics | 0 |
2/7/2024 #kihei #community #foodsystems From the Maui County Department of Agriculture: You are formally invited to join the Department of Agriculture’s Community Talk Story Sessions to develop the Maui County Food and Nutrition Security Plan. From February through March 2024, the Maui County Department of Agriculture will host Community Talk Story Sessions in each residential area...
Read MoreMaui Friends of the Library to open additional nonprofit bookstore in Kīhei
by Rob Weltman | Feb 2, 2024 | Featured, Hot Topics, News Flash | 0 |
2/2/24 NE W INFORMATION Grand opening, blessing planned for nonprofit bookstore in Kīhei Grand opening, blessing planned for nonprofit bookstore in Kīhei 12/11/2023 #kihei #mfol From Maui Now: The Maui Friends of the Library seeks volunteers to help open and run a new bookstore planned to serve customers soon in Kīhei. The MFOL used bookstore will be located at 95 East Lipoa Street...
Read MoreCesspool replacement plan for Maui Meadows
by Rob Weltman | Jan 26, 2024 | Environment, Featured, Hot Topics | 1 |
1/26/2024 #kihei #mauimeadows #cesspool There is now an initiative to speed up the required transition away from cesspools in Maui Meadows for the sake of human and coral reef safety. The proposal involves the creation of a Community Facilities District and also government funding. For the proposal to take off, Maui Meadows residents must sign a petition for the Community Facilities...
Read MoreCanceled! No KCA public meeting 1/16/2024!
by Rob Weltman | Jan 16, 2024 | Hot Topics, News Flash | 0 |
1/16/2024 #kihei #flooding Today’s flooding has turned parts of South Kihei Road into a river, impassible by car, foot or bike – and dangerous to attempt usage of. Stay home and safe! KCA will attempt to reschedule the public meeting planned for today to a different date.
Read MoreMajor project proposed to protect Kīhei with green belts and firebreaks
by Rob Weltman | Jan 16, 2024 | Environment, Featured, General Membership Meeting Recap, Hot Topics, News Flash | 0 |
1/16/2024 #kihei #fire #greenbelt #firebreak The Leeward Haleakala Resilient Landscapes grant proposal was submitted to the USDA Community Wildfire Defense Grant Program. These proposals haven’t been approved yet. The submitters are hoping to hear back from the funding entity in the Spring. This is the presentation provided at the KCA public meeting in November 2023. This grant...
Read MorePublic Works (DPW) working for public fire safety in Kihei
by Mike Moran | Jan 3, 2024 | Environment, Government, Hot Topics, Volunteers | 4 |
1/3/24 #kihei UPDATE At almost this same exact location, this could have been yet another fireworks tragedy. Perhaps because of the brush abatement, the lack of wind, quicker neighborhood actions, some luck or a combination of all of these. 12/31/23 was scorched earth and a damaged fence. Once again firefighters lacked a key to the County gate at...
Read MoreKihei’s “Holiday” Whale
by Mike Moran | Dec 23, 2023 | Beautification, Hot Topics, KCA In The News, News Flash, Volunteers | 0 |
12/23/23 #kihei Maui News multi award winning photog ( and more these days) Matt Thayer again captures the 2023 version. We d not have confirmation, but expect this again is the work of Pauline UPDATE 12/25/14 Now almost two years later with no fanfare, we see the Whale s “lei’d” again for the season, still protected by the...
Read MoreSouth Maui CPAC 11/1/2023 – Plan Adoption
by Rob Weltman | Oct 30, 2023 | Environment, Featured, Government, Hot Topics, News Flash | 0 |
10/30/2023 #kihei #southmaui #cpac #communityplan Wednesday, November 1, 5:30 pm Malcolm Center The South Maui Community Plan Advisory Committee The committee will discuss and decided whether or not to adopt the draft community plan that it has worked on for the past year. Watch in person at the Malcolm Center or on Akakū. Because this meeting is a continuation from 10/23 when public...
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