[In November 2018, MauiTime broke the story of the $262-million sale of 56,000 acres of Alexander & Baldwin sugarcane land and watershed to Mahi Pono, a joint venture between California-based Pomona Farming and a Canadian pension fund. Our Changing Maui: Mahi Pono series examines all facets of the sale and the changes it will bring to Maui. It is part of Changing Maui, a … [Read more...] about The Man With the Plan: Mahi Pono’s new general manager Larry Nixon wants more bees and bugs and less corporate hierarchy as he rehabilitates and replants Central Maui’s cropland
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Community sends more relief to Big Island
Maui residents and businesses filled a 20-foot shipping container in a two-day hana hou Kokua Puna donation drive for evacuees on June 9-10. Donations including non-perishable food, water, camping gear, pet food and baby diapers were packed up to the ceiling of the container. More than 20 volunteers gifted their time, unloading truckloads and carloads of donations all weekend … [Read more...] about Community sends more relief to Big Island
Talking affordable housing, seawalls and sustainable ag with Albert Perez, 3 years after he took over Maui Tomorrow
Three years ago this month Albert Perez took over as Executive Director of the Maui Tomorrow Foundation. He helped found the organization in 1989, stayed a few years, then moved to the mainland, where he spent much of his time until 2015. I chatted with Perez not long after he took over Maui Tomorrow, and since then have seen him around the county doing the grunt work of a … [Read more...] about Talking affordable housing, seawalls and sustainable ag with Albert Perez, 3 years after he took over Maui Tomorrow
Hukilike No Maui Coalition to rally TODAY outside A&B’s Kahului office
A new coalition of residents and community organizers hopes that a more holistic approach to dealing with land use in Maui County will start up now that Alexander & Baldwin has ended the cultivation of sugarcane on its 37,000 acres. Called the Hukilike No Maui Coalition, the organization includes groups like Sierra Club Maui and FACE Maui Housing. “All of Maui’s people … [Read more...] about Hukilike No Maui Coalition to rally TODAY outside A&B’s Kahului office
Mayor Alan Arakawa wants to move homeless to Old Maui High, but there’s no actual plan to do so
Mayor Alan Arakawa made some news this week with his announcement during his State of the County address that he wants to move Maui’s homeless population—at last count numbering 800-plus—to the Old Maui High School Hamakuapoko campus outside Paia. Of course, this should come as no surprise to MauiTime readers. Last year, after the TEACH organization failed in its attempt to … [Read more...] about Mayor Alan Arakawa wants to move homeless to Old Maui High, but there’s no actual plan to do so