In a couple weeks, Maui County planners will hold a public meeting on a long list of changes they’d like to make to the county’s parking code. Given how difficult parking (and really, all things car-related) can be on Maui, you might want check this out. “The changes are based on feedback the department has received from property and business owners who have struggled to … [Read more...] about Maui County Planning Department to discuss many new parking code changes
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Maui officials assessing Kapalua Resort Association’s destruction of historic rock wall
It isn't often that you see big money hubris get stopped in its tracks, but that seems to be what happened in Kapalua a few days ago. That's when local activists Kai Nishiki and Tamara Paltin discovered that workers in the exclusive, luxurious Kapalua Resort were in the process of demolishing an 80-year-old rock wall. "When I saw that wall just haphazardly just thrown to the … [Read more...] about Maui officials assessing Kapalua Resort Association’s destruction of historic rock wall
MauiTime 2016 Year In Review
Even without the election of Republican Donald Trump to be President of the United States, this was a monstrous year. We’ve had to deal with job losses, outrageous giveaways to big business and just a general slide away from democratic protections and open government assurances. We like to think of Hawaii (and Maui especially) as existing outside the world’s troubles, but it’s … [Read more...] about MauiTime 2016 Year In Review
CORRECTED: Former Maui County Planning Dept. staffer says community planning process isn’t ‘broken’
Earlier this month, Maui County Planning Department Director Will Spence and Deputy Director Michele McLean signed an op-ed in The Maui News saying the county would soon seek changes to the law governing community plans. This came a few weeks after The Maui News reported on a memo it had obtained from Mayor Alan Arakawa saying that the whole planning process was “broken.” On … [Read more...] about CORRECTED: Former Maui County Planning Dept. staffer says community planning process isn’t ‘broken’
Maui County Planning Officials say they want to change ‘the process’ of crafting community plans
When Alexander & Baldwin announced back in January that they would close their Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar (HC&S) mill in Pu`unene–the last operating sugar mill in the state of Hawaii–nervous eyes looked around the island. What would become of the land? they asked. Company officials announced that some manner of "diversified agriculture" would be their prime focus, … [Read more...] about Maui County Planning Officials say they want to change ‘the process’ of crafting community plans