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Thursday, March 28, 2024 |
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Council resolution exemplifies why we still have housing crisis
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 217 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Twenty years later, we are still having the same conversations ....
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
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Grassroot Institute Bills on the Move
By Grassroot Institute @ 10:10 PM :: 451 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... bills that could significantly ease Hawaii's emergency-status housing crisis ....
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Sunday, March 24, 2024 |
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Cost of NIMBYism way too high
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 9:58 PM :: 504 Views :: Honolulu County, Development, Land Use
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... Resolution 24-65 contains most of the usual anti-housing rhetoric, and even claims that making it easier to create smaller, more affordable homes would somehow result in more so-called monster homes ....
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 |
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Maui, land of infernal regulations
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:10 PM :: 823 Views :: Maui County, Agriculture, Development
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... the harsh limits on the allowable number of water fixtures per property could render density-increasing measures essentially meaningless ....
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Saturday, March 23, 2024 |
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Hawaii has the Most Long-Tenured Homeowners in the US
By News Release @ 3:46 PM :: 679 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics
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... 36% of Hawaii’s homeowner population has lived in its current residence for at least 24 years ....
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Thursday, March 21, 2024 |
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Allowing smaller lots and homes would benefit families, promote affordability
By Grassroot Institute @ 5:02 PM :: 962 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... These two measures would increase our housing supply not only on Oahu but throughout all of Hawaii by allowing smaller homes on smaller lots....
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Tuesday, March 19, 2024 |
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Roadblocks to Re-Building on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:33 PM :: 973 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... Zoning Code, Permitting and Water Rules ....
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Sunday, March 17, 2024 |
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‘CPR king’ Abe Lee enables homeownership despite complicated legal framework
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 1258 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... state law allows homeowners to divide their ownership rights into separate “lots of record” for ownership purposes, but the County Department of Planning and Permitting will still only recognize the property as one lot ....
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Sunday, March 17, 2024 |
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Grassroot Institute Bills on the Move in the Legislature
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:56 AM :: 878 Views :: Development, Health Care, Cost of Living
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... 2024 Legislature resumes session and Grassroot Institute is on the case ....
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Saturday, March 16, 2024 |
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HHFDC Selects Insiders to Develop Kapolei Parcel
By News Release @ 5:10 PM :: 993 Views :: Honolulu County, Development
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... to award developers Ikenakea Development LLC and The Michaels Organization a long-term lease for the 19.4-acre property at Farrington Highway and Fort Barrette Road ....
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Friday, March 15, 2024 |
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SB3381 Lahaina Landgrab Bill: Akaku Hosts Community Forum
By News Release @ 2:04 AM :: 1430 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... at Akakū Maui Community Media on Saturday, March 16th from 9:30am - 1pm ....
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Thursday, March 14, 2024 |
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“Smaller homes on smaller lots”
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:47 PM :: 1214 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... HB1630 and SB3202 would allow homeowners to subdivide their lots and build additional homes ....
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Monday, March 11, 2024 |
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Lahaina: Purposefully Making Rebuilding Slow, Expensive, and Frustrating
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:04 PM :: 1946 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development
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... Federal aid money is pouring in, but “no one seems to know where it’s going” ....
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Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
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Water agency ID’d as major Lahaina recovery roadblock
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:09 PM :: 1378 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... “We’ve got this long line of developers who have been trying for decades to get a permit at the Water Commission” ....
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Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
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Bill 21: Reform emergency permitting to quicken Lahaina recovery
By Grassroot Institute @ 9:01 PM :: 1182 Views :: Maui County, Development
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“...amend the County’s emergency permitting statute to speed up approval times, waive building permit fees and expand the types of structures to which the statute applies....”
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Sunday, March 10, 2024 |
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Listening to naysayers in the housing debate
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:51 AM :: 1585 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... monsters lurk behind every corner ....
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Thursday, March 7, 2024 |
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Ways to Maximize Hawaii's Current Zoning Laws
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:09 AM :: 1217 Views :: Development
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... CPRs and accessory dwellings units, and how the state’s housing regulations have evolved ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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Rebuilding Nonconforming Structures After Lahaina Fire
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:11 PM :: 1394 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... After Hurricane Iniki struck Kauai in 1992, the Kauai County Council adopted an ordinance similar to this bill to foster the reconstruction of old, nonconforming structures ....
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Friday, March 1, 2024 |
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Waive permitting fees to help Maui residents rebuild faster
By Grassroot Institute @ 3:53 PM :: 1209 Views :: Maui County, Development
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... reform the County’s emergency housing permitting policies to help facilitate a quicker recovery for the residents of Lahaina ....
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Wednesday, February 28, 2024 |
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Not so Smart: Affordable Housing Loss Study Debunked
By News Release @ 4:43 PM :: 1316 Views :: Development, Hawaii Statistics, Cost of Living
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... the study from Washington, D.C.-based Smart Growth America commissioned by AARP Hawai‘i didn’t account for numerous affordable-housing projects ....
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Saturday, February 24, 2024 |
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Green Kills off 'Affordable' Housing Group, Hands Authority to HHFDC
By News Release @ 3:42 AM :: 1295 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Green assigns the BBB’s duties to the Hawai‘i Housing Finance and Development Corporation (HHFDC), which will review developer applications for eligibility and process fee waiver exemptions ....
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Wednesday, February 21, 2024 |
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SB3381: Stop Lahaina Property Owners from Rebuilding
By Andrew Walden @ 9:07 PM :: 4074 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Labor
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... will Lahaina literally be handed over to the HCDA and an appointed ‘Community Board’ comprised of Josh Green’s hand-picked Carpenters Union representatives? ....
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Monday, February 19, 2024 |
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True housing reform seems a strong possibility
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 6:32 PM :: 1186 Views :: Development
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... many small tweaks to Hawaii’s zoning and permitting rules that together could make a big dent ....
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Sunday, February 18, 2024 |
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Sunday, February 11, 2024 |
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Hoarding School Impact Fees
By Tom Yamachika @ 5:00 AM :: 1434 Views :: Education K-12, Development, Taxes
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... since 2007, not one thin dime has been spent out of the school impact fees collected ....
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Wednesday, February 7, 2024 |
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Kula Fire Recovery: "No one is coming to save you"
By Selected News Articles @ 4:47 PM :: 1543 Views :: Maui County, Development, Small Business
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“For a long time, people looked to government like it was their job to take care of everything. But the best course of action is not to go through elected officials, it’s to stand up and do it."
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Sunday, February 4, 2024 |
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Hawaii: Never a shortage of costly and grandiose project proposals
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:48 PM :: 1594 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use
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... how to facilitate homebuilding in Hawaii at no cost to taxpayers ....
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 |
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Three Ways to Lower Hawaii's Cost of Living
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 4:18 PM :: 1259 Views :: Development, Jones Act, Taxes, Cost of Living
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... reduce housing regulations, support reform of the federal Jones Act and cut taxes ....
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Thursday, February 1, 2024 |
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Reduce Minimum Lot Size to Lower Housing Costs
By Grassroot Institute @ 4:06 PM :: 1095 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... the minimum lot size on Maui of 6,000 square feet incentivizes the construction of large homes rather than smaller, more affordable ones ....
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Tuesday, January 30, 2024 |
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FEMA to Build Hawaii's First Mobile Home Park
By News Release @ 4:08 AM :: 1488 Views :: Maui County, Development
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"...Draft Environmental Assessment For Alternative Temporary Transportable Housing Unit Group Site Known as the Kaʻanapali Temporary Group Site...."
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Monday, January 29, 2024 |
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Senate Sets Triple Hearing on Vacation Rental Bill
By News Release @ 9:06 PM :: 1322 Views :: Development, Small Business, Tourism
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... Senate Bill 2919 establishes State Regulations for short-term vacation rentals, allows the counties to adopt zoning ordinances and regulations for the amortization or phasing out of certain land lands or structures, and applies the TAT to shelters and vehicles with, or advertised as including, sleeping accommodations ....
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Sunday, January 28, 2024 |
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Not Much to Show for Governor's Emergency Housing Proclamations
By Grassroot Institute @ 6:54 PM :: 1297 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... the proclamations have only been used once ....
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Saturday, January 20, 2024 |
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Hold on to your wallets! The Legislature is back in session
By Grassroot Institute @ 2:56 AM :: 1121 Views :: Development, Land Use, Taxes
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... “artificial limiters” imposed on the housing stock via the state’s 5% cap on land zoned for residential ....
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Wednesday, January 17, 2024 |
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Saiki Opening Day Speech: Don’t let Lahaina property owners rebuild
By News Release @ 5:21 PM :: 2162 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Tourism
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... Turn Lahaina into Wailea v2 surrounding the ‘Venice of the Pacific’ water feature ....
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Saturday, January 13, 2024 |
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Wednesday, January 10, 2024 |
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Let’s try a bottom-up approach to more homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 1:50 AM :: 1007 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... Small, focused policies could free up homebuilders and generate a wave of new housing construction ....
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Monday, January 8, 2024 |
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Housing regulations add up to solid brick wall against homebuilding
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:44 AM :: 1146 Views :: Maui County, Ethics, Development, Land Use
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... it’s taken almost half a year to see anything come from the governor’s emergency proclamation ....
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Friday, December 22, 2023 |
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Ways to make it easier for private homebuilders to build more homes
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:00 AM :: 1153 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... what can Hawaii policymakers do? ....
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Thursday, December 21, 2023 |
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Could fixing our housing crisis really be so simple?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 3:39 AM :: 1285 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... a roadmap that can help make it happen ....
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Sunday, December 17, 2023 |
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Cost-free ways Hawaii can increase its housing stock
By Grassroot Institute @ 7:45 PM :: 1448 Views :: Development, Land Use
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... The Grassroot Institute of Hawaii urges lawmakers to prioritize zoning and other reforms because residents need homes now ....
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Thursday, December 14, 2023 |
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Saturday, December 9, 2023 |
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‘Not everyone wants to move to Hawaii’
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:48 PM :: 1790 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... if Hawaii is so popular, why has its population declined for seven years in a row? ....
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Saturday, December 9, 2023 |
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Fixation on short-term rentals called distraction from 'true culprit'
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:37 PM :: 1583 Views :: Maui County, Development, Land Use, Tourism, Cost of Living
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... government actions created the demand for STRs in the first place, and government regulatory failures “created housing unaffordability long before STRs even came into existence." ....
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Sunday, November 26, 2023 |
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Hawaii’s housing crisis deemed ’eminently solvable’
By Grassroot Institute @ 12:00 PM :: 1354 Views :: Development, Land Use, Cost of Living
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... U.S. Sen. Brian Schatz of Hawai'i recently reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would incentivize state and local governments to liberalize housing regulations around transit projects ....
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Sunday, November 26, 2023 |
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'Upzoning' to address need for homes on Maui
By Grassroot Institute @ 11:00 AM :: 1237 Views :: Maui County, Development
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...Other ideas presented to legislators in a Shelter Working Group were enacting a 'YIGBY' bill and allowing prefabricated housing....
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Sunday, November 26, 2023 |
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Will history someday record an 'economic miracle' for Lahaina?
By Keli'i Akina PhD @ 2:20 AM :: 1276 Views :: Maui County, Development, Economy, Land Use
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... how many years will depend on which path is taken ....
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Monday, November 20, 2023 |
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Maui can take lead in ‘Yes in God’s backyard’ housing
By Grassroot Institute @ 1:00 AM :: 1399 Views :: Maui County, Development, Religion
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... Family Life Center and King’s Cathedral in Kahului are partnering to put up 85 modular homes on 10 acres of the church’s land ....
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