KAHULUI In a humid, breezeless classroom of the McKinley Community School for Adults, several of Hawaii’s top-ranking senators sit in the sweltering July
During a three-day site visit, members of the Senate Ways and Means Committee were met by state officials and community members who delivered presentations on their plans for a range of both Governor’s and Senate priorities, including: economic and workforce development, investments in infrastructure, and the coalescing of a food innovation network. The group also discussed the future of Kahoʻolawe and Kalaupapa.
Repairs to the Kahului Public Library are moving forward, and we are doing all that we can to reopen this library. We, too, have been frustrated that it is ta
About 5 acres of state land in Kahului would be transformed into affordable and market-rate housing, along with a civic center for state office space, if state agencies get the green light on a $192 million project.
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The property proposed for the Kahului Civic Center fronts Kaahumanu Avenue and features a rock wall built in 1939 by the WPA. The Maui News / MATTHEW THAYER photos
A state agency is looking to transform the lot across from the Maui Beach Hotel into a civic center with affordable housing units, a community center, government offices and the potential new home of the Kahului Public Library.
The Kahului Civic Center Mixed-Use Complex would be located at 153 West Kaahumanu Ave. on about 5.6 acres, including the 0.85 acres dedicated for the new Maui County bus hub, according to the Hawaii Housing Finance and Development Corporation.