Nonprofit organization West Maui Improvement Foundation (WMIF) today announced the receipt of another $1,250,000 in funding to purchase a modular fire station for Olowalu. The Benioff Family Foundation donated $1 million and the Arrillaga Family Foundation, as directed by Justine Stamen & John Arrillaga, $250,000.
“We’re looking for equitable, humane care for residents and visitors to West Maui, where more than 50% of the county and state income on Maui is derived from taxes,” said Joseph Pluta, president of the West Maui Taxpayers Association. Maui Now’s Gary Kubota interviewed Pluta, who is working to ensure West Maui gets its fair share of improvements.
WEST MAUI The community effort to establish a Maui Fire Department substation in Olowalu is surging forward, with a fundraiser scheduled for Sunday, Oct. 23
LAHAINA We all seem to agree that Covid has changed the world, and a “new normal” is evolving. The West Maui Taxpayers Association and the West Maui Imp