Posts from December, 2010
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Dec0KSCP Community Meeting Video Posted
On Tuesday Dec. 7, 2010, the City and County of Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting hosted a community meeting on the draft of the Ko’olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan (KSCP) at Kahuku High School. This video, produced by BYU-Hawaii students for Envision Laie, shows the overwhelming support of the community (blue shirts) for the [...]
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Dec0Mele Kalikimaka From Envision Lā‘ie
Prior to the Dec. 7, 2010 Community Meeting on the Ko’olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan at Kahuku High School, Auntie Ipo (on guitar) and other kupuna sang Christmas carols for those attending. As we look to Christmas and the promise of the New Year, we thought it important to remember the voices and wisdom of [...]
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Dec0Editorials in The Star-Advertiser
Today’s The Star-Advertiser features two guest editorials on the City’s Ko’olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan and Envision Lā‘ie. You can read an excerpt below, but to view the editorial by Laie Community Association president, Pane Meatoga, Jr., click here. Over the years, the economy hasn’t always weighed in Laie’s favor. Multiple families live in single [...]
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Dec0New data confirms housing in Lā‘ie is overcrowded
Civil Beat (subscription required) reported this week on “new numbers from the U.S. Census Bureau” that show what the people in this video are talking about: Lā‘ie is in a severe housing crisis. Homes in Lā‘ie and Ko‘olau Loa are overcrowded. There is significant pent-up demand from families that need homes now and cannot find [...]
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Dec0Kaleo covers Community Meeting
Kaleo: Koolauloa News’ latest post covers the final community meeting on the Ko‘olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan. “The majority of the people in the meeting wore light-blue tee shirts indicating their support for the Envision Laie process.” The article went on to quote several supporters. …Aaron Shumway of Laie supported additional housing, noting that he [...]
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Dec0Envision Lā‘ie Newsletter
Check out the latest Envision Lā‘ie Newsletter with an update on the final community meeting on the Ko‘olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan: Several hundred residents showed up in the blue Envision Lā‘ie t-shirts to show their support. From beginning to end of the meeting, the Kahuku High cafeteria was awash in a sea of blue. The strong showing sent a clear [...]
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Dec1Mahalo
A quick thank you to everyone who came out and attended the final Community Meeting on the Ko‘olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan. Here’s how Civil Beat’s Michael Levine opened his story on the meeting (subscription required): Any questions about the opinion of the majority were quickly answered with one glance at the wardrobe selection. Support [...]
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Dec1Work begins on Malaekahana bike path
After a two month delay over liability insurance, construction on the Malaekahana bike path has officially begun. “As the coordinating association between private businesses, volunteers and landowner Hawaii Reserves,” said Pane Meatoga, Jr., Laie Community Association president, “we needed to get liability insurance in place before any work began. That took much longer than we [...]
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Dec1“Lā‘ie is at a crossroad”
Ahead of the Tuesday, Dec. 7 Community Meeting on the Koolau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan, HRI President & CEO Eric Beaver writes in the latest issue of Pacific Business News that “Lā‘ie is at a crossroad.” “The City & County of Honolulu’s draft Koolau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan gives us a critical opportunity to decide [...]
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