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Mar0Electric Car Event This Saturday March 24
Join us this Saturday, March 24 from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. for an electric car demonstration at the Laie Shopping Center parking lot. Two charging stations were installed this month in Laie, one at the Polynesian Cultural Center and the other at Laie Shopping Center. This community event will be fun and educate us on [...]
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Mar0Pulling Together Through Heavy Weather
Oahu was inundated last week with heavy rains and thunderstorms islandwide, causing flooding, rock slides, damage to homes, and even hail and a tornado! For those of us in Ko’olau Loa, the worst of it hit early Friday morning as several inches of rain came down in less than an hour. Fortunately our communities were spared major damage and [...]
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Dec1BYU–Hawaii Breaks Ground for New Facilities
A Brigham Young University–Hawaii groundbreaking ceremony at the site of its future multi-use building on Saturday Dec. 17 marked the beginning stages of construction for the renovation and growth of the BYU–Hawaii campus. Plans call for 11 new buildings, including the multi-use building, two married student apartment buildings, seven single-student dormitories that will replace existing on-campus dorms, [...]
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Nov0PCC’s New Gateway Restaurant in Latest Newsletter
You can read news on the Polynesian Cultural Center’s newly renovated and re-envisioned Gateway restaurant in our latest Envision Laie Newsletter. Redesigned to evoke the feel of a Samoan fale with wooden pillars and angular sweeping roof, the restaurant is adorned with shell torches providing ambient lighting and features one of the world’s largest murals — extending nearly 8,000 square [...]
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Sep2Replacement Laie Hotel Passes City Council: 8 to 1
Honolulu City Council today granted the Laie Hotel redevelopment project a Special Management Area (SMA) permit, with conditions. In an 8 to 1 vote, the Council approved the SMA permit, but required area drainage and watershed studies before any vertical construction permits can be issued. The Laie Inn, which the new hotel will replace, was [...]
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Sep0Replacement Hotel on Agenda this Friday Sept. 16
After four previous public input meetings, including two City Council Zoning Committee meetings, and a full Honolulu City Council hearing last month, the council will hold what many expect will be the final hearing on a permit application for the Laie hotel. If approved, the hotel project should finally be able to move forward towards groundbreaking. The meeting is set for [...]
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Aug1Two Stories on Wednesday’s City Council Vote
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNl-siMNxUI To follow-up on the KHON story yesterday, the The Star-Advertiser ran a story today on the City Council vote Wednesday Aug. 17 on the Laie Hotel Redevelopment. The City Council on Wednesday will consider plans to build a hotel on the site of the old Laie Inn that represent a skirmish over a much [...]
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Aug0Watch KHON Video on Aug. 17 City Council Hearing
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Aug0Hotel On Agenda at Aug. 17 City Council Meeting
150 construction jobs…125 new jobs for residents, and students in BYU-Hawaii’s hospitality program…a hotel nearby for family and guests visiting the area…a venue for wedding receptions, family reunions and other gatherings… Are you in favor? If so, your support is needed. After three previous public input meetings, including two City Council Zoning Committee meetings, the full Honolulu City [...]
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Jul0Information Center Open During Today’s Summer Bash
Lā‘ie Shopping Center‘s 15th annual Summer Bash today marks the one-year anniversary of Envision Lā‘ie’s Information Center. An estimated 800 people have visited the center over the year to learn about proposed and current projects in the region, such as BYU-Hawaii’s planned Multi-Purpose Building seen above. Updated renderings and information about progress in the region [...]
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