First of two stolen ‘Welcome to Lahaina’ signs is re-installed

Members of Lahaina Rotary Club and Lahaina Restoration Foundation are pictured above standing next to the Welcome to Lahaina sign which was stolen shortly after the Lahaina fire in 2023.

With the diligent help of the community, the sign was recovered and the members of Lahaina Rotary Club and Lahaina Restoration Foundation re-installed the sign on Friday.

The first of two stolen signs was re-installed at the location on the north side of Lahaina along the Honoapiʻilani Highway. The second sign which stood across from Puamana Park will be installed at a future date.

According to earlier reports, the signs were taken in mid-October 2023, two months after the Lahaina wildfire, and the poles that held them in place were sawed through.

The signs were installed in 1998 and were a community project. Over the 26 years that the signs have stood at the entrances to Lahaina, LRF reports several individuals and groups have maintained them including the Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunrise, Jesse Neizman of Lahaina Restoration Foundation and Saltwater Signs.