Maui Business

The County of Maui Department of Finance will hold a real property tax sale on Tuesday, June 7, 2016, and may continue the sale on June 8, if necessary.

Longtime Immersion and Conservancy educator, Iokepa Nae’ole has been hired as manager of the new Hale Huaka’i, activities center at the Kāʻanapali Beach Hotel.

Maui County’s economy experienced gains in jobs, visitor arrivals, visitor days and single-family unit resales and decreases in unemployment, private building permits and authorizations, and condominium unit resales.

Judge Richard Bissen Jr. will speak at the Maui Native Hawaiian Chamber of Commerce Annual Membership Dinner on June 14, at the Tropical Plantation.

Thanks to the generous donations from customers over the past few months, Pukalani Superette was able to donate $1,374.39 to Aloha House Inc. on May 11, 2016.

MECO donated $5,000 to Maui Preparatory Academy to support the school’s innovative STEAM program—science, technology, engineering, mathematics and arts.

“We absolutely do not want to go on strike, but if that’s what it takes to get a market-rate contract, our pilots have told us loud and clear that they will stand together and take that final step.”

The Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset will award one $2,500 academic scholarship to a graduating senior who attends a Maui, Lāna‘i or Moloka‘i high school.

Mike Salisbury is the project manager for Paradise Ridge Estates—a 32-condos project in process for construction in Kīhei.

Thomas Hussey, associate professor of automotive technology at UHMC, was one of 17 teachers and researchers honored with a Regents’ Medal for Excellence.

Rep. Gabbard joined the secretary of commerce in making the presentation to HTA President & CEO George Szigeti and HTA Communications Director Charlene Chan.

The Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset invites the public to learn more about the Maui Friends of the Library bookmobile through a presentation by MFOL Director Sara Foley and President John Tryggestad.

Winning ideas at the recent Startup Weekend Maui included a trendy anti-microbial face mask, natural anti-mosquito perfume and cologne, and the world’s first true social challenge platform.

AmeriCorps, a nationwide program serving local communities where there is a need, is accepting applications on Maui and Moloka‘i.

The Hawai‘i Department of Education audit for the FY 2015 confirmed that the department continues to be fiscally responsible in its oversight of its funds.

Chef Anthony Russo, the founder of dining concepts that include Russo’s New York Pizzeria and Russo’s Coal-Fired Italian Kitchen, will expand the brands’ footprint in the Hawaiian islands—including two locations on Maui.

Entrepreneurs are welcome to attend the 2016 Startup Weekend Maui, which begins today, Friday, May 13, and will run though Sunday, May 15.

Hawaiian Airlines has now officially secured one of those routes and is pursuing one more.

Despite a few false starts and a variety of complications, Shannon Murphy and Laura Wentworth will soon celebrate the one-year anniversary of Sip Me!, “Makawao’s coffee, juice and treat shop.”

Ride horseback through the wooded upland trails of Lāna‘i, or explore heritage sites on a UTV tour and discover untouched Hawai‘i.