Maui Business

Phi Theta Kappa, Psi Sigma Chapter, the honor society at UH Maui College, launched a toy closet to help wish-granting volunteers associated with Make-A-Wish Hawaii connect with local keiki battling life-threatening medical conditions.

The Global Entry Program allows participants to complete expedited customs and immigration procedures using self-service kiosks at over 50 airports in the US, Canada and select overseas locations, including Honolulu International Airport.

Mayor Alan Arakawa has proclaimed the week of May 9-13 as “National Small Business Week” for Maui County.

The Maui Economic Development Board is seeking entrepreneurs to participate in the 2016 Startup Weekend Maui set for May 13 to 15.

Montage Kapalua Bay and Kapalua Golf will sponsor a nine-hole golf tournament on Saturday, May 7, to benefit this year’s Visitor Industry Charity Walk.

The Maui Friends of the Library, in cooperation with Whole Foods Market, is offering shoppers the opportunity to make donations to purchase new library materials for a bookmobile set to roll into Maui in June 2016.

Maui Friends of the Library will hold a used book sale at the MFOL Warehouse next to the Pu‘unēnē Bookstore on Saturday, April 9, from 8 a.m. to noon.

Discovery Land Company, a luxury community developer, is preparing for the construction phase of its development of Makena Golf & Beach Club at Makena Beach & Golf Resort in Mākena-Wailea, which will close on July 1, 2016.

Minit Stop awarded Caitlyn Harrowby two free roundtrip interisland tickets for winning the Minit Stop Valentine’s Day contest in February 2016.

The public is welcome to testify at upcoming budget hearings for Fiscal Year 2017 to support for protection of the Hamakua area.

Two instructors from the Maui Social Media School will hold “Creating a Social Media Marketing Plan,” a full-day social media training workshop for startup entrepreneurs and small business owners, on Thursday, May 19, 2016, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Maui Research & Technology Center, 590 Līpoa Parkway in Kīhei.

Mayor Alan Arakawa, Public Works Director David Goode, and Environmental Management Director Stewart Stant will explore proposed Fiscal Year 2017 budget and capital improvement projects on Akakū Channel 55 on Wednesday, April 6, at 7 p.m.

The Rotary Club of Lahaina Sunset invites the public to learn more about the West Maui Greenway on Tuesday, April 5, at a talk by Maui Bicycling League Co-founder Lee Chamberlain.

In its rating report, S&P said the state-projected fiscal 2016 budgetary performance benefits from strong revenue trends that have enabled Hawai‘i to build its cash and reserve balances.

If approved by the PUC, installation of smart meters is expected to begin as early as 2017 on Oʻahu and 2018 on Hawai‘i Island and in Maui County.

Mike Burr has been on Maui since 1989. He is the general manager of Maui Kai Resort and holds affiliations with CERT, Condo Council of Maui, Maui Chamber of Commerce and West Maui Taxpayers Association.

Applications for Kamehameha Schools Preschool Scholarships through the Pauahi Keiki Scholars program are available statewide through April 30, 2016, for the 2016-17 school year.

Mayor Arakawa noted that the county would help workers whenever possible, but that Makena Resort’s situation is much different than Hawaiian Commercial & Sugar’s layoffs, which were announced in January 2016.

It is the first company on Maui and one of only seven in the Hawaiian Islands to receive this prestigious designation.

Applications for Kamehameha Schools College Scholarships for the 2016-17 school year are available through April 20.