Maui Business

A groundbreaking ceremony takes place this week for Heritage Hall, the multi-purpose community complex that honors the history and culture of Portuguese and Puerto Rican immigrants to Maui.

The program is open to public schools serving students at the intermediate, high school, and college grade levels on the islands of Maui, Molokaʻi, and Oʻahu.

Huber Pools was featured at the top of the Pacific Business News’ “Hawaiʻi’s Fastest 50” list in 2007, when it reported revenue growth of 1667%. It has gone on to place in the competition an additional five times over it’s eight years of eligibility.

The County of Maui announced it has received a Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its annual financial report.

On Maui, the revised map reflects two new flood studies of areas around Keokea and Waikapū Streams. The Maui meeting will run from 3 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 9 at the Kīhei Community Center, with a presentation at 5 p.m.

Committee Chair Don Couch said the bill prohibits a home business from generating greater traffic than would normally be expected in a neighborhood. It also prohibits hours of operation that would interfere with the use and enjoyment of adjacent properties.

The Maui Fair is accepting entries for both its livestock and poultry exhibit and its hobbies and crafts exhibit for the upcoming 2014 Fab Fair that runs from October 2 to 5, 2014.

The Mayor’s Office of Economic Development released a list of workshops scheduled in September that are open to the general public. The workshops are offered at the Maui County Business Resource Center (at the Maui Mall across from Pizza Hut) and are free unless otherwise noted.

Developers for the proposed Piʻilani Promenade in South Maui are requesting comments on the Draft Environmental Impact Statement they filed for a mixed-use development in Kīhei.

There’s still time to take in the food and abundance of what event organizers say is Maui’s “most blogged-about culinary destination event,” Kā‘anapali Fresh, taking place this weekend in West Maui.

At this time impact to the Maui Memorial Medical Center will result in the closure of Molokini II, according to Maui region chief executive officer of Hawaiʻi Health System Corporation, Wes Lo.

The makers of Ocean Organic Vodka announced plans to expand their market to include rum. The new Deep Island Hawaiian Rum is made from organic sugar cane and blended with deep ocean mineral water and launch production beginning on Sept. 1.

The county Department of Housing and Human Concerns is proposing the construction of the Hale Maha‘olu ʻEwalu Senior Residential Housing Project on four acres of land within the Kulamalu Commercial subdivision developed by the Dowling Company.

Kent Hiranaga is currently a resident of Pāʻia, Maui. The new appointments bring to seven the number of members on the nine-seat commission, and restores the Land Use Commission’s ability to meet quorum following five resignations in July.

Hospice Maui is proposing the development of a five-bedroom care facility adjacent to its existing offices on Mahalani Street. The organization anticipates that full hospice care in the proposed facility with room and board would cost less than a third of the cost associated with hospitalization.

On Maui, higher daily spending in July of 2014 (up 10.3% to $206 per person) among the 225,727 visitors (up 0.2%) to Maui contributed to an 8.2% gain in visitor expenditures to $365.8 million.

Highlights of the plan include: achieving more than 65% renewable energy; reducing electric bills by 20%; and nearly tripling the amount of distributed solar by 2030.

The project calls for the development of a mix of light industrial and business/commercial uses with approximately 226 apartment units on 75 acres of land mauka of the Piʻilani Highway in North Kīhei. The Draft EIS is subject to a 45-day public review and comment period that runs through October 7th.

A King Kekaulike High School graduate won the Innovation Award for his creation of a device for special needs students and those with severe disabilities that enables them to grip paintbrushes.

Consultants for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program will describe how to optimize resource efficiency in Hawaiʻi’s commercial buildings.