Maui Tomorrow Foundation Strongly Supports the Proposed Charter Amendment...
Now that a pandemic has halted tourism, we see the folly of overreliance on the visitor industry. Our existing agricultural system is NOT providing enough locally grown food. There are many reasons for...
View ArticleHa‘ikū and Pā‘ia Residents Ask to Be Heard Before County Council Votes on...
A special meeting of Board of Water Supply (BWS) was held this week, at which Ha‘ikū and Pā‘ia residents complained that they haven’t been consulted on the Maui Island Water Use and Development Plan...
View ArticleHotel Wailuku Project is On Hold
Mahalo to everyone who submitted comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the proposed Hotel Wailuku. We have now heard that the developer has put this project on hold (although it could...
View ArticleNorth Shore Citizens Feel Left out of Maui Water Use and Development Plan...
Maui’s Water Use and Development Plan (WUDP) is 1,200 pages long, 20 years overdue and has been read by very few. It’s hard to see specific plans in the bulky WUDP document, but the message is there...
View ArticleGrow Maui Jobs in Agriculture and Housing Construction: Maui Tomorrow...
Maui’s economy needs to be diversified! For decades, we have been placing more and more of our eggs in one basket. In the 1960s and 1970s, the visitor industry was helpful in countering the decline of...
View ArticleURGENT: Opportunity to Testify Requesting Amendments to the WUDP THIS FRIDAY,...
There is a new opportunity this Friday to provide public input about the Maui Water Use Development Plan. The Maui County Council vote on the Maui Water Use & Development Plan (WUDP) was postponed...
View ArticleHotel Wailuku: Two Opportunities To Stop It
UPDATE 1/26/2021 Good news! Maui Planning Commission recommended approval of the ordinance, and will forward itʻs recommendation to the Maui County Council. We will let you know when that comes up....
View ArticleMaui Tomorrow to Host “TOOLS FOR THE ‘ĀINA PROTECTOR” Free Webinar, March...
TOOLS FOR THE ‘ĀINA PROTECTOR A webinar to empower the community Webinar held live via Zoom Wednesday, March 31st, 2021 6:00PM – 7:30PM REGISTER HERE Maui Tomorrow Foundation is proud to host a new...
View ArticleMaui Tomorrow Encourages Community Support of the Visitor Accommodations...
Tourism on Maui has passed the point where it is serving residents, and is now negatively affecting our quality of life. While visitor arrivals have been breaking records lately, local resident...
View ArticleRegenerative Tourism: Beyond Maintenance!
By Dr. Genesis Young As a physician I always followed the Hippocratic oath to do no harm; sustainable tourism and anything sustainable should at the very least do no harm. However, our reefs are...
View ArticleOpportunity to Get Involved in South Maui and Pā’ia-Ha‘ikū Advisory...
Maui Tomorrow Foundation encourages community members who live in South Maui, Pā’ia, and Ha‘ikū to sign up to join their regional Advisory Committees to the Maui Planning Commission. This is a...
View ArticleMaui’s Visitor Industry Can Fund Affordable Housing for Residents
by Michael Williams, Maui Tomorrow Foundation President, and Albert Perez, Maui Tomorrow Foundation Executive Director For generations, Maui has been a beautiful, but expensive place to live,...
View ArticleCourt Invalidates Environmental Assessment for Wailea Luxury Housing Project
Judge Rules that Developer Cannot Separately Evaluate Projects Comprising the Remaining 135 Acres of Wailea Hoʻoponopono o Mākena, Maui Tomorrow Foundation, and Sierra Club of Hawai‘i prevailed today...
View ArticleASK MAUI COUNTY COUNCIL TO SUPPORT THE VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS MORATORIUM AND...
On December 3rd, the Maui County Council passed Bill 148, which would establish a Moratorium on new Transient Accommodations on Maui, and pause further development of new hotels, timeshares, short-term...
View ArticleCOUNTY COUNCIL OVERRIDES MAYOR’S VETO, VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS MORATORIUM TO...
Congratulations Maui! The County Council has heard our voices, and has voted to override Mayor Victorino’s veto of Bill 148, the Visitor Accommodations Moratorium. This bill will now become law, and...
View ArticleURGENT: YOUR EMAIL TESTIMONY IS NEEDED BY 12 NOON TOMORROW (FRIDAY, 2/18) TO...
Please support citizen groups who want to be YOUR VOICE before a bad development plan is approved for 670 acres between Maui Meadows and Mākena Golf course. Let Maui Planning Commission know you...
View ArticleMaui Tomorrow Encourages Support for a Limit on Maui County Transient...
SAVE THE DATE! On Friday April 22nd, at 9 AM, the Maui County Council will decide whether or not to refer a draft bill to establish a limit on the number of transient accommodations allowed in Maui...
View ArticleAn Opportunity to Protect South Maui’s Future
If you care about the future of South Maui, this is a huge opportunity to make a difference, from Māʻalaea to Mākena. The South Maui community planning process is getting underway. The Planning and...
View ArticleCALL FOR TESTIMONY on Tuesday, 8/9: The Tourist Accommodations Cap Bill is...
CALL TO ACTION! Many Maui residents agree that over tourism is a serious problem affecting our quality of life, and are looking for solutions. We canʻt control what the airlines do, so the best way...
View ArticlePLEASE TESTIFY this FRIDAY to Control Overtourism!
CALL TO ACTION: PLEASE TESTIFY THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21st. THIS IS OUR BIG CHANCE TO CONTROL OVERTOURISM! Maui residents agree that we already have too many visitors, yet the hotel development...
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