March 2009 PDF
March 2009
Food Self-Sufficiency in Hawai`i Ever More Difficult, Ever More Urgent
PingSun Leung and Matthew Loke. “Economic Impacts of Increasing Hawai`i’s Food Self-Sufficiency.” Cooperative Extension Service, Economic Issues, Dec. 2008 (EI-16). Cooperative Extension Service, College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawai`i at Manoa. David S. Battisti and Rosamond … Continued
Board Talk
Board Discussion of Mauna Kea Plan Hints at Controversies Yet to Come “Mauna Kea is where heaven, earth and stars find union. Not just any heaven, but Wakea, not just any earth, but Papahanaumoku, and not just any constellation of … Continued
Affordable Housing Agreement Could Give Bridge Two Credits for Each Unit Built
A draft agreement between the Hawai`i County Office of Housing and Community Development and Bridge `Aina Le`a calls for Bridge to receive up to two credits for each unit of affordable housing it builds. Under the county Affordable Housing Code, … Continued
Bridge `Aina Le`a Gets Drubbing From the Land Use Commission
“To some extent, we’ve been had,” said the chairman of the state Land Use Commission, commenting on the painfully slow progress by landowners to move forward with a development proposed in the area of Puako, on the Kohala Coast of … Continued
Commission Delays Forcing Developer To Justify Urban Designation at Kuilima
The state Land Use Commission does not seem to be in any rush to force Kuilima Resort Company to show why 236 acres of Urban land on the North Shore of O`ahu should not revert to the Agricultural District. Last … Continued