🌱 How to comment on Lahaina’s updated disaster recovery buyout plan
Lahaina, Hawaii Patch AM: a 4 min readWhat's up Lahaina! Let's start this morning right by getting caught up on what's going on around town. Keep reading to stay in the loop. ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How to comment on Lahaina’s updated disaster recovery buyout plan
- How Lahaina volunteers are turning Ka Malu into a thriving green kīpuka.
- See how Lahaina’s new mass timber bunkhouse speeds wildfire recovery.
Today's riddle: What did the boy say when his dog fell off the cliff? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Some sun with a few showers, with a high of 83 and low of 70 degrees.
- Friday: Some sun with a few showers, temps: high: 83, low: 70.
- Saturday: Sunny to partly cloudy, with a high of 85 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Amendment to County's CDBG-DR Action Plan open for public comment (einpresswire.com) — Lahaina residents can now review and comment on proposed changes to Maui County’s disaster recovery buyout program, including new limits and priorities for property assistance. Feedback is open through July 1 and can be submitted online, by email, mail, or in person at the Lahaina Resource Center on Keawe Street or the Kakoʻo Maui center in Kahului. 
2. Community kākoʻo brings Ka Malu site to life in Lahaina (ksbe.edu) — Community volunteers and Kamehameha Schools are transforming the Ka Malu site in Kuʻia, Lahaina, by planting native and Polynesian-introduced trees and restoring ʻāina long altered by plantation-era impacts. Recent workdays have drawn Lahaina residents and students who help with irrigation, invasive removal, and new plantings, while plans advance for medicinal gardens, native flowering trees, and educational signage from ma uka to ma kai.
3. First-of-its-kind mass timber home built in Lahaina (hawaiipublicradio.org) — A new mass timber “Bunkhouse” is rising in Lahaina to house volunteers rebuilding homes after the wildfires, with completion expected in August. Designed for quick assembly and future conversion to affordable housing, the project also trains hundreds of local carpenter apprentices, aiming to speed Lahaina’s recovery while strengthening Maui’s construction workforce.
4. HDOT starting preliminary environmental studies for Lahaina Bypass Phase 1C : Maui Now (mauinow.com) — Lahaina residents can expect a major extension of the Lahaina Bypass, with environmental studies now underway for a new three-mile northern segment from Keawe Street to Kakaʻalaneo Drive. Funded partly by $100 million in federal wildfire disaster money, construction is targeted to start in 2028 and finish by late 2030, with public meetings planned in early July to gather community input.
5. News Release – Hawaiʻi Selected for Behavioral Health Clinic Medicaid Demonstration Program (hawaii.gov) — Lahaina’s state-run adult mental health clinic on Maui is slated to become a fully certified Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic by January 1, 2027, expanding coordinated services for local residents. Hawaiʻi has been chosen for a federal Medicaid demonstration that will bring sustainable funding for crisis care, substance use treatment, and long-term recovery support across the islands, including Lahaina and Kahului.
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- To all the dog walkers on Mahinahina St:
I have planted too many tomato plants, so if you see ripe ones on the vine, help yourself to one or two. (Nextdoor Mahinahina) - The Holistic Learning Center of Maui is now 10 years old!
Celebrate with me! If you book a June or July appointment and wish us a Happy Anniversery, your session will be discounted 10%. See what the #1… (Nextdoor Launiupoko)
- Marriott posted a job opening for Housekeeper - Rooms in Lahaina. Apply here.
- Hawaii State Department of Education posted a job opening for Lahainaluna High: CTE Industrial & Engineering Technology Teacher, 65781 (2026-00723) in Lahaina. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Lahaina here.
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Doggone! (Thank you Juanita B. for sending it in!)
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