There will be an important community meeting for protection of agricultural land in Lualualei. The Wai’anae Sustainable Community Plan final draft will be discussed. The developers who want to industrialize Wai’anae have inserted a “purple spot” of urban zoning into the plan in the middle of historically productive agricultural land in Lualualei. This is also an important site to Maui the Demigod, who according to legend was born in Lualualei.<\/p>\n
PLEASE HELP WITH THESE TWO ACTIONS:<\/p>\n
1. The Concerned Elders of Wai’anae are organizing sign holding\u00a0\u00a0 Wednesday, November 10, 4:00 pm at the MacDonalds in Lualualei<\/p>\n
2. Come to the Public Meeting.<\/p>\n
CALL TO ACTION!<\/p>\n
Public Meeting<\/p>\n
Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010 – 7PM<\/p>\n
Wai\u2018anae Sustainable Community Plan<\/p>\n
St. Philip\u2019s Church in Ma\u2018ili<\/p>\n
87-227 St. John\u2019s Road, Waianae, HI 96792<\/p>\n
KEEP WAI’ANAE COUNTRY!<\/p>\n
For more information: http:\/\/bit.ly\/purplespot, call 524-8220 or marti@kahea.org.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Until the 1980s, this land was a working farm.<\/p>\n
\u2022 A corporation from Japan evicted the farmer, to try to build a golf course. Wai\u02bbanae residents protested, and the golf course proposal failed.<\/p>\n
\u2022 Today, developers are working to change the zoning from agricultural to industrial. These developers want to build a new industrial park on this land.<\/p>\n
\u2022 This is one of three major proposals to expand industrial land use in Lualualei Valley–including new landfills—right next to existing farms, schools, and homes.<\/p>\n