On Thursday, August 29th, our team hosted a community open house at Kahuku High School and Intermediate cafeteria. Over 150 community members were in attendance. A special mahalo to Kahuku High School for the space, Country Beach Bus for providing the dinner, Henry Fong for sharing his beautiful ‘ilima plants with the community, music by Stanley Albrecht, and a beautiful pule and ‘oli by Kela Miller and Cy Bridges.

The evening provided an opportunity to share and listen. After a presentation, guests were invited to meet the team positioned at various information booths around the room.  Several of the stations were interactive in nature allowing the community a chance to share their vision for the future, identify community needs, and priorities for responsible development.

About 20% of the meeting’s attendees participated and expressed that the protection of education and native wildlife was the most meaningful aspect of the project. Out of 12 choices, public access, traffic mitigation, and local housing rose to the top 3 most pressing community needs.

Comments cards, a link to a short survey, and a career opportunity form were also available for attendees to drop their questions, share their mana‘o, and express their interest in learning more. A total of 51 comment cards, 7 surveys, and 5 career interest forms were completed.

To learn more and view the hand-out that was shared at the community meeting click here. To fill out the online survey to share your feedback, please click here.