Koolau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan

Background

The Koolau Loa area has been developing its Sustainable Communities Plan (KLSCP) for more than 15 years. The process has led, in recent years, to a divide between residents living (mostly) in Laie and Kahuku and residents living in the other small towns along the Northeast coast of Oahu over whether or not to approve a large development plan as a part of the KLSCP that would create a new town in Malaekahana. The development is being pushed by the Mormon church, which is headquartered in Laie, while community members who are outside the church object to the development and say that it does not match with the KLSCP’s over-arching “keep the country, country” directive. Stories in this collection overlap with stories in the Envision Laie collection.

Oahu communities roundly oppose Malaekahana development
  • News Report

At a press conference today, the opposition to Malaekahana development expressed their reasons for supporting zoning chair Ikaika Anderson's proposed amendments to Bill 47. Read More »

Will Caron
City Council to decide the fate of Malaekahana
  • News Report

Zoning committee chair Anderson will introduce amendments that would kill most of the controversial proposed “Envision Laie” development on the rural northeast coast of Oahu. Read More »

Will Caron
Ko‘olau Loa neighborhood board votes in favor of Envision Lā‘ie
  • News Report

Amid continued opposition from residents outside the Lā‘ie and Mormon communities, the board voted 6-4 to support the major development plan. Read More »

Will Caron
Envision Laie is hotspot of disagreement in Koolauloa
  • News Report

Residents from outside the Lā‘ie and Mormon Church communities overwhelmingly oppose the current version of the KLSCP Read More »

Will Caron
What’s in the Ko‘olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan?
  • Analysis

Tomorrow at 6pm the Honolulu City Council Zoning and Planning Committee will hear testimony on Bill 47, the Ko‘olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan (KLSCP) at the Kahuku High School cafeteria. We take a look at some of the key elements of the plan. Read More »

Will Caron
Watered Down
  • Analysis

What's changed about the Ko‘olau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan over the past 15 years? Read More »

Will Caron
Council Zoning Committee to meet on divisive Laie development
  • Announcement
Jamie Winpenny
Construction could become a fixture in Laie.
Courtesy Photo
220-room Laie Marriott permit a key hurdle for Envision Laie development plans
  • News Report
Jade Eckardt
An aerial view of Koolau Loa's Laie town. The 2000 census reported that there were 4,585 people, 903 households, and 735 families in Laie.
Koolau Loa Neighborhood Board support for Envision Laie ruled null and void
  • News Report
Samson Kaala Reiny
Supporters of the Envision Laie development, wearing blue t-shirts, pack the Koolau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan community meeting on December 7.
Meeting to hear public comments on Koolau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan
  • News Report

Envision Laie, large-scale development, and Turtle Bay resort among many issues Read More »

November 4:  Koolau Loa Sustainable Communities Plan meeting happens tonight
  • Announcement
 Koolau Loa Neighborhood Board to discuss sustainability plan, Fort Drum Road
  • Announcement
Jade Eckardt
Revised land use plans for Koolau Loa, North Shore available for review
  • Announcement
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