Developer targeting esteemed Walker Estate

Developer targeting esteemed Walker Estate

Posted on: Thursday, June 29, 2006
The Honolulu Advertiser
By Andrew Gomes
Advertiser Staff Writer

The century-old Walker Estate in Nu'uanu could be carved up under a plan to build homes on the property and remove part of the estate from state and national historical registers.
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Developer targeting esteemed Walker Estate

Honolulu Advertiser

Designs on Chinatown

Designs on Chinatown

By Mary Vorsino
Advertiser Urban Honolulu Writer
Over the past 40 years, a string of urban renewal programs have focused on Chinatown's 15 square city blocks of open-air markets and antique buildings.

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Fixing up Chinatown should not destroy its authenticity

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Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program announces informational workshops on rural planning in June 2006

The Office of Planning and the Hawaii Coastal Zone Management Program (OP/CZM) invite you to the second set of informational workshops on rural planning to be held in each county during June 13-19, 2006.

Attached is a flyer and registration form with information on the dates, times, and locations for the workshops. Please feel free to pass this information along to friends, associates, and others in your organization or community.

The June workshops will explore a range of rural standards, alternative infrastructure and service standards, alternative site design, and other practices and tools that are being used to manage growth in rural areas and maintain rural communities, landscapes, and environmental quality. The workshops are part of the OP/CZM's Rural Policy & Best Practices Project, a project to assist the counties and the State in examining how rural land use policies and standards might be improved to ensure that Hawaii's rural areas and communities remain part of the legacy we leave to future generations.

If you attended a May workshop, we welcome you back to the upcoming workshop, and hope it will provide information to answer some of the key questions raised in the May workshops about rural planning. If you did not attend the May workshops, the June workshop will begin by recapping the key questions and highlights from the May workshop.

Registration for the June workshop:

Please fill out the registration form and return it to OP via email, mail, or fax.

A headcount is needed for the Oahu workshop, so please try to register before June 5, 2006.

Maps of the facilities can be found at the following links:
Hilo Room 306, Campus Center, University of Hawaii at Hilo http://www.uhh.hawaii.edu/uhh/maps.php#main
Maui Gallery Room, Maui Arts & Cultural Center -- number 6 on the map http://www.mauiarts.org/images/MACCpropmap05.jpg
Honolulu Maui Room, Second Floor, Neal Blaisdell Exhibition Hall -- access will be from the Concourse and the second floor lanai on the Ward Avenue side of the building



We hope that you will join us, and we look forward to a lively discussion! If you have any questions, please contact Ruby Edwards, (808) 587-2817, redwards@dbedt.hawaii.gov, or Sibel Mestanova, (808) 587-2898, smestanova@dbedt.hawaii.gov.

Grants for Homeowners, Nonprofits Available

Historic Hawai‘i Foundation has announced a new preservation grant program for historic residential or commercial building improvements. Through a grant from the Hawai`i Community Foundation’s Historic Preserves of Hawai`i Fund, HHF is able to distribute four grants of $1500 to homeowners or non-profit organizations.

“We realize that private owners of historic homes and non-profit organizations are at a disadvantage in obtaining any grant money for building improvements; yet these are the people in our community who are doing actual preservation work and helping to maintain the character of our neighborhoods,” said Kiersten Faulkner, HHF’s executive director. “Although these grants are small, this in an opportunity for us to support their preservation efforts and offer them some encouragement.”

Grants will be awarded for restoration or rehabilitation work for stabilization, windows and entryways or exterior finishes. To be eligible, buildings must be listed on the National or State Register of Historic Places, either as individual structures or as a contributing building in a district. For other eligibility and program requirements, please see the attached guidelines and application information.