At the request of the Waiohuli Hawaiian Homestead Association, Inc. (WHHA) and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL), Nohopapa Hawai‘i, LLC (Nohopapa) conducted a Cultural Impact Assessment to inform an Environmental Assessment supporting the Waiohuli Economic Development Opportunities (“WE DO”) located within the ahupuaʻa of Waiohuli, Kula Moku, Maui Mokupuni, TMKs (2) 2-2-028:181 and (2) 2-2-002:014. Through ethnohistorical background research and community engagement efforts, this CIA provides an assessment of the proposed project’s potential impacts to cultural resources, defined as practices and features, which may include Traditional Cultural Properties (TCP) of ongoing cultural significance that may be eligible for inclusion on the Hawaiʻi Register of Historic Places, in accordance with Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (HRS) Chapter 6E guidelines for significance criteria (AR §13-284) under Criterion E​. 

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The project involves a public-private collaboration with WHHA and Pueo Development LLC that combines traditional construction of a master plan development with community-based job opportunities derived from development of infrastructure, agricultural cultivation, renewable energy, and water source development to create long-term economic sustainability for the Waiohuli community. The goal of the project is to provide short and long-term economic opportunities that will foster greater self-sufficiency for the people of upcountry Maui through capacity building and jobs homegrown at the roughly 150-acre site. With the primary goal of creating community-based economic opportunities, the project includes the development of a master plan that incorporates a variety of land uses to support the community.

 

Proposed Land Use Include:

• Community Support Training Facilities

• Infrastructure Training Sites

• Agricultural Development Training Sites

• Renewable Energy Development/Training Sites

• Natural Drainage Gulch Areas