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Th e re ’s always been that spiritual Hawaiian sense of m a n aUpcountry. Next year there will be Mana Foods, a popular Pa‘i as tore opening a second location in the emerging town ofKulamalu. Mana Foods will offer everything from organic foodsto gourmet delicacies to health and beauty aids. It will include adeli, bulk foods section, full-service bakery, and the same killerchocolate raspberry cake that’s won fame islandwide.

“We are in the architectural design stage now and expect to beginconstruction by January 2007 and to be open by the end of2007,” says Ed Thielk, president of Mana Health Foods. Thielk says the Kulamalu store will be 50 percent larger than the company’s Pa‘i a location. “We envision the store as a neighborhood destination that will cater to its customers’ needswith pleasure and pride.”

Mana Foods’ new store in Kulamalu Town Center adds anotherpiece to a rapidly growing town that promises to become one ofthe most livable communities on the island.With more homes being built, a new off i c ebuilding filling up with tenants, and a newtown field perfect for an afternoon walk,Kulamalu is coming together.

Developer KSD Hawai‘i moved into the secondfloor of its new office building in mid-February.Built in a kama‘aina village style, the building’sinterior is fitted out with high-quality amenitiesf rom hardwood floors to elegant old-style wall sconces, says company president Kent Smith. Tenants on the Smith building’sground floor will include Fidelity National Title & Escrow, WellsFargo Mortgage, and Makani Nui Associates.

On the hilltop area below the town center, the first houses inKulamalu are completed and several families are ready to moveinto their new homes. Each home will have great views of thecentral valley and west Maui mountains. All 12 hilltop lots arealready spoken for.

Larry Carter and Robin Pilus are looking forward to moving into their home in early fall. “Robin saw the lot first and fell in love with it,” says Carter. The couple wanted a small-townatmosphere with big-town services nearby, and they loved the

c l i m a t e — s e v e r a ld e g rees coolerthan their present home in central Maui.

Upcountry police officers have also settled into Kulamalu andtheir new resource center, donated to the Maui Police Departmentby Dowling Company and contractor Goodfellow Brothers last

Kulamalu: ATown Takes Shape

Issue 3 Spring 2006

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The Green Scene . . . . . . 2

Community Giving . . . . 3, 4

Project Updates . . . . . . . 5

P r e s e rving Culture . . . . 6

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Clockwise: New office building,

Mana Health Foods President

Ed Thielk, hilltop homes

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LE E D-ing by Exam p l eDowling Company re p resentatives learned firsthand how green-building practices are driving a revolution in their industryat the fourth annual Greenbuild International Conference & Expoin Atlanta last November. The conference, presented by the U.S. Green Building Council, showcases the latest in methods,materials, and services designed to help the building industryleave a smaller ecological footprint on the planet. Last year’sconference drew more than 10,000 people from 30 nations.

For one Mauian who attended the conference as a guest ofDowling Company, exposure to the latest in green-building technology and information was a life-changing experience. Stacia Bobikevich, a county Department of Public Works andEnvironmental Management Recycling Section employee who hasa bachelor’s degree in environmental science with an emphasis onsustainable community development, “never quite saw an avenuefor using my degree,” until she attended Greenbuild. “I realizedinstantly this is a way I could contribute to sustainable development,” says Bobikevich. “I decided I'm going to becomeLEED cert i f i e d.”

LEED—Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design—is arating system that awards credits for building projects in severalenvironmental areas such as water efficiency, materials andresources, and indoor environmental quality. LEED-certified consultants help builders seek certification for their projects. Sincethe industry is still new, however, these consultants are few and farbetween, especially in Hawai‘i.

Like Bobikevich, Dowling Company project manager Mei LeeWong was impressed with the range of “green” products available, from energy-efficient lighting to systems that catch andfilter rainwater for use in toilets and landscaping. “There are anamazing number of environmentally friendly products out there.It’s something we need to work on introducing to the Islands,”Wong says.

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Wong is using many of these innovations in retrofitting the historic Dowling office building in Wailuku to earn LEED commercial interior certification. Her goal is to finish a list oftasks that includes installing water-efficient dual-flush toilets,retrofitting the interior lighting to be more energy efficient, andinstituting green housekeeping policies by using environmentallyfriendly cleaning products and recycling. Wong hopes to completethe list in time to be certified by the end of April.

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A Town Takes Shape cont. from page 1y e a r. The center will increase the effectiveness of Upcountrypolice by shortening response time and enabling officers to stayon their beats longer without re t u rning to a substation.

Above the police re s ource center, the Kulamalu Cowboys football team put the new athletic field to good use fro mS eptember to December with daily practice and several PopWarner league games.

Other neighbors in the new town still are waiting for building p e rmits. Tru-Lite Electric’s owner, Mark Miller, lives nearby and plans to move his electrical contracting office into a new t w o - s t o ry building in the town center next door to KSD Hawai‘i.Dr. Andrew Janssen’s chiropractic office and health club will be

located next to Tru-Lite. And Dowling Company is awaitingpermits on three additional office and retail buildings across thestreet from the health club and Tru-Lite. Construction has alsobegun on the University of Hawai‘i’s Advanced TechnologyResearch Center, future home of the internationally renownedInstitute for Astronomy, which will be located between the towncenter and the hilltop homes.

“It’s thrilling to see this community begin to take shape,” saysDowling Company project manager Mei Lee Wong. “We mayhave planted the seeds of Kulamalu, but the people who are bringing their families and businesses here are the real future ofthe town. They will grow this place into something truly special.”

Stacia Bobikevich,recycler andGreenbuild conference attendee

Educational institutions and causes benefited most from theDowling Community Improvement Foundation’s charitable dona-tions last year, receiving $380,735 out of a total $808,615 givento approximately 100 diff e rent organizations. The foundationalso made substantial contributions to health and human services,the arts, and Hawaiian culture.

“We believe business should benefit the community,” says EverettDowling, president of the foundation, which is the philanthropicarm of Dowling Company. “We are always on the lookout forprojects that will enhance Maui’s well-being, especially in theareas our foundation has chosen to focus on.”

The largest gift of 2005 went to Kamali‘i Elementary School,which received a total of $156,415 including a surprise birthdaygift of computers, new carpeting for the library, and cash to bespent on curriculum development and technology upgrades.Other educational recipients of DCI foundation grants includedSt. Anthony High School, Wailuku El e m e n t a ry School, thePukalani Elementary School Pare n t - Teacher Association, the King Kekaulike High School Parent Teacher StudentsAssociation, the Maui Nurses Scholarship Foundation, and‘Iao School Renaissance Educational Foundation. The DCIfoundation focuses its educational giving on communities nearDowling Company pro j e c t s .

The largest health-and-human-services gift was given to the MauiMemorial Medical Center Foundation in the form of a $125,000challenge grant. The grant was more than matched by the community—in the end raising an additional $540,000, accordingto the MMMC foundation. These funds will help spur development of the hospital’s new heart and vascular center.

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Other sizeable donations in the health-and-human-services fieldwent to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui, The American CancerS o c i e t y, Habitat for Humanity Maui, and The Alzheimer’sAssociation Maui.

The largest arts gift, $25,000, went to The Pacific Art sFoundation, a nonprofit organization that supports independentfilmmaking and other cultural arts in Hawaii. The foundations c reened the acclaimed Edgy Lee film “The Hawaiians” at theMaui Arts & Cultural Center for a Native Hawaiian audience.Other major gifts included $15,000 to Maui Academy ofPerforming Arts for its new Steppingstone Playhouse in QueenKa‘ahumanu Center, $15,000 to the Maui Arts & Cultural Centerfor its “A Gift for Generations to Come” capital campaign, and$20,000 to Hawai‘i Opera Theatre to support performances atMaui schools.

“ We ’ re happy to see all the great projects our foundation s u p p o rted in 2005,” says Dowling. “There are so many good people out there working for Maui and it’s a privilege to helpthem any way we can.”

Youth Sports $4,550 Environment $9,750

Arts $78,500

Civic /Misc.$81,050

Health and Human Services$207,943

Hawaiian Culture$46,087

Total Giving: $808,615

Education $380,735

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Dowling Com mu n i tyI m p rovement Foundat ion

2005 Don at ion sEducationBabson College

Baldwin High SchoolProject Graduation

Ha‘iku School PTA

Harvard UniversityGraduate School ofDesign

Hawai‘i Opera Theatre

‘Iao School Renaissance

Institute forInternational UrbanDevelopment

Kamali‘i ElementarySchool

King Kekaulike HighSchool Band Booster

King Kekaulike HighSchool PTSA

Maui NursesScholarship Foundation

People To People

Public Schools ofHawai‘i

Pukalani ElementarySchool PTA

Seabury Hall

St. Anthony GradeSchool

St. Anthony HighSchool

Stanford University

The Christian Academy

University of Hawai‘iFoundation

Upcountry Maui HighSchool Marching Band

Waihe‘e School

Wailuku ElementarySchool

Hawaiian CultureAloha Festivals

Aloha First—NaKupuna ‘O Maui

Central Maui HawaiianCivic Club

Hui ‘Ai Po.haku

Hui Malama I NaKupuna ‘O Hawai‘i Nei

Maui High SchoolProject Graduation

Na Leo Pulama O Maui

Na Mele O Maui

Envi ro n m e n tHawai‘i Nature Center

Maui Nui BotanicalGardens

Maui Habitat forHumanity

Keiki O Ka ‘Aina EcoVillage

Maui Coastal LandTrust

Arts“From the Top”Program (Hawai‘i Public Radio)

Hawai‘i Opera Theatre

Hui No‘eau Visual ArtsCenter

Maui Academy ofPerforming Arts

Mana‘o Radio

Maui Arts & CulturalCenter

Maui Arts & MusicAssociation

Maui Choral ArtsAssociation

Maui Onstage

The Pacific ArtsFoundation

Health & HumanServices A Keiki’s Dream

American CancerSociety

American HeartAssociation

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Maui

Boys & Girls Club

Hawai‘i Canines forIndependence

Ka Lima O Maui

Maui Gymnastics(Hurricane KatrinaRelief Fund)

Lokahi Adopt A Family

Maui Family YMCA

Maui Food Bank

Maui Habitat forHumanity

Maui Memorial MedicalCenter Foundation

Maui Youth & FamilyServices

Mental HealthAssociation of Maui

Muscular DystrophyAssociation

Maui EconomicOpportunity Inc.

National KidneyFoundation

The Alzheimer’sAssociation

The Terry Fox Run

Youth SportsAthletic Mustangs

Baldwin High SchoolBoys Soccer

Kahului Warriors Pop Warner Football

Kulamalu Cowboys Pop Warner Football

Maui Bronco All-Star A Team

Maui Bronco League

Maui Hurricanes ‘90Soccer

Maui Junior GolfAssociation

Maui National AmateurBaseball FederationLeague

Maui Sports &Entertainment Council

Maui Upcountry LittleLeague

Maui Winter LeagueAll-Stars

Maui High School GirlsSoccer

Molokai Pop WarnerAssociation

Wailuku HongwanjiJudo Club

Wailuku Rainbows Pop Warner Football

Miscellaneous9th Life Hawai‘i

Charity Walk

Hawai‘i Farm BureauFederation

Hawai‘i FirefightersAssociation

Hawai‘i Jaycees

J. Walter CameronCenter

Keawala‘iCongregational Church

Kiwanis Club of theValley Isle

Lions Club of Maui

Maui Americans ofJapanese Ancestry

Maui FilipinoCentennial Celebration

Maui Humane Society

Maui Visitors BureauBaseball Expo

Mayor ArakawaCommunity KokuaFund

Nisei Veterans Memorial Center

Rotary Club of Wailuku

Scotland AME ZionChurch

The American JewishCommittee

The Maui Farm

Urban Land InstituteAnnual Fund

United Filipino Council of Hawai‘i

Patience Means a Lot f or 104 Hawa i i a n s

After a 32-year wait, Timothy Akina deserved the cheers thatfilled Maui High School’s gymnasium as he crossed the basketballc o u rt last January. Akina, 54, was the first person selected toreceive a lot in the Villages of Leiali‘i housing project being builtin Lahaina by Dowling Company for the Department ofHawaiian Home Lands. A crowd of hundreds, many of whomhad waited decades on the DHHL listthemselves, applauded Akina as he wasawarded first choice of 104 new lots.

Akina and his wife, Mary Ellen, werehappily settled in their Makawao home,but the timing was perfect for theirdaughter Judee Mae and her husbandSamuel Aki, newlyweds who live andwork in Lahaina. “Dad is very happythat he can give me this gift,” JudeeMae Aki said, appearing rather pleasedherself.

The family was the first of manydelighted Hawaiians who received an affordable new home at DHHL’sfirst-ever west Maui development.Some shed tears of joy, others bounded down the bleachers anddanced across the gym floor when their names were called. Eachname was greeted by shouts of congratulations from the crowd,most of whom were longtime west Maui neighbors. Before thefirst homes were even built, it was clear Leiali‘i was well on itsway to becoming a tight-knit community.

Once all the names had been called, the new homeowners were allowed to choose from six models with two, three, or four bedrooms. Homecosts ranged from $145,000 to $250,000. Lots,which averaged 6,500 square feet, cost $1 peryear for a 99-year lease. Construction kickedoff in March, and the first homes should becompleted by October.

“Today is probably the second-best daywe’ll experience this year,” DowlingCompany President Everett Dowlingtold the excited crowd. “The bestday will be when we start turningyour keys over to you.”

The process that led to January’s lot selection began months ago,when Dowling Company staff put together a project offeringinformation packet and mailed it out to the 3,000 people on theMaui Island DHHL waiting list. Recipients were required to indicate interest by October 2005, after which HomeStreet Bank,the project’s lead lender, spent 45 days pre-qualifying applicants

financially. The list of those who qualifiedwas sent to DHHL, which checked toensure each applicant had at least 50 percent Hawaiian blood. This screeningprocess brought the total down to 445, allof whom were invited to the lot selection.

On the big day, applicants were greeted byDHHL Chairman Micah Kane and hisstaff, Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa, andDowling Company staff—all nearly asexcited as the applicants whom they ledt h rough a complex but carefully o rchestrated process. Among the 104 successful applicants were multi-genera-tional families sharing a home or living intiny apartments, several folks in public

housing, and even a few families who came into the lot selectionhomeless and left as proud homeowners.

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L e i a l i ‘ i i salready oni ts way to

b e coming at ig h t- k n i t

com mu n i ty.

Alexander Ross and Hannah Hettcelebrate after being chosen from DHHL’s waiting list toreceive lots in Leiali‘i

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Po oling Resources, Preserving the Pas tStone by stone, workers are restoring a fishpond in Kihei thatonce fed the ancient chiefs of south Maui. At the same time, NaKoa Kau I Ka Meheu O Na Kupuna (“Warriors Who Walk in theFootsteps of Their Ancestors”) believes its members are rebuild-ing their culture.

A recent donation of $6,500 to ‘Ao‘ao O Na Loko I‘a O Maui(Association of the Fishponds of Maui) from the DowlingCommunity Improvement Foundation aims to help in the rebuilding of both wall and culture. The fishpond associationworked for years to obtain the permits re q u i red by modern regulations to allow workers to replace stones in the wall en c i rcling Ko‘ie‘ie pond, just off s h o re from the HawaiianIslands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary head-q u a rters in Kihei.

Fishponds were a vital part of the food production system of theancient Hawaiians, who were early masters of aquaculture .Ko‘ie‘ie is the best-preserved fishpond along the South Mauis h o reline and was traditionally re s e rved for use by the a l i ‘ i .Legend says the wall was built in a single night by m e n e h u n e. It was rebuilt, probably in the 1500s, by the great chief ‘ U mi- a-L l loa.

“The Dowling Foundation donation will be used for specialequipment needed for the project and for education,” fishpondassociation president Kimokeo Kapahulehua says. The fishpondassociation will use the site to teach school groups and the publicabout Hawaiian customs, values, and the ocean environment.

photo© Michael Elam