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An informative e-Zine brought to you by Hideaway Cove Villas 2307 & 2315 Nalo Road, Poipu, HI 96756 Toll Free: 866-849-2426; www.hideawaycove.com
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An informative e-Zine brought to you by Hideaway Cove Villas 2307 & 2315 Nalo Road, Poipu, HI 96756 Toll Free: 866-849-2426; www.hideawaycove.com
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 It wasn’t news when landowner Alexander and Baldwin (A & B) took on a joint venture partner (Arizona based DMB Associates) for their 1045 acre Kukui’Ula project. If you can’t pronounce that name, don’t feel bad, I still butcher it after 10 years of living here. Think of Kukui, like in Kukui Grove or kukui nut tree (koo koo ee). Then add Ula like in…I don’t know what, maybe ou la la? The name comes from the name of the harbor located about half way into the project. If you’re driving down Spouting Horn Road, this project is all the land to your right (except Lawai Beach Resort and Prince Kuhio Condos) down the entire length of the road and for a ways beyond the end of the road, right on the ocean. 1,045 acres is a LOT of undeveloped land in this prime location.  Hat’s off to these guys! I attended a presentation at the Hyatt Regency given by Michael Roberts, the individual DMB has assigned to head the project here on Kauai. Talk about a great representative, he is well spoken and very sensitive to the wants and needs of the community. One example—the original plan called for several small parks spread across the acreage. DMB did a parks needs assessment that included input from the community, county and other stake-holders. As a result, the new plan calls for one large, 22 acre park along Poipu Road not far from Koloa School. What a great idea! Another major change is the resort hotel/timeshare component of the project. Originally a 200-300 room resort was planned with an equal number of timeshare units. The new plan calls for a smaller and more intimate boutique resort with 60-70 rooms in the first phase. Timeshare will be limited to 100 or so units. The idea is that a smaller upscale resort hotel located away from the ocean won’t really compete with the bigger South Shore properties, the Hyatt and Sheraton, both located on the beach. Only one person at the presentation asked the “d” question “What are the demographics for this project”. The politically correct answer was “We are in the process of studying that issue”. I think what the person asking the question meant was, how affordable will this housing be? DUH. You don’t reduce density by one half on the most valuable 1,000 plus acres in Poipu and propose to build affordable housing there. It goes without saying that fewer units means higher prices for what IS built. Then again, Poipu is currently the most expensive location on the south shore, so the area will definitely support whatever this partnership proposes to build. Kudos to them for what appears to be a well thought out master planned community. EXPANSION IN
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ECO RESORT ON THE WEST SIDE The Kauai County Planning Commission has approved a resort on land owned by the Robinson family. The land will be developed as a 250 unit eco-resort on 160 acres on the ocean. Work is expected to begin in about a year. The project will restore the old Robinson family home, which will be used in the project. Some of you may remember the cover story in Fortune magazine five or so years ago that profiled the Robinson family. The article stated that the family was land rich and cash poor, so poor in fact that they were having problems paying the taxes on all of their land holdings which include much of the West Side as well as the island of Niihau (making the family one of the five largest land owners on the island). This resort at Makawehi should go a long way toward solving that problem for the family. The resort promises to be respectful of the heritage of the land and provide sorely needed employment for citizens of the West Side.
COMING EVENTS IN OCTOBER
Monday through Friday
October 4 - 14, 2002
October 5, 2002
Fridays and Sundays
October 5 and 6, 2002
Tuesdays through Saturdays
October 6 - 12, 2002
October 12, 2002
Mondays through Fridays
October 12, 2002
Mondays – Fridays October 12 and 13, 2002
October 19, 2002
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
October 19, 2002
October 19, 2002
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 The air is coming and we don’t mean a pair of Air Jordan tennis shoes. We are finally moving ahead with air conditioning for the 2307 building. I say finally because we still have only one bid in spite of six weeks of trying to get at least one other. We did manage to get one individual (who shall go unnamed) to come out spend an hour looking at things. He walked the property, drew a diagram and “talked story” about how busy he was and assured that he would back to us with a bid the following week. He had us convinced, after all he walked the walk and talked the talk, didn’t he. No, I guess not. Four weeks later and still no word. Somehow I couldn’t bring myself to call and ask why he didn’t bother to provide a bid for a $25,000 air conditioning job. I suspect the answer could be any one of a number I’ve heard before here on Kauai; however bottom line no second bid. Hopefully, by the time you read this at least part of the job will be completed. One thing I can say with certainty is that the project will be completed in time for Christmas!
Things Found Only In America 1. Only in America......can a pizza get to your house faster than an ambulance. 2. Only in America......are there handicap parking places in front of a skating rink. 3. Only in America......do drugstores make the sick walk all the way to the back of the store to get their prescriptions while healthy people can buy cigarettes at the front. 4. Only in America......do people order double cheese burgers, large fries, and a diet Coke. 5. Only in America......do banks leave both doors to the vault open and then chain the pens to the counters. 6. Only in America......do we leave cars worth thousands of dollars in the driveway and put our useless junk in the garage. 7. Only in America......do we use answering machines to screen calls and then have call waiting so we won't miss a call from someone we didn't want to talk to in the first place. 8. Only in America......do we buy hot dogs in packages of ten and buns in packages of eight. 9. Only in America......do we use the word "politics" to describe the process so well: "poli" in Latin meaning "many" and "tics" meaning "bloodsucking creatures." 10. Only in America......do they have drive-up ATM machines with Braille lettering.
One day a blonde is sitting on a plane next to one of those annoying, pushy businessmen. He asks her if she would like to play a game. She politely declines, but the man explains the game to her anyway. He says, "It goes like this: I will ask you a question and if you get it wrong you will give me $5, and vice-versa." She says no again, and tries to fall asleep. The man tries harder, saying, "Aw, come on. I'll give you $50 for each question. Or how about $500?" At that number, the blonde agrees. The businessman explains again, "If you get my question wrong you give me $5. And when you ask the question, and I get it wrong, I will pay you $500. "Got it," she replies. He asks, "Who was the sixth president?" She admits she doesn't know and gives him $5. Now it's her turn, and she says, "What has purple legs, five arms and only two yellow teeth?" The businessman doesn't know - he uses his laptop, checks the Internet, e-mails his friends. No one knows the answer. So he gives her $500.00. Then, as they're landing he asks her, "What was that thing anyway?" She thinks a few minutes, hands him $5 and walks off the plane.
 This newsletter is already pretty long, so we’ll skip the real estate corner this month. Anyone heart broken by this decision, can e-mail me your sentiments!
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October
3, 2002
Monday
through Thursday
which
become the theme for that art night. All the galleries are lit up and decked
out giving the town a special atmosphere. Enjoy a stroll down the streets
of quaint, historic Hanapepe Town and meet the local artists. This
is also the only night of the week the Hanapepe Café is open for
dinner and it is a wonderful restaurant serving vegetarian fare. For Art
Night info, call Lew or Annette Shortridge at (808) 335-0343.