Aloha Members,
Please send us questions (by return email) that you would like asked of our elected officials by noon July 6th for the membership meeting next Thursday. We will compile all questions submitted and ask the most frequently submitted ones.
Senator Bunda, Rep. Magaoay and Councilman Dela Cruz will be present at this next membership meeting Thursday, July 8th 7pm at Waimea Valley Pikake Pavilion. Light refreshments will be served. $5 for members and $10 for nonmembers.
Also, please plan on attending and testifying at the Public Hearing regarding school consolidation (possible closing of one of the elementary schools) next Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at Haleiwa Elementary School Cafeteria. More information will be forthcoming. The Chamber Board of Directors voted to support the Waialua Complex's recommendation to keep all schools (Waialua High, Waialua Elem., and Haleiwa Elem.) open.
Mahalo nui,
Antya
Friday, July 02, 2010
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Membership Meeting Rescheduled to July 8th in evening @ Pikaki Pavilion
Aloha Members,
The meeting for tomorrow morning has been rescheduled for Thursday the 8th at 7PM in the evening at Waimea Valley Pikaki Pavilion. We needed to reschedule to accommodate the schedules of our elected officials. Please mark your calendars now.
The agenda will be forthcoming.
Mahalo,
Antya
The meeting for tomorrow morning has been rescheduled for Thursday the 8th at 7PM in the evening at Waimea Valley Pikaki Pavilion. We needed to reschedule to accommodate the schedules of our elected officials. Please mark your calendars now.
The agenda will be forthcoming.
Mahalo,
Antya
Thursday, June 24, 2010
North Shore Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors 2010-2011
Susan Matsushima
Chair, Alluvion
Bill Martin
Vice Chair, Island X Hawaii
Karen Campbell
Recording Secretary, Waialua Soda Works
Marianne Abrigo
Corresponding Secretary, Marianne Abrigo Properties
Susan Lau
Treasurer, First Hawaiian Bank
Josh Heimowitz
Past Chair, YMCA Camp Erdman
Kalani Fronda
Haleiwa Main Street Program Chair, Kamehameha Schools
Ed D’Ascoli
Executive Committee Member, Xcel Wetsuits
Paul Saccoccio
Legal Affairs, Saccoccio & Lopez
Chet Naylor
Fundraising Committee Advisor, Waimea Falls Grill & Sharks Cove Grill
Bob Boyle
Director, Turtle Bay Resort
Jane Duncan
Director, Patagonia
Carolyne Lazar
Visitor Center Chair, Coffee Gallery
John E. Moore
Infrastructure Chair, Strong Current & Grass Skirt Grill
Will Schoettle
Public Relations Chair, Haleiwa Town Center
STAFF
Antya Miller
Executive Director
Wendy Wingate
Bookkeeper
Trish Coder
Photographer
Chair, Alluvion
Bill Martin
Vice Chair, Island X Hawaii
Karen Campbell
Recording Secretary, Waialua Soda Works
Marianne Abrigo
Corresponding Secretary, Marianne Abrigo Properties
Susan Lau
Treasurer, First Hawaiian Bank
Josh Heimowitz
Past Chair, YMCA Camp Erdman
Kalani Fronda
Haleiwa Main Street Program Chair, Kamehameha Schools
Ed D’Ascoli
Executive Committee Member, Xcel Wetsuits
Paul Saccoccio
Legal Affairs, Saccoccio & Lopez
Chet Naylor
Fundraising Committee Advisor, Waimea Falls Grill & Sharks Cove Grill
Bob Boyle
Director, Turtle Bay Resort
Jane Duncan
Director, Patagonia
Carolyne Lazar
Visitor Center Chair, Coffee Gallery
John E. Moore
Infrastructure Chair, Strong Current & Grass Skirt Grill
Will Schoettle
Public Relations Chair, Haleiwa Town Center
STAFF
Antya Miller
Executive Director
Wendy Wingate
Bookkeeper
Trish Coder
Photographer
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Old Haleiwa building gets new life
Historic Haleiwa town serves as a link to the past and a bridge to the future.
And the North Shore Chamber of Commerce is giving an old building new life.
Today the Chamber of Commerce opened its new office and visitor center in Haleiwa.
And while many of the businesses in Haleiwa have changed over the decades, much of the overall look has remained the same.
More at KHON2
And the North Shore Chamber of Commerce is giving an old building new life.
Today the Chamber of Commerce opened its new office and visitor center in Haleiwa.
And while many of the businesses in Haleiwa have changed over the decades, much of the overall look has remained the same.
More at KHON2
Wednesday, June 09, 2010
Grand Opening & Installation Dinner
Aloha Members and Business Owners,The Chamber's Grand Opening celebraion will be next Friday, June 18th. This is a MAJOR accomplishment for our community. It has been a goal of ours to have a visitor center for at least 25 years. Thank you ALL for your wonderful support in getting this project completed.
The June 18th Grand Opening celebration is next Friday. This will be great fun as well as an opportunity to thank all the donors and volunteers who made this happen. You'll also be able to see our new office and Visitor and Business Resource Center, as well as the newly restored Mutual Telephone Company (now Hawaiian Tel) built in 1924. This historical building has many elements of classic plantation architecture. We will also have a special guest performer, Owana Salazar!
The RSVP's are due this Thursday the 10th. Please send it in along with your payment today.
If you are unable to attend on the 18th, please stop by and visit us in our new digs! It's so comfortable, you may never leave!
Mahalo nui,
Antya
Friday, May 28, 2010
Grand Opening - Chamber Office Moving Next Week!
Aloha Members,
The Chamber's new building and Visitor Center is FINALLY nearing completion. There are a lot of small tasks to complete, but the major stuff will be completed by Monday. This is a MAJOR accomplishment for our community. It has been a goal of our town to have a visitor center for at least 25 years. Thank you ALL for your wonderful support in getting this project completed.
The June 18th Grand Opening celebration is in just three weeks. This will be great fun as well as an opportunity to thank all the donors and volunteers who made this happen. Also, every member helped make this happen through their on-going support which allowed us to have an office and paid staff which, in turn, allowed us to accomplish this project.
So.... please get those RSVP's in now so we're not overloaded at the last minute. With the move and everything, I'd really appreciate your help in this matter.
Secondly, we are moving the first week of June. On June 4th the office will be closed and telephone service will be switched over. We need a few guys with muscle to move the heavy items on Thursday. Please call 637-4558 and leave your name and number or email me back if you are able to help. Johnny Moore has volunteered. Who will help Johnny?
Mahalo nui,
Antya
The Chamber's new building and Visitor Center is FINALLY nearing completion. There are a lot of small tasks to complete, but the major stuff will be completed by Monday. This is a MAJOR accomplishment for our community. It has been a goal of our town to have a visitor center for at least 25 years. Thank you ALL for your wonderful support in getting this project completed.
The June 18th Grand Opening celebration is in just three weeks. This will be great fun as well as an opportunity to thank all the donors and volunteers who made this happen. Also, every member helped make this happen through their on-going support which allowed us to have an office and paid staff which, in turn, allowed us to accomplish this project.
So.... please get those RSVP's in now so we're not overloaded at the last minute. With the move and everything, I'd really appreciate your help in this matter.
Secondly, we are moving the first week of June. On June 4th the office will be closed and telephone service will be switched over. We need a few guys with muscle to move the heavy items on Thursday. Please call 637-4558 and leave your name and number or email me back if you are able to help. Johnny Moore has volunteered. Who will help Johnny?
Mahalo nui,
Antya
Friday, May 21, 2010
Need People This Saturday 8-12 AM
Aloha Members,
I want to thank the following volunteers for making last Saturday such a successful workday: Lee Bryant, Bob & Trish Coder, Bob Leinau, Jon Marr, Joe Pavsek and Richard of Grafitti Busters, Kaiki Ragragola, Boyd Ready, Iopu & Nicole Sivatia and their two nephews, Nahe Webster, and Linda Yadao. We grassed the front of the building, cleaned up the white birds around the gym, and spread dirt to level the yard after building the new septic system. The grounds look great!!
I also want to thank our landlord, neighbor, and partner, the Waialua Community Association, and especially Nicole, their new Office Manager, for all their help in coordinating and getting volunteers to help make the workday successful.
We are in the home stretch on the building restoration, but we need to have one more morning workday to finish grassing the back of the building, planting more hedge plants, finish painting, scrape and wash windows, and move furniture for the flooring guys on Monday!
Please email or call me if you can help. I will be forever grateful if you can help even a couple of hours.
Mahalo nui,
Antya
I want to thank the following volunteers for making last Saturday such a successful workday: Lee Bryant, Bob & Trish Coder, Bob Leinau, Jon Marr, Joe Pavsek and Richard of Grafitti Busters, Kaiki Ragragola, Boyd Ready, Iopu & Nicole Sivatia and their two nephews, Nahe Webster, and Linda Yadao. We grassed the front of the building, cleaned up the white birds around the gym, and spread dirt to level the yard after building the new septic system. The grounds look great!!
I also want to thank our landlord, neighbor, and partner, the Waialua Community Association, and especially Nicole, their new Office Manager, for all their help in coordinating and getting volunteers to help make the workday successful.
We are in the home stretch on the building restoration, but we need to have one more morning workday to finish grassing the back of the building, planting more hedge plants, finish painting, scrape and wash windows, and move furniture for the flooring guys on Monday!
Please email or call me if you can help. I will be forever grateful if you can help even a couple of hours.
Mahalo nui,
Antya
Thursday, May 13, 2010
Hawaii PUC approves HECO deal with Kahuku wind farm
The Hawaii Public Utilities Commission yesterday approved a power purchase agreement between Hawaiian Electric Company and Kahuku Wind Power, HECO said today.
Kahuku Wind Power, a subsidiary of Massachusetts-based First Wind, is scheduled to begin construction of a 12-turbine farm in the hills west of Kahuku later this year.
More at the Honolulu Advertiser
Kahuku Wind Power, a subsidiary of Massachusetts-based First Wind, is scheduled to begin construction of a 12-turbine farm in the hills west of Kahuku later this year.
More at the Honolulu Advertiser
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Updated North Shore Map Now Being Distributed!
It's colorful, appealing and informative. Visitors and residents regularly ask us for a map of our area. We have something to give them that not only helps them find their way, but it also tells them what activities are available and how to get to businesses advertising on the map. It helps visitors plan their trip to the North Shore, and brings more business to our area because visitors can plan better instead of just driving through not knowing what's available.
The map is distributed to the airport, major hotels, car rental agencies, local businesses, gas stations, the library and of course the Chamber's visitor center. The airport approved the map for distribution in the brochure racks as well as at the information counters as a map.
Thank you to Green Turtle Publications (Bob and JoJean Schieve) their great staff and you, our members for ongoing support of this important project.
The map is distributed to the airport, major hotels, car rental agencies, local businesses, gas stations, the library and of course the Chamber's visitor center. The airport approved the map for distribution in the brochure racks as well as at the information counters as a map.
Thank you to Green Turtle Publications (Bob and JoJean Schieve) their great staff and you, our members for ongoing support of this important project.
Chamber of Commerce Announces Grand Opening!
North Shore Chamber of Commerce's Grand Opening and Installation Dinner is set for June 18th at the new Chamber building located at 66-434 Kamehameha Highway, across from the Haleiwa Post Office. The program will be from 5:30 pm to 9:00 pm beginning with pupus and no-host cocktails. A dinner and program will follow at 6:30 p.m.
Please join us in honoring all tradesmen, volunteers and donors who made our new home, visitor and resource center possible and install the new Board of Directors. The cost will be $25 for chamber members, $30 for non members, $250 for corporate table, and $500 for sponsor table.
Donations for this very worthwhile building project are still being accepted and are completely tax deductible. If you are interested in supporting the preservation of this historic building, please make checks payable to "NSCOC" and mail them to P.O. Box 878, Haleiwa, HI 96712. You may also visit the Chamber's website at www.GoNorthShore.org for more information or call the Chamber's office at 637-4558.
Please join us in honoring all tradesmen, volunteers and donors who made our new home, visitor and resource center possible and install the new Board of Directors. The cost will be $25 for chamber members, $30 for non members, $250 for corporate table, and $500 for sponsor table.
Donations for this very worthwhile building project are still being accepted and are completely tax deductible. If you are interested in supporting the preservation of this historic building, please make checks payable to "NSCOC" and mail them to P.O. Box 878, Haleiwa, HI 96712. You may also visit the Chamber's website at www.GoNorthShore.org for more information or call the Chamber's office at 637-4558.
Wednesday, May 05, 2010
Volunteer to Finish Painting and Landscaping
Aloha Members,
We will be having another painting workday this Saturday (8th) from 8am to 12noon. We are almost half done and the building is beginning to look really sharp. Lots of compliments on how it's shaping up. Please email me back if you can volunteer, even if it is a couple of hours. "Many hands make light work!" A big mahalo goes out to Matt Eagle (Aloha Surf Guide), Joe Lazar (Haleiwa Joe's), Johnny Moore (Grass Skirt Grill) for volunteering this past Saturday. We got a lot done.
The following Saturday, the 15th, we will be having a joint Chamber and Waialua Community Assoc. landscaping workday. We will be trimming the white birds, replanting the ground cover, fixing the borders, planting shrubs, weeding and cleaning up along the hibiscus hedge, etc. Work gloves, sun screen and covered shoes are recommended. Trucks that can make dump runs will be appreciated. A potluck will follow the workday.
We hope you will join us for some work and fellowship in making our community a better place to live and moving us closer to having a presence on main street with a visitor center.
Mahalo,
Antya
We will be having another painting workday this Saturday (8th) from 8am to 12noon. We are almost half done and the building is beginning to look really sharp. Lots of compliments on how it's shaping up. Please email me back if you can volunteer, even if it is a couple of hours. "Many hands make light work!" A big mahalo goes out to Matt Eagle (Aloha Surf Guide), Joe Lazar (Haleiwa Joe's), Johnny Moore (Grass Skirt Grill) for volunteering this past Saturday. We got a lot done.
The following Saturday, the 15th, we will be having a joint Chamber and Waialua Community Assoc. landscaping workday. We will be trimming the white birds, replanting the ground cover, fixing the borders, planting shrubs, weeding and cleaning up along the hibiscus hedge, etc. Work gloves, sun screen and covered shoes are recommended. Trucks that can make dump runs will be appreciated. A potluck will follow the workday.
We hope you will join us for some work and fellowship in making our community a better place to live and moving us closer to having a presence on main street with a visitor center.
Mahalo,
Antya
Friday, April 23, 2010
Please Help Gather Signatures on Petition for Funding of Walkways!
Aloha Members,
Attached is a petition to support funding for walkways and other improvements in Haleiwa Town. When we did our last survey of merchants in Haleiwa Town, 92% supported building walkways. We are now pursuing funding for the design and planning for them. Your help in gathering signatures on the attached petition would be most helpful. Please have everyone sign it: residents, Oahu visitors, and off island visitors. We need a ton of them. You do not need to have a business in Haleiwa to sign or help gather signatures.
Please feel free to make as many copies of petition as you need/want. If you have any questions, please call me.
Mahalo,
Antya
Attached is a petition to support funding for walkways and other improvements in Haleiwa Town. When we did our last survey of merchants in Haleiwa Town, 92% supported building walkways. We are now pursuing funding for the design and planning for them. Your help in gathering signatures on the attached petition would be most helpful. Please have everyone sign it: residents, Oahu visitors, and off island visitors. We need a ton of them. You do not need to have a business in Haleiwa to sign or help gather signatures.
Please feel free to make as many copies of petition as you need/want. If you have any questions, please call me.
Mahalo,
Antya
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Annual Membership Meeting
Aloha Members,
The Annual Membership meeting will be Wednesday, April 28th 8AM at Haleiwa Joe's. The agenda will be forthcoming, but please mark your calendars now. Current members will vote for the new Board of Directors.
Revised Chamber Calendar
Secondly, the Grand Opening has been moved to Friday, June 18th, 5:30 pm so that we can hopefully have the brick walkway with all our supporters' bricks installed. Please mark this important date on your calendar. It will be an opportunity for our community to celebrate having a central information and gathering place for residents and the over 2 million visitors who come to the North Shore. More information will be forthcoming on this event.
Hope to see you on Wednesday the 28th!
Antya Miller,
Executive Director
The Annual Membership meeting will be Wednesday, April 28th 8AM at Haleiwa Joe's. The agenda will be forthcoming, but please mark your calendars now. Current members will vote for the new Board of Directors.
Revised Chamber Calendar
Secondly, the Grand Opening has been moved to Friday, June 18th, 5:30 pm so that we can hopefully have the brick walkway with all our supporters' bricks installed. Please mark this important date on your calendar. It will be an opportunity for our community to celebrate having a central information and gathering place for residents and the over 2 million visitors who come to the North Shore. More information will be forthcoming on this event.
Hope to see you on Wednesday the 28th!
Antya Miller,
Executive Director
Saturday, April 03, 2010
North Shore Businesses Promote Buying Local
When people think of the North Shore, they think big surf, shave ice and plenty of sunshine. But when the surf drops, so does business.
Business owners hope the third annual "Taste of Waialua" on Saturday encourages people to keep coming back all year long. Once the home of an old sugar mill plantation, this small town of Waialua is making a comeback.
More at KHON2
Business owners hope the third annual "Taste of Waialua" on Saturday encourages people to keep coming back all year long. Once the home of an old sugar mill plantation, this small town of Waialua is making a comeback.
More at KHON2
Tuesday, March 16, 2010
SAVE THE DATE! FRIDAY, MAY 14TH 5:30pm
Aloha Members,
Please mark your calendars now for the Grand Opening and Board Installation on Friday May 14th at 5:30PM. More information will be forthcoming, but it will be a FUN evening. It will be held at our new home and Haleiwa Gym.
Mahalo,
Antya
Please mark your calendars now for the Grand Opening and Board Installation on Friday May 14th at 5:30PM. More information will be forthcoming, but it will be a FUN evening. It will be held at our new home and Haleiwa Gym.
Mahalo,
Antya
Sunday, March 07, 2010
Wind farm developer gets loan guarantee
A Mainland wind farm developer has received a $117 million federal loan guarantee to pay for construction of its planned Kahuku project on Oahu.
First Wind, based in Boston, announced the award Friday from the U.S. Department of Energy. It will use the financing to install 12 wind turbines that will generate a total of 30 megawatts of electricity — enough to power approximately 7,700 Oahu homes. The power will be sold to Hawaiian Electric Co.
More at Pacific Business News
First Wind, based in Boston, announced the award Friday from the U.S. Department of Energy. It will use the financing to install 12 wind turbines that will generate a total of 30 megawatts of electricity — enough to power approximately 7,700 Oahu homes. The power will be sold to Hawaiian Electric Co.
More at Pacific Business News
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Oahu’s Turtle Bay Resort has new owners
The Turtle Bay Resort on Oahu’s North Shore is officially under new ownership.
A consortium of international investment management firms took back the property from Oaktree Capital Management in a deed in lieu of foreclosure transaction that closed on Tuesday.
The 858-acre resort includes a 443-room hotel, two golf courses and a spa.
The consortium, which has managed the resort for nearly two years, already has spent $6 million to upgrade its infrastructure and hotel, including expanding Kuilima Drive from two to four lanes and upgrading the well, according to developer Stanford Carr, the resort’s interim property manager...
There are no immediate plans to build any additional hotels or condominiums at the resort.
More at Pacific Business News
A consortium of international investment management firms took back the property from Oaktree Capital Management in a deed in lieu of foreclosure transaction that closed on Tuesday.
The 858-acre resort includes a 443-room hotel, two golf courses and a spa.
The consortium, which has managed the resort for nearly two years, already has spent $6 million to upgrade its infrastructure and hotel, including expanding Kuilima Drive from two to four lanes and upgrading the well, according to developer Stanford Carr, the resort’s interim property manager...
There are no immediate plans to build any additional hotels or condominiums at the resort.
More at Pacific Business News
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
North Shore wetland refuge getting seven times bigger
By Eloise Aguiar
Advertiser Staff Writer
KAHUKU — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is acquiring one of the last remaining wild coastlines on O'ahu, increasing a wetland refuge sevenfold since it was established 34 years ago.
The purchase will also provide another flood control measure to the community, thanks to a $22 million federal appropriation.
More at the Honolulu Advertiser
Advertiser Staff Writer
KAHUKU — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is acquiring one of the last remaining wild coastlines on O'ahu, increasing a wetland refuge sevenfold since it was established 34 years ago.
The purchase will also provide another flood control measure to the community, thanks to a $22 million federal appropriation.
More at the Honolulu Advertiser
Friday, February 12, 2010
Membership Meeting February 25th
As previously announced in January, there will be a Membership Meeting Thursday, February 25th, 8am at the Haleiwa Gym. Councilman Donovan Dela Cruz will be giving a short presentation on Transit Oriented Development and the Governor's Office (Linda Smith and Pearl Iboshi) will be there to address issues affecting business and our community. A full agenda will be forthcoming.
Please put this important meeting on your calendar now. Also forthcoming will be the Chamber's calendar of meetings.
Mahalo,
Antya
Please put this important meeting on your calendar now. Also forthcoming will be the Chamber's calendar of meetings.
Mahalo,
Antya
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Chamber Building Work Day This Saturday the 13th
The Chamber's new home is coming along really well! Residents and visitors stop by especially on Saturday workdays to admire the building, the new cedar siding, and ask about what the building will be used for when it's done. One board member who helped out at a recent workday was totally thrilled with what she saw. We're getting excited at the thought of moving in, hopefully by the end of March. Come be a part of this exciting project. We need carpenters and people to caulk, do dump runs, and various other tasks.
What: Workday Saturday the 13th 8:00am - 1:00pm
Where: At the Chamber's new home across from the post office
Thank you to all the volunteers, especially Lee Bryant, Mike Stacey, Gary Anderson, John Otholt and Willy Strydonk who have been working on the project almost every week for months. We really apprciate all your hard work and your craftmanship.
Donate for a Brick Today
We still need to raise more money to finish this project, so if you've been putting off donating for that special brick, please send your donation in now. The form is attached. Just mail it in with your check! We appreiate your support.
Below: Gosha and Gary taking off the old siding; Robert, Matt, Gary, and Willy putting up new siding on the back; Willy putting lock on closet door inside; Mike Stacy, luna, happy that they've finished siding the back wall.
Mahalo,
Antya
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