The Anahola Hawaiian Homes Association (AHHA) through its nonprofit development arm, the Homestead Community Development Corporation (HCDC), together with Group 70, is working with our homesteaders to plan for and design a multi-phase, multi-year project to create a recreational economy for Anahola, Kauaʻi.
We’re looking to honor the rural nature, culture and values of Anahola as a viable approach to the economic development planning articulated in our Anahola regional plans, as well as at the numerous homestead visioning sessions we’ve hosted over the years. Homesteaders remain interested in job creation that matches our values, needs and priorities, as well as having more shared spaces to work, gather and play.
We’ve acquired access to 139.5 acres from the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) to develop a sports complex. Thus far, the components envisioned for our project include:
- A sports club with pickle ball and tennis courts, fitness areas and swimming pools.
- Two covered basketball courts, or gymnasiums, that can also serve as futsal (indoor soccer) courts, volleyball courts, or even an Emergency Disaster Evacuation Center & Resiliency Hub.
- Three baseball/softball diamonds with a shared concession stand and restrooms.
- A rodeo arena and ranch facility that can also serve as an events venue and an Emergency Disaster Evacuation Center & Resiliency Hub. The adjacent ranch area may include riding trails, paddocks, pastures and areas for rodeo and ranch-type mercantile services.
- Four sand volleyball courts and a surrounding “Kumu Camp” ma uka campground. With the sand courts as the central focus, the campground would be modeled after our successful Kumu Camp at Anahola Bay. Also, with its very small carbon-footprint, the campground could provide convenient and affordable accommodations for visiting teams and other users of our sports complex.
- A skatepark developed in partnership with another nonprofit and the County of Kauaʻi.
- A path for walking and biking with a fitness par course.
The project also includes plans for up to 90 garden/courtyard community affordable rental units; possibly duplexes with studio and 1-bedroom units developed in three different phases of 30 units. We’re wanting to make the units available first to our kūpuna, then to young folks just starting out, and workers in our new recreational economy.
These are preliminary concepts based on prior input from homesteaders. We’ll continue working on all possible outcomes as we complete our planning and due diligence. Please bring your ideas and energy to our project!
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