FRONT Street in LAHAINA - Updated Driving Tour + MAUI Building Info 

Habitat for Humanity is such a good organization. They really do help provide affordable housing. I'm happy to hear they are helping the Maui fire victims.

Thank you for the update. You do an amazing job reuniting Lahaina and those of us on the mainland that love Maui. I hope to return asap. Much love to everyone involved in rebuilding their lives there.

Great suggestion on donating to Habitat for Humanity in Maui. I’ll be sure to do so.

Thanks for driving us around to show how things are looking for the open public areas around town. The beach is so beautiful and like you said, seeing the green of the trees and vegetation is uplifting. ❤ And very happy to hear Habitat is helping out with rebuilding! They do awesome work here where I live as well. Grateful to you for the time and effort to continue the regular updates - you're awesome. 😊

As always, thank you for your updates, Jesse. Kahoma Village likely survived due to updated building codes and fire resistant exteriors, as I am sure you know. I also watch the weekly Lahaina Community Meetings available here on YT. They are poorly attended and viewed, yet they have valuable information.the Army Corps of Engineers, the departments of public works, the mayor and others give reports and help. It always amazes me how much attention the low information conspiracy channels get. Anyway, a Lahaina Community Land Trust has been set up, and they gave a presentation. If any homeowner feels they must sell, they have the option of selling to the Land Trust at market value, to keep the land in Lahaina hands forever. No need for anyone to get suspicious about the aims, as it is all spelled out clearly. The land and the house built on it will stay locally owned forever.

Thank you for your videos. They don't show us much on the mainland. Being I once lived in kona and saw the beauty of the islands . I still like knowing Lahina town is getting help. People on the mainland don't know how hard it is to get materials to rebuild. God's blessings over all effected by this horrible fire. Aloha

I pray all the locals get back home, let's keep it local!!! Bless you for taking the time to share this with us all!!!

Aloha Jesse. Another great video and enjoyed the up close driving video, as you drove past a few areas I was interested in. Looking forward to seeing your next video. Mahalo, Jayson

Heading there in February and we choose to stay in Kihei. Also, Habitat is great and a donation has been sent. Thanks for the update.

We will be there very soon and have reservations at several of those open restaurants. We are excited to support the local businesses and all those we can give our Aloha to during our visit. Mahalo, Jesse, for your continued updates and communications.

Thanks for the update. We were there in April and will return in 2 weeks. I will be sharing and thank you for the information about Habitat in Maui.

Thank you for sharing this update. I always appreciate it as I am anxious for Maui to recover as quickly as possible. Definitely putting Habitat for Humanity on my charity list for end of year gift giving.

This video is just fantastic! Awesome to see street level as well as drone level this month. Thank you, Jesse! 🙂

Thank you for the update.....Maui was like a second home for me.....take care.....😘👍❤️🇨🇦

Thank you for another superb tour---this time by motor vehicle---of Lahaina! With our Aloha from Molokai, Andy & Debbie McKane, 7 September 2024, Maunaloa, Molokai.

Greetings from Redondo Beach 🇺🇸🇺🇸Happy to hear this update. Thanks 👍🏽👍🏽

Wow this was my exact drive home the afternoon of 8/8/23 after coming down Lahainaluna road getting to the highway home to Leiali’i. Hard to imagine just HOURS after we drove past all the residential on front street were burned to the ground Mahalo Ke Akua for your protection and rebuild efforts. The journey continues. Thanks Jesse for filming ,,

Lahaina Strong as we are Paradise Strong along with you!! Thank you for sharing the video and letting us know the progress there. I am a Camp Fire survivor, so I understand what Lahaina is going through!!!

My wife and I took our 2 girls every year from 04-2010 for ten days during vacation time. The wife and I decided to go on a whim last May for our anniversary. Never in my lifetime would’ve thought Lahaina would burn down like this. We were crushed! It was like a second home to us! We almost bought a painting done by Anthony Quin but of course said we’ll do it next time we go back. Who would’ve thought that there wouldn’t be a next time

Again, thanks for all of your updates. It makes so many of us who have spent so much time there feel better and encouraged that the process of rebuilding is taking place albeit not at the pace we would like.....yet we are seeing progress. Thanks so much, Jesse!

Thanks for all the great updates. I’m looking forward to visit Maui and Lahaina again soon. So many wonderful memories there.

I enjoyed the video including the content, smooth camera work and informative post.

Always glad to see your videos and the progress being made there. Such a lovely place. Sure hope things are improving for the locals. Heartbreaking.

Can you do an update on Lahaina Shores? My wife and I have stayed there many times. We hope to stay there again. Thank you for your videos.

We went to Maui 3 years ago and were in Lahaina every day - this is heartbreaking. I hope that they can rebuild with the same "Mom & Pop" stores that were there - and that it doesn't taken over by big money. Thanks for your awesome videos!

Great video. It just breaks my heart to see what has happened to that beautiful town, all the history just gone. I spent so much time walking that town years ago. I hope and pray Lahaina comes back even better but still will never be that same sleepy town in my memories. Prayers to all the people of Maui.

Thank you Jesse!! I truly appreciate your updates!

Glad the Maui Invitational is returning this season. I imagine a lot of the revenues will be donated to the rebuild 🙏

Thank you for the video & update..Jimmy

Thank you for your updates. Great video

So sad. Heartbreaking, I am Just not over it. My fave place

good job (as always) Thank you !

Thank you I enjoy your Lahaina videos very much. Your home village is so close to the fire area, amazing it was spared. And I love seeing tht the Banyon Tree is recovering. Thank you again.

Thanks for the video Jesse. We use to rent at Lahaina Roads condos. Is anyone living there or are they occupied? It was such a great location. Mahalo!

The real issue apparently with getting on with the rebuild is. The county and state bureaucracy tends to bog down progress. No matter the funding. It will be years before Lahaina is up and going, it will never be like before. But strangling commercial business and the residents, especially the residents with so many mandates is counterintuitive to getting things back to somewhat normalcy. I love Lahaina, visited practically yearly for twenty years. I will stay way to respect their desire for healing. Mahalo.

This video just makes me happy. Thanks for sharing, Jesse.

Another excellent video Jesse,I really look forward to your updates. BTW your neighborhood is beautiful. Can't wait to see those empty lots when framing starts. And as always God's speed to the people of Lahaina.

Mahalo Jesse!!!

My Dad and Brother lived in Lahaina....so sad to see shark Pit burned to the Ground 😮

Thank you for keeping us updated on Lahaina, but personally I prefer the aerial view of the area.

Thanks for all you do! On your drone videos as well as this one, could you maybe have a screen recording of the map in the corner or something? That would really help orient everyone during the videos.

Great video🌺

Thank you for sharing!

im glad to see how things are going so well, maui is my favorite place on earth.

Used to love your city and vacationed there with my family. I will never go back again since I know that during an emergency, you can't rely on authority to help you. No roads to escape. I will not put myself and family in danger in that area.

Mahalos

Thank you for your update.

I had no idea the Charthouse Restaurant burnt down too! Wow, that place was classic man when i lived there

Thanks for your videos.

I got married on Baby Beach in 2009, sad to see the neighbor hood burned in the fire!!!

I was wonding why that sail boat has not been moved yet any answers

I will be there tomorrow.

Thanks for the update! We are visiting Maui in October and would love to do some sort of volunteer work while we are there to give back. Any good organizations?

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can anyone tell me if the local people are allowed to rebuild there normal houses again or is the government still pushing for that Fancy E City they where talking about. Thanks from Down Under Australia.

Where are all the millionaires that live there? Are they helping out too.?

Ua mau ka ea a kapono!

Are people able to live in a temporary unit, camper or rv while they wait for permit/construction? To rebuild you need people. Or maybe the delay in rebuilding is good given the infrastructure to prevent this again still needs to be addressed.

Where are all the construction workers going to come from when everyone wants to build at once? And won't material costs be inflated?

Can we talk about how it happened again

Have home owners been able to keep their property? I hope that the flavor of what was there is kept. Not new and ( ruined) What ever saved some homes in landscape is repeated for every homeowner.

Mahalo

is baby beach open to the public

I didn’t see Downtown Lahaina. Is that part of the restricted area?

Is the banyan tree still alive? Will it recover? Thank you.

I'm getting mixed messages about visiting Maui. I would love to visit Maui again. Maui wants visitors to return because tourism provides jobs and injects outside money. But locals do not want visitors. Does Maui want visitors to come back?

All the billionaires in the USA could rebuild Lahaina in less than a yr ❤

Vernon Walks

What's the HOA fee?

One way to help is by voting for people who are not friends with developers or celebrities who want to take the Maui’s people land. Vote out the people who turned their back on Maui.

Where are all the children?

I'm going to respect the pissed off locals and never set foot on Maui again as long as I live.

Nader Points

That's not even anything that's the cannery

Locals ask us to stay away? I will, we all should. Lots of other islands want tourists.

My ex bf used to live there but his family still lived there so I didn’t know it got burned down until later on and they are Hawaiians so that is messed up it got burnt down and there older son is fight for this for them or I am guessing someone took over to buy this property because they live there the whole life they have until that got messed up to be burnt for what!?! And I hope no one bought like the white rich tourist ughh so not cool but I didn’t get much details about it yet but I am sad from it being burnt down tho so not a great looking ughh😮😮😢😢

Stop tell tourists to stay away, you have a touristy economy, so you need them big time, maui businesses are suffering, so visit Maui ,NOW

FJB FKH

At this point should anyone be visiting Maui at all? I get a mixed feeling about residents not wanting tourists to visit at all. I was born in Hawaii and I love Maui. People there are so much more friendly than on the big island.

Hope you help the Hawaiians holy land bought by David Zuckerberg bending the rights of their ancestors land

Thank god Biden send $700. A true American hero. 60B+ to Ukraine though

doesn't have a tropical Hawaiian feel .....

Have home owners been able to keep their property? I hope that the flavor of what was there is kept. Not new and ( ruined) What ever saved some homes in landscape is repeated for every homeowner.