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Good looking cars at the 2013 Christmas Parade. Photo courtesy of Asa Asato.

This year’s ‘Aiea Christmas Parade & Fun Fair will be held on Saturday, December 12th! This year’s parade will start at Pearlridge Elementary School at 9am, run east along Moanalua Road, then left onto Kaamilo Street, right onto Ulune Street, and end at the old ‘Aiea Sugar Mill site. (That is, this is the “old” route, not the same route that the parade ran last year.)  The Fun Fair will run at the sugar mill site from 10am-2pm.

We are currently accepting applications from groups that want to either march in the parade or get a booth or entertain at the fun fair! If you are interested in participating in either the parade or the fun fair, please download the forms below and submit them to the email address or postal address listed on the form.

• Application to Participate in Parade (MS Word)
• Application to Participate in the Fun Fair (MS Word)

In addition, we still need volunteers for the parade to make sure everything runs smoothly! If you are interested in serving your community by volunteering, please send an email to aieaparade@yahoo.com.

We look forward to seeing you at the parade and fair!

Aloha, We need your help! We want to know what YOU want to see built on the old ‘Aiea Sugar Mill site (the areas bound by Pohai Street, Halewiliko Street, and Halewiliko Place). What features do you want to see? A playground? A community center? Please fill out this short, 2-minute survey to tell us what you would like to see for your community, whether it’s a senior facility, dog park, trees, gathering place, or anything else. Please invest two minutes of your time and share your ideas!

Need some inspiration? Below you will find some beautiful conceptual landscape designs for the old ‘Aiea Sugar Mill site (the areas bound by Pohai Street, Halewiliko Street, and Halewiliko Place). These designs were generated in a University of Hawaii TPSS Landscape Design Class for the ‘Aiea Community Association in the Fall semester of 2014 under the instruction of UH Professor Andy Kaufman (thank you for your help, Professor Kaufman). Take a look at them (click each one to view them at a larger size)–they’re very well thought out and extremely inspirational! Then, once you’re done, please take two minutes to fill out the survey.

Link to Survey

As construction of the rail line through ‘Aiea continues, the Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit encourages everything to support local businesses along the rail line. One great way to do this and save money at the same time is by participating in the Shop & Dine on the Line program. Simply go online to www.ShopAndDineOnTheLine.com to view offers and download the FREE discount card!

See the full press release from HART below:

HART’s Shop & Dine on the Line program is in full swing as several dozen merchants, vendors and restaurant operators are now offering special offers and discounts to customers who frequent their businesses along the rail alignment.

HART has created a brochure containing all the current offers and discounts. You can view the brochure and download the Shop & Dine on the Line card at www.ShopAndDineOnTheLine.com

Browse through the offers, stop by the participating business, show the program card or the discount brochure–or just mention Shop & Dine on the Line–and receive your special discount.

If you own a business and would like to participate in the program, you can visit the same website to sign up.

HART is encouraging residents and visitors alike to support our local business community during rail construction.

Come celebrate the one year anniversary of the opening of the new ‘Aiea Public Library!

Among the festivities:

UnX the Magic Clown: Family show featuring magic tricks, illusions and balloon shaping, in celebration of the new library’s first anniversary, 10:30-11:15 a.m.

Sandra Wong String Studio presents hero-themed music from movies including “Batman,” “Superman” and “Harry Potter,” in celebration of the new library’s first anniversary, 2 p.m., children’s section.

Check out these community events for the second half of July 2015!

• July 18, 2015, 8:30-10:30am: HART Social Media Workshop @ ‘Aiea Elementary School Cafeteria: Honolulu Authority for Rapid Transit invites you to participate in a free social media marketing workshop as part of HART’s outreach program, which is designed to assist business during rail construction. Come ready with a wireless device (laptop or tablet) to participate in the workshop for maximum learning. RSVP via e-mail at info@HonoluluTransit.org or call 808-768-6117. [More information…]
• July 20, 2015, 7:30pm: ‘Aiea Community Association meeting @ ‘Aiea Public Library: Monthly meeting for the ACA.
• July 22, 2015, 6:30-8pm: Pearl Harbor Historic Trail Workshop @ ‘Aiea Elementary School: Come and share your ideas to “activate” the Pearl Harbor Historic Trail. How can the Trail be used and activated to make our communities healthier? How can we create accessible, attractive, and safe communities along the corridor? Sponsored by Councilmember Brandon Elefante and the City & County of Honolulu.
• July 25, 2015, 8:30-1pm: Ready2React Emergency Preparedness Fair @ Pearlridge Shopping Center: See various displays, exhibitions, and info to be prepared for emergencies. Suponsored by ‘Aiea/Pearl City elected officials and the City & County of Honolulu Dept. of Emergency Management. [More Information…]
• July 25, 2015, 9am-2pm: ‘Aiea Shopping Center 50th Anniversary Celebration @ Aiea Shopping Center Come celebrate the Golden Aniversary of ‘Aiea Shopping Center. Be sure to stop by the ‘Aiea Community Association’s booth to purchase a copy of ‘Aiea: Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow!

Note that the ‘Aiea Neighborhood Board will be in recess in August 2015. The next meeting will be on September 14, 2015 at 7:30pm at the ‘Aiea Public Library Program Room.

As a reminder, please Traffic Updates page of the Honolulu Transit website for the latest on lane closures along Kamehameha Highway due to the Honolulu Rail Transit project. The traffic advisories are updated weekly.

For the safety of both the work crews and motorists, the public is advised to proceed with caution through these areas. Drivers should anticipate possible traffic delays or use alternate routes during work hours, and provide a safe distance between their vehicles and workers and equipment.

Just passing information along from the Neighborhood Commission Office:

Neighborhood Board Candidate filing period:
Now-February 20, 2015.

1) Who can be a candidate for a Neighborhood Board?
Any Oahu resident who will be at least 18 years of age by February 20, 2015 can be a candidate, including military personnel, military family members, and legal resident aliens.

2) How do I become a candidate?
Starting December 1, 2014, candidates may register online or submit a Candidate Declaration Form to the Neighborhood Commission Office (NCO). This form can be downloaded from the NCO website and are also available at the NCO office. The form must be hand delivered to the NCO or postmarked by February 20, 2015. Assistance is also available by calling 768-3717.

When filling in the application, please be prepared with the following:

– Candidate Profile describing yourself and your qualifications. Profiles must only go up to 400 characters, punctuation included.
– 1 photo (optional).

3) How do I find out what Board area I live in?
There is a street index posted online here. Ctrl+F to search for your street. Your Board will be listed under the ‘District’ column. Your Subdistrict is listed in the immediate column to the right. 00 denotes an At-Large subdistrict. You may also refer to the map here. Assistance is available by calling 768-3717.

4) How often do Neighborhood Boards get elected?
Neighborhood Boards are elected every two years, in odd numbered years.

Please disregard this post. We will be meeting at our regularly scheduled date and time (Monday, January 19th at 7:30 pm in the Aiea Public Library meeting room). Apologies for this inconvenience.

Because the ACA’s January meeting falls on a holiday (Martin Luther King, Jr. Day), we are moving our monthly meeting to Tuesday, January 20th instead. The meeting will be held at the usual place (Aiea Library meeting room).

A new “photo gallery” section has been added to our website! It took a bit of time for your slow-minded webmaster to figure out the logic behind Piwigo (the software that powers the gallery), but the darn thing is finally up!

Various photo galleries are in the work, but to start the section off, it seems fitting to look back at the first annual ‘Aiea Community Christmas Parade back in December of 2007, since the now eight-year-old tradition will be happening in just a couple of weeks! 12 photos from that day are online…and hopefully more will come once I’m able to figure out where the other photos are.

In other website news, I did some general back-end upgrades this evening to the software that powers this website…and managed to break the calendar in the process. I just got it working again, but I apologize if you were affected by the short down-time. In addition, I finally got the web forms on this website working again, so you should now be able to apply to be an ACA member online and contact us using the contact link.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone from the ‘Aiea Community Association!

Please note that the ‘Aiea Neighborhood Board is on recess during the month of December. The next meeting of the ‘Aiea Neighborhood Board will be on January 12, 2014.

The ‘Aiea Community Association will be meeting as usual on December 15, 2014 (this is the Monday after the parade).