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Lānaʻi Park Complex will close its Fifth Street courts for repairs and renovations from January 27 through August 31. The courts are scheduled to reopen on September 1. Upgrades will include new fencing, light fixtures, and underground conduits, as well as the addition of a designated pickleball court. The adjacent facilities at Lānaʻi Park Complex will remain open. For more information, please contact the Planning and Development Division at (808) 270-7931.

The Fraser Avenue Park is temporarily closed from now until early September. Construction will include separate play areas for large and small dogs, four parking stalls (with two designated as ADA-accessible), a water fountain, and ADA-accessible sidewalks. For more information, please contact the Planning and Development Division at 808-270-7931.

The next Lāna‘i Planning Commission meeting will take place on February 19, at 5:00 p.m. Due to physical meeting space constraints, attendees are encouraged to attend virtually via Webex Videoconferencing. For more information, click here.

The Lāna'i Community Association is hosting Saturday in the Park on February 22 from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. Stop by for your favorite foods and visit Lāna'i's own fresh fruit and vegetable farm stand. This free event is open to the public.

The Four Seasons Junior Tennis Program offers a free 1-hour tennis clinic on Saturdays, with sessions scheduled for March 2nd, 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, April 5th, 12th, and 26th at the Sensei Ko'ele courts. The clinic is open to Lāna‘i’s keiki, with 8 children per time slot. Children ages 7-10 years will play from 1-2 p.m., and children ages 11-15 years will play from 2-3 p.m. For more information, please contact Dave Zamarripa at 808-987-4844 or David.zamarripa@fourseasons.com.

Hawaiʻi Energy has opened applications for its Empower Grant program to help businesses save on energy costs, the company recently announced. The program launched in 2020 and is designed to help cover the cost and installation of certain energy-efficient equipment for local nonprofits, small businesses and restaurants on Hawaii Island, Lānaʻi, Maui, Moloka‘i and O‘ahu. For more information, visit their website.

The Alzheimer’s Association will host the Maui County Caregiver Support Group for Lānaʻi, Maui and Moloka‘i every third Tuesday of the month from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. via Zoom. To register, contact Shirley at 808-518-6648 or email her at shkan@alz.org.

HawaiiKidsCAN, Lānaʻi ‘Ohana Connection and Let’s Go Learn have created the ‘Ohana Learning Toolkit to help parents understand how their children are doing in school. The program is free of charge and is available exclusively to Lānaʻi families with kids from kindergarten through 12th grade. For more information or to register, click here.

The Hawaii Department of Agriculture's Pesticides Branch has established the Pesticide Disposal Program to offer residents an environmentally friendly solution for disposing of pesticides. For more information and to review the list of accepted and unaccepted products, please call EnviroServices & Training Center at 808-456-3494, email wm@gotoetc.com, or visit the HDOA webpage at https://hdoa.hawaii.gov/pi/main/pesticide-disposal-program/.