First home in Lahaina to rebuild

Lahaina resident Gene Milne, whose home was under construction when it was destroyed in the Aug. 8 fire, has started rebuilding the first house in the Lahaina Impact Zone. He says he is doing 95 percent of the work himself to construct the ‘ohana, which he is hoping will be completed in six to seven months.
“Getting started here, putting nails in boards, getting stuff done is huge for my healing,” he says. “I can feel like there’s an end, even though it’s a long way to go, there’s still an end to this tragedy.”
Neighbors have stopped by to check on the progress and are inspired. “I may have been the first to start with a new construction,” Milne says, but “I’m certainly not the last. People can see that we’re going to come back, we’re going to rebuild our neighborhoods, and we’re going to have the ‘ohana that we always wanted. It’s a wonderful street and a wonderful neighborhood. I couldn’t imagine being anywhere else.”
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[@AlanShirtsink]

Good for you

[@Mandy-ij3ss]

God bless you and God bless the people of Lahaina.

[@John-uo1qf]

I've been told the county is not allowing many of the homes that were built on the water to be rebuilt. Curious who will reimburse the property owners for the land taken from them?

[@JohnnyCamaro13]

I hope not a single person sells not an inch of land