The Friends of Kamalani and Lydgate Park are volunteers devoted to enhancing the public facilities at Lydgate Park. Projects include Kamalani Playground, Kamalani Kai Bridge, (soon to be rebuilt) Kamalani Pavilion, and the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Sports Park.

The Friends of Kamalani and Lydgate Park Committee meet at 5:30 PM
on the first Monday of the month at Aloha Beach Resort

Please save the date and join us for a fun morning devoted to tree planting in the Park.

How can you help? Get involved! Contact the event planners—tell them you’ll serve as a team leader.

Beach Clean-ups

• The first Saturday of every month is the recurring Lydgate Park swimming ponds volunteer beach grooming.
  
  8:30 AM to 11:00 AM. Meet near the Life Guard's tower.

• What to bring: sturdy flexible rakes, work gloves, drinking water, shoes & sun protection recommended. These are "Hard Core" events--please don't expect any snacks or meals to be provided.

DEJA VU ALL OVER AGAIN

 Just when you thought we were about done with the big work projects at Lydgate Park, along comes fate in the form of fire and burns down the latest joint community project of Friends of Kamalani and Lydgate Park. Now, as the nearby Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Sports Park (the three sports fields above the central rest station) approaches completion, plans to rebuild the Kamalani Pavilion are also underway.

 Avery H. Youn, architect and former director of the Kauai County Planning Department, submitted basic design concepts on December 11, 2007, and the design concept shown here was selected. The next step is to submit a Special Management Area  (SMA) Permit application to the County Planning Department for approval. The process has begun. More information will be posted here as it becomes available.

  The basic structure will cover the same footprint as the original structure, but will differ from the previous pavilion in design. For example, the stage area will be protected from the weather by the roof and the new Kamalani Pavilion will be entirely wheelchair accessible, in compliance with federal Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guidelines. The roofline and walls will also have a new look.

  Discussions with Doug Haigh and Patrick Kaihara of the Building Division of Public Works indicate that the reconstruction project will be financed with funds from the insurance settlement plus county funding to cover the policy’s deductible. Different from the previous community build, this project will be put out to bid to private building contractors.

 An element of community involvement in common with prior Friends of Kamalani and Lydgate Park projects is planned. If this element receives sufficient volunteer support, modular art panels created by art classes around the island will comprise the non-structural walls on three sides of the Pavilion. Carol Yotsuda, the director of the Garden Island Arts Council, has participated in planning is workable approach to creative community engagement.

  Your tax deductable donation to a Pavilion Rebuild Fund may be made to The Friends of Kamalani and Lydgate Park, c/o YWCA of Kauai, 3094 Elua Street, Lihue, HI 96766.

Please contact Thomas Noyes for additional information on the rebuild effort, and thank you for your support. thomasnoyes at hawaiiantel.net or call (808) 639-1018.