​Samuel Mahelona Memorial Hospital (SMMH) is updating their master plan to incorporate: 

• Community needs and desires for the area, and​​
• Greater integration of the adjacent State parcels – from the boardwalk to Kapa‘a Elementary and High School (refer to the map below).

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In 2019, Hawai‘i Health Systems Corporation (HHSC) embarked on a master planning process to envision the future potential for SMMH and 34-acre campus to serve the Kaua‘i Community into the future. The purpose of the project was to assess the current state of the hospital and determine improvements needed to address current and future health service needs and to determine options for better use of the State property to provide needed affordable housing, community services, and other uses, including those with revenue-generating potential. The resulting SMMH Conceptual Master Plan was completed by G70 in 2020.

​Although the SMMH Conceptual Master Plan was recently completed, HHSC is updating the master plan to consider greater integration of adjacent State lands and community needs and is seeking broader community input on achieving the vision for a wellness village concept that is integrated in transit-oriented development (TOD). 

​HHSC has hired the planning, design, and landscape architecture firm, PBR HAWAII & ASSOCIATES, INC. (PBR), to assist in developing the updated master plan that incorporates the community’s needs and desires for the area as well as the unique characteristics of the campus and surrounding area. Over the course of the project, the team will be seeking community input and feedback. Scroll down to find the latest opportunities to get involved and share your ideas! 

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THE MASTER PLAN DESIGN ALTERNATIVES ARE OUT!

Check out the three Master Plan Design Alternatives below.
​You may also check out the Community Meeting #2 presentation and recording of the meeting where the Design Alternatives were discussed for more detail.

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Option A:
Main Street with Village Green

• Compact hospital campus with pedestrian-oriented “main street” along Kawaihau Road
• Network of walkways connecting the boardwalk, village green, and bluff park.
• Library and triangular park at Iwaena Road
• Teacher/healthcare workers’ and DHHL housing, residential psych and Easter Seals facility along Nunu Road

Option B:
Duo Village Greens

• Dual village greens at opposite ends of a loop road and senior assisted living overlooking a large bluff park
• Community retail and medical uses along Kawaihau Road
• Kapa`a Police Substation and other housing uses along Nunu Road

Option C:
The Bluff

• Compact hospital campus with village green, retail, library, teacher/healthcare workers’ housing along Kawaihau Road
• Senior assisted living and senior center at the large bluff park with amphitheater
• Kapa`a Police Substation, DHHL housing, new residential psych and new Easter Seals facility along Nunu Road

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