Hawaii Reserves, Inc. (Hawaii Reserves) is the subsidiary of Property Reserve Inc. that manages property for
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, informally known as the LDS Church or Mormon Church, is a Nontrinitarianism, nontrinitarian Christianity, Christian church that considers itself to be the Restorationism, restoration of the ...
(LDS Church) in the town of
Laie, Hawaii
Laie ( haw, Lāie, ) is a census-designated place (CDP) located in the Koolauloa District on the island of Oahu () in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States. In Hawaiian, means " leaf" ( is a climbing screwpine: ''Freycinetia arborea''). The p ...
.
Hawaii Reserves manages more than 7,000 acres of land in the Laie area—most purchased in 1865.
[Miller, Andrew]
"A place of beauty, a place of God"
''Church News
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'', 17 December 2004. Retrieved on 11 March 2020. Hawaii Reserves manages commercial properties, private campgrounds, lands in the Laie area, and a number of infrastructure projects. These properties include the Laie Water Company and the Laie Treatment Works, as well as the Laie Shopping Center, Laie Park, Laie Cemetery, and Hukilau Beach Park. Hawaii Reserves also owns many residential properties in the town as well as road management and public works service.
The current president of Hawaii Reserves is R. Eric Ho'olulukamakani Beaver.
The
Laie Hawaii Temple
Laie Hawaii Temple is a temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) located on the northeast shore of the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The temple sits on a small hill, half a mile from the Pacific Ocean, in the town of ...
was the first
LDS temple
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Upon completion, temples are usually ...
built outside the continental United States. Laie is also home to
Brigham Young University-Hawaii
Brigham may refer to:
Places
* Brigham, Cumbria, England
* Brigham, East Riding of Yorkshire, England
* Brigham City, Utah, USA
* Brigham, Wisconsin, USA
* Brigham, Quebec, Canada
People
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, part of the LDS Church's educational system. In 2004 Hawaii Reserves spent $5.5 million renovating Hale Laa Boulevard, the wide avenue that leads to the temple.
[Kayal, Michele]
"Mormons Spruce Up Their Aging Hawaiian Outpost"
''The New York Times
''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
'', 27 November 2004. Retrieved on 11 March 2020.
See also
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References
External links
Hawaii Reserves Official websiteProperty Reserve Inc. Official WebsiteChurchofJesusChrist.org Official LDS Church website
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Economy and Christianity
Companies based in Hawaii
Deseret Management Corporation
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