Editing Mililani, Hawaii (section)

==History==
[[File:PINEAPPLE FIELDS IN MILILANI TOWN. PINEAPPLE GROWERS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING "SURPLUS LAND" SINCE 1958. OF A PROPOSED... - NARA - 553697.jpg|thumb|left|Pineapple fields in Mililani Town, 1973. Photo by [[Charles O'Rear]].]]

Mililani sits on former plantation fields owned by [[Castle & Cooke]], which began planning for its development in 1958 under its Oceanic Properties subsidiary.<ref>{{cite web |title=Hawaii Real Estate |url=https://www.castlecookehawaii.com/Page/Residential |website=Castle & Cooke Hawaii |publisher=Castle & Cooke |access-date=23 February 2023}}</ref> Castle & Cooke's plan was to collaborate with planners and architects on making Mililani Town a satellite city that would satisfy Oʻahu's pent-up demand for housing with a new affordable community. It was planned to eventually support a population of 75,000 people.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schneider |first=Emil A. |date=November 19, 1965 |title=Groundbreaking Starts Big Oahu Development |page=A1 |work=[[The Honolulu Advertiser]] |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/89137366/groundbreaking-starts-big-oahu/ |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |accessdate=November 17, 2021}}</ref> Architect and developer [[Al Boeke]], who would later create the planned community of [[Sea Ranch, California]], was the development director of Mililani.<ref name=nytimes>{{cite news|first=Dennis|last=Hevesi|title=Al Boeke, Architect Who Sought Ecological Harmony, Is Dead at 88 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/17/us/al-boeke-88-dies-architect-sought-ecological-harmony.html |work=[[New York Times]] |date=2011-11-16 |access-date=2011-12-03}}</ref> The first homes in Mililani went on sale on June 23, 1968.

In 1976, [[Interstate H-2]] opened for Mililani, cutting travel time from Mililani to Honolulu in half. In 1986, Mililani was named an [[All-America City]] in recognition of a community effort to clean up drinking water contaminated with agricultural pesticides. It is the only community in Hawaiʻi ever to receive this distinction.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Past Winners|url=https://www.nationalcivicleague.org/america-city-award/past-winners/|access-date=2021-08-30|website=National Civic League}}</ref>

On April 6, 1990, ground was broken for Mililani Mauka, a newer and more upscale community east of the Interstate H-2. The first homeowners moved into Mauka in 1992.

In 2003, Mililani was designated as the pilot site for the City and County of Honolulu's curbside recycling program.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2003-12-22|title=Mililani curbside recycling begins - The Honolulu Advertiser - Hawaii's Newspaper|url=http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Oct/26/ln/ln11a.html|access-date=2021-08-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031222134753/http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2003/Oct/26/ln/ln11a.html|archive-date=2003-12-22}}</ref> In 2005, ''Money'' magazine named Mililani as one of the best places to live in the U.S.<ref>{{Cite web|title=CNNMoney.com: Best places to live: Mililani, HI snapshot|url=https://money.cnn.com/best/bplive/snapshots/35147.html|access-date=2021-08-30|website=money.cnn.com}}</ref> In 2006, Mililani ʻIke Elementary School first grade teacher Phyllis Nakama-Kawamoto was named Hawaiʻi's American Star of Teaching by the U.S. Department of Education.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Martin|first=Dan|date=2012-02-08|title=Mililani teacher earns national honor|url=http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/08/26/news/story08.html|url-status=live|access-date=2021-08-30|website=Honolulu Star-Bulletin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208075446/http://archives.starbulletin.com/2006/08/26/news/story08.html|archive-date=2012-02-08}}</ref>