About OCEAN VIEW, HI
The area known as Ocean View was once part of Kahuku Ranch's vast pasturlands. Old-timers will remember when sales of HOVE (Hawaiian Ocean View Estates) were being conducted in the late 50's and early 60's. Karl Embrey and Ed Bossing worked out of a desk in the old Kona Inn Hotel. They would order box lunches from the hotel for their prospective clients and drive them to the new subdicision and then enjoy the million dollar views from the open air pavilion, (The Lookout, on the site where the HOVE Road Maintenace Corp. now has its baseyard. In the early 1980's we acquired a service station and a rental building where the first hardware store began its business, run by Ken Arbo. In 1989 the Ocean View Town Center was developed and the Ocean View Road Maintenance Corporation began an extensive rebuilding program of the roads in HOVE and the surrounding area.
The town was expanding rapidly and shortly thereafter the Ocean View Development Corporation started the new market which included the laundromat and restaurant. Ocean View now has two thriving shopping centers. With the work and diligence of quite a few people, Ocean View was finally awarded its own Postal Zip Code (96737) and the growth of the area now has the town in need of a larger Post Office. The last few years have seen people from all over the world moving to Ocean View, loving the views and wide open spaces and wanting to help in the further development of this rural area.
The are once known as HOVE is now referred to as Ocean View and now also encompasses the developments of Hawaiian Ocean View Ranchos, Kahuku Country Gardens, Kula Kai View Estates, Kona Gardens, Keone's Ranchos, and Kona View Estates There are approximately 1,500 homes build at this time with more new faces being seen everyday.
One of the strengths of this area are the people, known for being rugged individualists, they are also the most artistic, creative, and hard working! We have a beautiful new Fire Station built totally by volunteers and the Ocean View Community Center, which was also built by volunteers, has become a meeting place for all ages and interests. The Greater Ocean View Chamber-of-Commerce along with the Ocean View Community Center hold quarterly Town Meetings where residents can all join in discussing the various interests of the town.
As we experience the growing pains of our small community, we are actively petitioning the State and County Government for additional services, as we need them. In the future we hope to see a larger post office, a local well, a bank, a police station, and somewhere along the way our own school. With the growing number of children and young people this is something that must be planned for our future.
Ocean View has come a long way in the past 30 years; we're all looking forward to the growth of our community in the next 30!
Learn more about this city.
City of Ocean View, HI official site
City of Ocean View, HI Chamber of Commerce
City of Ocean View, HI newspaper
County of Ocean View, HI official site
State of Hawaii official site