The Town will be receiving over $550,00 in grant money to be utilized for its General Fund. Also, the tourists are returning, and restaurants and wine tasting are, legally, increasing capacity. So might now be the time to reconsider budget considerations? At the February 2 Town Council meeting Vice Mayor, Kerri Dorman, went on record
In the March 5 edition of the Napa Register, there was a lengthy article on more school closures for the NVUSD in 2022. The Yountville elementary school saw its last students in 2020, and the future of the site remains unclear. The Town has been in discussions with the school district to purchase the lot, and
Town Staff has been working with Whitney Diver McEvoy at the Yountville Chamber to offer a Vaccine Clinic at the Yountville Community Center specifically targeted to restaurant workers. The Town and Chamber will offer the clinic on March 23rd and April 20th, 2021. The Town will also be supporting the event with two bilingual Team
Yountville Arts held a very successful live stream featuring their Gallery Artist Quinn Saine last week. They had between 65-80 people live on the stream and as of Friday afternoon, it has been viewed 190 times on the Yountville Arts Youtube channel. Check it out. Considerable time and energy went into this all. Thanks to
The Economic Recovery Program for Yountville was previously called the Business Transition Support Program. This Business Transition Support program was put into place by the Town in 2020 to assist businesses with adapting to the changes caused by COVID. This involved outdoor dining and seating and other limited and temporary modifications to Use Permits and
The Town of Yountville is in line to receive $558,285 due to the rescue package passed by Congress and signed by the President last week. The Town can use the payment to offset lost revenue, and, as you know, the Town has sustained revenue loss from TOT and sales tax in the fiscal year 2020
Let’s talk about parking! Parking has been a hot-button issue in Yountville.
Last week, the Board of Supervisors for Napa County chose not to consider allowing commercial cannabis cultivation in the area, an initiative that was proposed by The Napa Valley Cannabis Association. The Napa Valley Vintners (NVV) continues to oppose commercial cannabis cultivation in Napa Valley as well for several reasons, most notably that wine and
Recently, the NVV’s Board of Directors voiced their support for smaller wineries seeking a streamlined process for obtaining a Winery Use Permit through Napa County, and topic that was originally brought up by Save the Family Farms. The NVV has consistently advocated for changes to ease arbitrary and unnecessary regulatory burdens on wineries, helping secure robust
What I expected to be a long meeting wrapped up in under two hours with the Commissioners’ deciding on two items, one project inching forward and a fourth item pulled from the agenda. The legal non-conforming garage on Mount St was pulled from the agenda, and based on the observed conversation of the Commissioners and