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HISTORY: May Downtown Napa History Tour

May 8, 2019
3 min

HISTORY: May Downtown Napa History Tour

May History Tour will take you on a stroll down memory lane past Napa’s remarkable Victorians and their gardens. Meet at the Goodman Library, 1219 First Street at 9:45 in comfortable walking shoes. Tuesday, May 21st; 10- 11:30am $15 for members, $20 for non-members, RSVP info@napahistory.org or 224.1739 ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD Within easy walking and viewing distance of the Napa River, this area was home to Napa’s first “rich and famous” residents. Most of the buildings were c

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Halloween – Trick or Treating
Sat., Oct. 27th | 11 a.m to 2 p.m. | Downtown Napa

Sep 28, 2018
2 min

Halloween – Trick or Treating Sat., Oct. 27th | 11 a.m to 2 p.m. | Downtown Napa

Diane Bishofberger, Bank of Marin Market Manager for the Napa area, is a diehard Disney fan. Little wonder then that fifteen years ago, when the Downtown Napa Association decided to go all out for Halloween, she volunteered to lead the charge, and make sure that the day was one that children would love (and that Mickey would be proud of)! Thanks to the Bank of Marin staff, characters from Disney and other movies that conjour up the Halloween spirit have shown up over the yea

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Managing The City - Steve Potter

Sep 28, 2018
3 min

Managing The City - Steve Potter

Interim-City Manager Steve Potter had a real dilemma when he started thinking about leaving the police force. He hated the word “retirement.” “I didn’t pick the word,’” he said. “I always planned doing something else.” That “something else” likely would have been going into the nonprofit world, where Potter thought he could continue to serve Napa, but that plan didn’t last long. Police Chief Potter had barely turned in his notice that he was leaving the force, after thirty-se

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50th Anniversary Napa Valley Agricultural Preserve

Jun 29, 2018
4 min

50th Anniversary Napa Valley Agricultural Preserve

How many rural communities, within fifty miles of a major city can say, ‘Not much has changed in the last fifty years’? We’re guessing . . . not too many. It’s a fact of which our Napa Valley can be proud. Although there have been many changes, and undisputed growth of sorts, the agricultural heritage of the Valley remains intact. In the sixties, wine grapes were the main crop grown in Napa, but there was diversity among others. The list was impressive: apples, prunes, pears,

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Arbor Day/Fuller Park Community Celebration

Sep 29, 2017
2 min

Arbor Day/Fuller Park Community Celebration

Saturday, October 21 beginning at 9 am. The City of Napa is an official “Tree City USA,” recognized by the National Arbor Day Foundation. Napa maintains this honor through tree preservation, care and reforestation programs such as the Annual Arbor Day tree planting. The public is invited to the 28th Annual Arbor Day Celebration with the planting of trees in Fuller Park. UC Master Gardeners of Napa County are helping to organize the event and will conduct a Free Guided Tree W

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