Meet Ramona & Iliana Ramona has lived in St. Helena since she was an early teen, when she moved to the United States with her family 35 years ago. She attended Robert Louis Stevenson Middle School and St. Helena High School and has built her life in this community. She Read more…
A TOWN THAT HAS had a notoriously difficult time building affordable housing is celebrating a big win. Families are set to move into Gamble Grove, a new 10-unit housing project on Pope Street in St. Helena. It was a collaboration between the nonprofits Our Town St. Helena and Napa Valley Read more…
2026 California Affordable Housing Production Pipeline Nearly 40,000 affordable homes that could serve more than 432,000 low-income households over the next 55 years are awaiting final funding to begin construction in California, according to Enterprise research. While the 2026 California Affordable Housing Pipeline shows strong development momentum, the analysis makes Read more…
Our Town St Helena has acquired 12 apartments on Monte Vista Avenue, preserving long-term affordability for at least 55 years for working families and seniors. Thank you to our partners Poppy Bank and Bay Area Housing Finance Authority. Read the full story in the Napa Valley Register.
OTSH President, Polly Ogden writes a Letter to the Editor about John Brenkle’s commitment to affordable housing. Monsignor John Brenkle’s recent passing leaves us at Our Town St Helena (OTSH) with fond memories and reflections of his example of how to “walk the walk.” As a co-founder and long-serving board Read more…
Father John Brenkle, a popular Catholic priest and activist who advocated on behalf of Latino farmworkers and the poor, died Tuesday night at the age of 94. Brenkle died in a hospital, according to Gladys DeHaro, office manager at the St. Helena Catholic Church. A Mass of Christian Burial will Read more…
St. Helena’s biggest affordable housing project in 30 years was quietly approved last Friday after no public hearings and no public opposition. Now the applicants just need to figure out how to pay for it. Forty apartments, ranging from one to three bedrooms, will be built on a 1.8-acre property Read more…
Why the Gambles Took a Gamble on 951 Pope Street When OTSH and its partner, Napa Valley Community Housing, were in the throes of assembling financing for the approved 963 Pope Street project, the adjacent property at 951 Pope Street came on the market. OTSH founder John Sales met with Read more…
