California’s State Budget Prioritizes Affordable Housing: What You Need to Know California has reached a significant milestone in its ongoing efforts to address the state’s housing crisis on June 30. Following months of budget negotiations, state leaders have advanced major housing investments and policy initiatives that could shape the future 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…
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…
We’re honored to see our very own Jennifer La Liberte featured in the Philanthropy Issue of Napa Valley Life Magazine! As Executive Director of Our Town St. Helena, Jennifer is working with our team to ensure that the people who help make this community thrive can afford to live here. Read more…
Letter to the Editor By Polly Ogden, OTSH President I was sad to learn about the recent passing of Carl Doumani (“Longtime Napa winemaker Carl Doumani dies,” May 8). Carl was an ardent supporter of workforce housing and of Our Town St. Helena, our local nonprofit affordable housing organization. A few Read more…
We are incredibly grateful to St. Helena United Methodist Church for their generous donation to Our Town St Helena! This gift, made possible by their “Around the World in 80 Minutes” concert during their Sunday Salon event, will directly support our mission to create affordable housing in our community. A Read more…
Supporters say it takes a village to build affordable housing in St. Helena — a village with lots of money, time and determination. Ten years of work culminated in Monday’s official groundbreaking of a 10-unit affordable housing project at 951/963 Pope St. For families struggling to find a home in Read more…