A Mid Year Message August 2024 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE It has been a productive and exciting year so far, and we want to take this opportunity to update you on what we’ve been working on and the progress we’ve made. Pope Street Workforce Housing We are nearly fully funded Read more…
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE It’s exciting to leap into 2024 as a year of building for Our Town St. Helena (OTSH), which takes on many forms. Building on Our Momentum After several years of predevelopment work and assembling multiple funding sources, this year OTSH will begin constructing 9 new rental apartments Read more…
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE A St. Helena landlord I know recently had an apartment for rent in town. It was a 2-bedroom, 1-bath, upstairs unit with one assigned parking space. The monthly rent is $1,850 and the landlord covers water and garbage. Here is a sampling of applicants who ultimately were Read more…
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S MESSAGE Hello friends! It is already approaching April and it seems we haven’t come up for air since January to check in and share lots of good news. First, Our Town St. Helena (OTSH) wrapped up 2022 with a very successful end-of-year fundraising campaign. Because of your kind Read more…
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE I am in great company with a supportive board and professional team to help guide us forward. We finished 2021 with a successful year-end donor drive and I want to thank everyone who gave generously to our mission to preserve and build housing that is affordable to people Read more…
2021 Was a Big Year for Our Town St. Helena Purchased the four-unit Christine Apartments and preserved the rents at affordable levels for 55 years Thanks to a significant private donation, purchased property on Pope Street adjacent to property we own, allowing us to expand our approved five-unit Workforce Village to ten units Read more…
An Insider’s View of the St. Helena Housing Market OTSH welcomed Jordan Bentley to the Board in fall, 2020. She grew up in St. Helena and joins her mother and brother at Wine Country Consultants, a real estate firm focused on legacy vineyards and wineries. Jordan met her husband, Rob Watermeyer, at Massachusetts Read more…
Over the next few months we will feature some of the industry leaders who are using creative approaches to deliver housing that is affordable. This month we’re profiling the Napa Sonoma ADU Center. Find out if an ADU is right for you The ADU Center is a comprehensive resource for any homeowner Read more…
OTSH is kicking off the year with three new Board members. We’re delighted to have fresh new ideas and perspectives. Jordan Bentley is a St. Helena native and a partner at Wine Country Consultants, a real estate firm focused on legacy vineyards and wineries, where she joins her mother and brother. Ryan Heywood graduated from SFSU Read more…
The Give!Guide Makes it Easy to Donate; OTSH Welcomes new ED Jennifer La Liberte The Give!Guide Makes it Easy to Give The Guide is all online this year at candogiveguide.com. Key in “Our Town St. Helena” in the search field in the upper right corner of your screen. What’s great about the Give!Guide–donations start Read more…