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June 3, 202 by Carly Graf Napa County Grand Jury recently wrapped up its probe into local efforts to promote accessory dwelling units as a tool to address the area’s ongoing housing crisis. Though the Jury identified some attempts to streamline the planning, approval and building of ADUs, it concluded the process lacks the “clarity…

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June 2, 2020 by Jessica Zimmer As economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic increases, many North Bay nonprofits are meeting their new short-term goals with the help of emergency grants from community foundations, but remain concerned. Their client lists are growing, while traditional fundraising methods, like spring and summer events, are curtailed or must be…

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May 28, 2020 by Patch Staff COVID-19 Webinar Hosted by California Senator Bill Dodd & Special Guest Congressman Mike Thompson May 28, 2020 02:00 PMRSVP Here to get the https://bit.ly/2zpKcT1 In this rapidly changing environment, answers aren't easy to get, and sometimes nonprofit needs are left out of the discussion. Join us for a virtual…

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May 5, 2020 by Jennifer Huffman Julia DeNatale might have worked for any one of the many industries in Napa Valley. Instead, she’s made a personal commitment to a career in the nonprofit world. “Nonprofits often know our community and its needs better than most,” she wrote in an email. According to DeNatale, nonprofits “can…

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May 5, 2020 by The Weekly Calistogan Staff Ana was laid off in mid-March, when Napa County’s Shelter-at-Home ordinance shuttered the large hotel where she worked. As a single mother with two teenage children, this job had been her only source of income. It had been enough to get by, but not enough to save…

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May 3, 2020 by Carly Graf The Napa Sonoma ADU Center, the newly launched information hub for homeowners looking to build an accessory dwelling unit, recently announced the hire of a director to lead the operation. Renée Schomp, the Sonoma County native who brings with her nearly a decade of experience in the legal aid…

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April 28, 2020 by Press Release - Napa County Board of Supervisors (NAPA, CALIF.) – Napa County announced today the expansion of free COVID-19 testing through a collaboration recently announced by Governor Gavin Newsom with Community Organized Relief Effort (CORE) and Verily. “Governor Newsom has identified six indicators to safely and scientifically evaluate how the…

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April 27, 2020 by Loraine Stuart The Napa Valley Register has been consistently and thoroughly providing Napa County important, current information on the Covid-19 crisis for which we are very grateful. All of us in Napa County are interlinked. All of us are only as secure and healthy as our neighbors who have less economic…

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April 24, 2020 by Register Staff Napa and Solano County residents feeling the emotional and mental toll of COVID-19 can get support from a special helpline and free drug treatment for teens in Napa County. Through a disaster relief grant from Napa Valley Community Foundation funded by the Napa Valley Vintners, Aldea Children and Family…

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April 23, 2020 by Maggie Fusek, Patch Staff NAPA COUNTY, CA— Napa County announced the expansion of free coronavirus testing in the county through a collaboration with California Gov. Gavin Newsom, the nonprofit group Community Organized Relief Effort — or CORE, founded by Sean Penn in 2010 in response to the Haiti earthquake — and…

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