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From The Aspen Institute blog: Getting to Know the New “Us”

Posted on: Jul 14, 2016

July 14, 2016, Elise Hernandez For over a decade, the Community Strategies Group (CSG) has advanced practices and policies that help hard-working rural families earn more, keep more of what they earn, and grow what they have into assets over time. As more immigrants move to rural America, practitioners need new tools and strategies to learn…

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Test ONVI

Posted on: Jul 13, 2016

In 2013, Napa Valley Community Foundation (NVCF) launched the One Napa Valley Initiative (ONVI), a three-year campaign to create new citizens and a stronger community. The County of Napa, as well as every municipal government in Napa County, has invested in this $1.1 million public-private partnership, alongside more than 140 local donors, foundations and businesses.…

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From Napa Valley Register: Earthquake victims receive help from Habitat for Humanity

Posted on: Jun 24, 2016

June 24, 2016, Register Staff Nearly two years after the magnitude-6.0 earthquake hit Napa County, Damian Uriarte’s family is just now beginning to recover from the damage. The Uriartes, along with several other families in Napa County, are receiving critical repairs to their home, including a damaged chimney box that left the family without an affordable…

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From Napa Valley Register: New American citizens minted at Napa Valley College

Posted on: Apr 1, 2016

Maria Sestito, April 1, 2016 Twenty-one people from 12 countries became U.S. citizens in Napa on Thursday — a day that also honors Mexican-American activist Cesar Chavez. The new citizens, who included four Napans, two people from St. Helena and a Calistoga man, read the Oath of Allegiance and waved their little American flags with…

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From Napa Valley Register: New U.S. citizens to take oath of allegiance next week

Posted on: Mar 24, 2016

Register staff, March 24, 2016 Civic leaders and local residents are expected to attend a naturalization ceremony in Napa next week at Napa Valley College. In the last two years, 394 Napa County residents have become U.S. citizens through a nonprofit program called the One Napa Valley Initiative, but they have all sworn their Oath of…

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From Napa Valley Register: Businesses rate SBA performance following Napa earthquake

Posted on: Feb 18, 2016

February 18, 2016 •  By Jennifer Huffman In the 18 months since the August 2014 Napa earthquake, the U.S. Small Business Administration has approved 982 loans totaling $37.2 million to Napa County businesses and residents. The data was presented at a round table discussion at Napa Valley College on Thursday morning to discuss the participants’ experience…

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From Lake County Record-Bee: Thompson hosts SBA administrator

Posted on: Feb 18, 2016

By Record-Bee Staff February 18, 2016 Due to its location, the roundtable discussion focused on the 2014 South Napa Earthquake and how SBA disaster loans were used to help small businesses, non-profits and others rebuild after the earthquake. Participants in the roundtable included officials from the SBA, the City and County of Napa, the Napa…

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From The Weekly Calistogan: Free bilingual tax preparation service

Posted on: Feb 10, 2016

February 10, 2016 Getting anxious about filing your income tax returns? Don’t know where to turn for help? Well, here is some sound advice: Don’t ask Sherlock Holmes for deductions; go to the UpValley Family Centers (UVFC) in Calistoga and St. Helena, where trained volunteers prepare state and federal tax returns free for those with…

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From Forbes: Management Training In The Vineyard: Professional Development For Farmworkers

Posted on: Feb 5, 2016

Note: Today’s post completes the series about quality-of-life topics that help define what makes Napa Napa, from healthcare to housing to transportation, in the daily lives of that region’s workers and residents. Farmworkers in Napa, as we described in the last post, are the best-paid agricultural workers locally, regionally, and nationally. Here’s a closer look at…

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