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Hello fellow Napan's, I'm a 30s male looking to make some new friends both men and woman locally preferably but willing to drive if in surrounding areas. I have lived here my whole life but found it hard for me to make friends since I'm not regularly going out to drink and stuff and Napa is more an older population and lately I've been a bit down due to not working and not having much social structure locally.

I like Light hiking, going to the dog parks in Napa, playing video games and board games, riding my motorcycle around town.

I'm pretty shy at first but can open up to people fairly easy afterwards.

If you're interested in chatting with me feel free to send a message. Happy to hopefully connect with some of you.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend.

They’ve been closed for about a week… anyone know what’s going on? I would be devastated if they were closing permanently!!

What are the chances of getting into bottlerock last minute? Im hoping for someone desperate enough to sell tickets at a discount, find a way to work the venue, or sell something outside the venue since I live nearby. Any one have any advice?

There will be a meeting on May 21st. It begins at 4:30pm in the Napa Valley College Admin Bldg. If you want time to speak about concerns with the proposed NVTA mission, then you need to be there a little ahead of 4:30 to sign a card and hand it in before they go into closed mtg at 4:30. After that, no one can speak except those who were there early and signed a card. They don't ever publish how long the closed session will be, so we just wait until they open up for the public to join the mtg. 

On Thursday, April 16th, the Napa Valley Tennis Association (NVTA) presented a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to the college's Board of Trustees to take over the college's courts. The District Facilities Committee is discussing this item today.

Historically, these courts have been a vital public asset, having lights and open every day, until 10:00 PM. The NVTA is claiming to the college board that this project will be in part funded by USTA Grants.

According to the official NVTA Presentation and Draft MOU submitted to the college, the NVTA’s terms include:

• USTA Grant: Claiming the $300,000 project will be funded through "USTA grants and NVTA fundraising."
• Public Lockout: Restricting guaranteed public access to just a single tennis court, handing the rest of the scheduling over to the NVTA and F.I.T.T. (a private, for-profit coaching business).
• Utility Burden: Requiring the publicly funded college to pay for all utility costs (including court lights), allowing the NVTA to host private "night play" at the taxpayers' expense.
• 90-Day Notice: Requiring the college to provide the NVTA with a 90-day notice to use its own facilities.

A few years ago, the NVTA executed a similar takeover of the courts at Vintage High School, severely restricting public access to just a few hours on Sunday afternoons. We are hoping the same thing won't happen to our community college courts.

The courts are still very usable and do need to be (properly) resurfaced at some point, but I don't think it's worth it to lose public access. There's been a lot of time, money and energy put into the courts from the college and locals.

sidewalks get randomly interrupted by people’s gardens, then more sidewalk, then someone’s fence…

How does this work? Shouldn’t the sidewalks be continuous?

I walk my dog around town a lot, and I have seen this in every neighborhood Ive lived in Napa, except for obviously downtown.

Just gotta give a shout out to Cha Na for their strawberry matcha latte. Good matcha, and the strawberry puree is fresh and housemade. It tasted like a milkshake! Loved that there was no Torani or processed syrup in sight.

We got ours regular sweet (100%) and it was great, but next time will do 75% sweet. Also curious to try the hojicha strawberry latte.

Best spot? Needs recommendations.