The Preservation and Protection of the Ghisletta Property and the Horseman’s Ranch demonstrates how our local commitment makes a global impact.
Our Impact.
Local.
We are all volunteers and residents of Napa who are committed to protecting and preserving the Ghisletta Property, Horseman’s Ranch and other Agricultural Preserves from irresponsible development.
Integrated.
We take a holistic approach to Napa’s ever shrinking Agricultural Preserves and ranch land - protecting them from irresponsible development, promoting environmentally sound, sustainable land use and smart growth practices, while preserving these areas for public enjoyment.
Global.
Agricultural Preserves and open land offers us all the most promising solutions for maintaining a quality of life for each resident of Napa and in our fight against climate change. Only when we support the preservation of these lands can they fulfill their promise to nourish our spirit and heal our city.
The past.
Napa created our Nation’s first Agricultural Preserve while much of the rest of the country was destroying their natural habitats and developing the environmental calamity now called “urban sprawl”. Napa’s prescient environmental vision and optimism was written in the Agricultural Preserve Act of 1968.
The present.
A generic branding of the now familiar, homogenous, “mixed-use, walkable-livable neighborhood” solution is not enough to resolve the specific needs, demands and development challenges of not only the Gateway Parcels, but (most importantly) the possibilities of the City of Napa.
The future.
Like Napa itself, KNGG’s approach to Napa’s Gateway parcels is one of utopian pragmatism. KNGG hopes to harness the entrepreneurial spirit and harmonic lyricism that has underwritten our City’s history - inspiring previous generations to dream ever bigger.
We are addressing some of the most pressing questions facing our City in regard to this proposed re-zoning, up-zoning, annexation and disavowed planning practices such as urban sprawl, spot-zoning and leapfrogging.
These questions include what will happen to:
• The last vestiges of Prime Agricultural Land as the population continues to grow (it is currently in decline) and depends on “smart growth” imperatives.
• Affordable and integrated housing for those who need it and those who wish to attain it - to be built throughout the City of Napa - not just in one segregated site.
• Fully addressing the immediate demands of climate change - we need to build green resilient housing and communities based upon ecological imperatives.
• The widely acknowledged need (and overwhelming preference) for preserving and maintaining irreplaceable open spaces and Agricultural Preserves, while focusing on developing “smart” city centers as public opinion and desire has shifted from single family residences to multi-family housing in alignment with Smart Growth Initiatives.
• New infrastructure expense and transit/traffic congestion, as opposed to adaptive re-use and expansion of existing sites, roads and services.
• Coastal flooding and pandemics which may generate unexpected in-migration patterns.
• Vintners, farmers and ranchers as they adapt to raise grapes, crops and livestock in the face of worsening droughts, wildfires, flooding and temperature extremes.
• Promoting tourism, hospitality and image marketing of the City itself.
• The decades long inflated population growth figures from the City, despite notable population decline for some time in Napa and California.