1972-74
Vine Village, Inc, Napa, California - Serving People With Special Needs Since 1973

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1973 Vine Village Opens

  • January - Kathleen Orme, David Alosi, Inger Kessler, hired as first staff, begin preparing the new property: painting, furniture refinishing, etc.
  • February 22 - Vine Village officially incorporated as a non-profit organization
  • March 3 - Michael & Nancy Kerson arrive "just for a month" 
    to help fight for use permit and set up Vine Village (we were such rubes - the blast of neighborhood resistance caught us totally by surprise!)
  • March - First Use Permit application denied; Standing room only at Planning Commission meeting - nearly all in attendance protest against us; Use permit denial appealed to Board of Supervisors
  • April 8 - Sporting Goods Auction at Corte Madera Community Center raises $5000.
  • May 8 - Use permit was unanimously approved by Napa County Board of Supervisors; Thanks to TV channels 2, 4, & 9 for showing up with cameras running! VV made the news that evening
  • May 15 - Sandra Riddell, first resident, moves in.
  • Summer - Women’s House full (6 residents) Sandra Riddell, Lenora Jacob, Debbie Kerson, Twila Cheyne, Joan Mathews, Cheryl Blay


Canning tomatoes: Lenora, Paul, Dan, Cheryl, Twila

  • August - Men’s House opens with 4 residents: Dan Orme, Arthur Van Damme, Bruce Greene, Paul Sommers

  • Dante Bagnani starts Herb vinegar bottling project 
    original label.jpg (366147 bytes) Our original vinegar label
  • Conditions of use permit met - Mike and David and Fergie built a whole new septic system with engineered drainage system, water processing plant, parking & roads 
    lenora twila bruce.jpg (282035 bytes)
       1973 gift show.jpg (27896 bytes)

 

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Vine Village, Inc. is a 501c(3) non-profit organization located in the Napa, CA Wine Country
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