| Duane L. Cronk, Publisher | THE ANGWIN REPORTER | Mar 11, 2007 |
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About Angwin...
Angwin is a community of about 3200 residents on Howell Mountain. We are in a coastal range of northern California, about 70 mi. north of San Francisco.
The Village ranges from 1600 to 2200 ft. elevation, overlooking the scenic Napa Valley. It is surrounded by vineyards and forests.
Many Angwin residents work for Pacific Union College, a liberal arts college with a national reputation, or the nearby St. Helena Hospital.
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Protest Rally to Challenge Triad/PUC Development
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Save Rural Angwin will sponsor a public meeting on Sunday evening, March 18, to present facts on the negative impacts of the proposed building of 591 houses in Angwin.
Five presenters will give information on such negative impacts as traffic, loss of ag lands and natural environment, public safety, expansion of the elementary school, and other community concerns.
"We are also going to address the Colleges claim that it needs $100 million to survive in the years ahead. This is a representation that must not go unchallenged," Allen Spence, spokesman for SRA asserted.
The meeting is being promoted as "The Other Side of the Story," in rebuttal of a comprehensive presentation made a few weeks ago by Triad corporation, the Seattle developer, which extols the project in glowing terms.
Triad would be purchasing 885 acres of land from Pacific Union College to surround the campus with a variety of housing units. They would range from 40-acre parcels for multi-million-dollar estates to a three-story apartment house.
"This plan not only increases the population of a small, semi-rural village by 50%," Allen Spence, said. "but is completely inconsistent with the first premise of 'Smart Growth' that housing be where the jobs are. More than 400 of the proposed 591 new households would not find work in Angwin and would have to commute to Napa or Santa Rosa. This ridiculously large development will also negatively impact St. Helena."
District Three Supervisor Diane Dillon recently announced that she was opposed to the project and would not support any development not supported by the Angwin community. Other County organizations are expecting to oppose the project in the upcoming hearings.
"The Other Side of the Story" will be held in the Howell Mountain Elementary School at 7:00 p. m., Sunday, March 18.
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A Picket Line in Angwin?
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Four Angwin ladies put on their walking shoes each Wednesday afternoon and stroll along Howell Mountain Road, Angwin's "Main Street." But they're not out just for the exercise. They are carrying signs protesting the conversion of Pacific Union College land for 591 new houses. The additional households would boost the population of the semi-rural village by 50% and create traffic, water, sewer, and public safety problems, the group believes. Kellie Anderson, a leader in Save Rural Angwin, organized the picket line.
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Left to right: Kellie Anderson, Patti Lefever, Marsa Tully, and Jeanette Payan. 
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