Project Ideas
From Thrive Napa Valley
Creating Community
- Great Hearts Supper
- Elementary Schools as Community Centers
- A Dish and a Bottle: Fun way to gather friends for a meal
- Block Potluck: Invite everyone on the block to share a meal
- Front Porch Fridays: Creating safe neighborhoods where people hang out on their front porches and kids can play... you know, like we used to.
- On-line conversations about our community and this site and how we can make it better
Video Storytelling
Transportation
- Ride-sharing
- VINE
- Making it easier and safer to bike to work and run errands
- Napa Valley Vine Trail (http://vinetrail.com)
- Bike Share
- Bicycle Advisory Committee
- Making it easier and safer to walk to work and errands
Art
- Arts Council
- Public Art Projects
- Art Fairs
- Nimbus
Eat
- Farmers Markets
- Featured local produce in stores
- LocalDirt.com
Inspire
- Lecture Series
Chi
- Tai Chi and Chi Gong in the park
Music / Musica
- Venue where musicians can come togehter to jam
- Acoustic Jam
- Jazz Jam
- Hula Jam
- Classic Jam
- Rock Jam
- Bluegrass Jam
- Latino Jam
Energy
- One Block off the Grid - Affordable Solar
- Promo of other energy-saving solutions
- Alternative energies: Bio-diesel, hydrogen
Garden
- Promoting community and home gardens
- Master Gardeners of Napa (http://ucanr.org/sites/ucmgnapa/)
Festival / Fiesta
- Yountville Days
- Yountville Light Festival
- Calistoga Cinco de Mayo parade
- Dia de los Muertos - Nimbus
Cook / Cocinar
- Featuring local Mexican food
- Yountville Chile Cook-off
Dance/Bailar
- Create a dance venue for salsa, swing, and contra.
- Street Dances
- Square Dancing
- Line Dancing
- Folk Dancing
- Contra Dancing
- Ballet Folklorico instruction and performance
- Rita Barrera
- Latin dance nights
Shop
- Oxbow - Tuesday Locals Night
- Can locals night expand to the rest of the downtown?
- Cheers! St. Helena (http://www.cheerssthelena.com/)
- First Friday Main Street locals shopping and wine tasting event 6-9pm
Dine
- Locals night at the restaurants
Kids
- List of kid's activities
Teens
- List of teen activities
- St. Helena Teen Center (http://www.ci.st-helena.ca.us/article.cfm?id=254)
Help/Volunteer
- Napa Valley CanDo (http://www.nvcando.org/)
- Volunteers powered by Trumba software
Learn
- Can we consolidate the Rec, College, and Adult Ed class catalog and make it searchable on the web by interest and location?
- Can our high schools become integrated learning centers inviting adults and seniors?
- NapaLearns.org
Hike
- Opening more trails and land to hiking - Land Trust
Build
- Promoting/making it easier to build and remodel sustainably
Drink
- Promoting local wines - maybe discount to locals
- Green Drinks
Health
- Asthma Coalition
- Promote health lectures - Queen Wellness Center and St. Helena Hospital
- Create healthy community activities
- Hula Hoop Faire
- Street dances
- Kite day
- Work w/Queen wellness center and St Helena Hospital to get healthy foods into markets & convenience stores and sugar and corn sweetener out.
- http://www.thequeen.org
- http://www.sthelenahospital.org
Sustainability
- Sustainable Napa County
- Green Drinks: Once a month no-host gathering for everyone interested in sustainability
Donate
- Making it easy to donate to Napa Valley non-profits and get feedback about how your dollars were spent Powered by Julkonia
Welcome
- Orientation for newcomers to our community
Farm
- Napa Sustainable Winegrowing Group
- Napa Valley Farm Bureau
- Wine Growers of Napa Valley
- Rutherford Dust Society
- BioDynamic Farming Group
- Napa Valley Grape Growers
Economic Justice
- Bridges out of Poverty (http://www.movingthemountain.org)
Contests
- Photo contest: What's working well for residents of the Napa Valley?
- Thrive Prize: Annual Award for an innovative sustainable community project
More Joy
- Link to Doug Collins
- Skype Laughing Chain
- Laughter clubs
- Laughter phone line
