Welcome to the Vine Trail!
The Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition is a grass-roots nonprofit with a vision to build a walking/biking trail system connecting the entire Napa Valley. WITH YOUR HELP we are working to design, fund, construct, and maintain 44 safe and scenic miles of level, paved, family-friendly, free-access Class I trail, stretching from the Vallejo Ferry to Calistoga.
Winter Newsletter
Happy 2012 to all our members and supporters! We saw tremendous progress in 2011 towards bringing the Vine Trail vision to reality. See some of the year’s highlights plus a look ahead in this Winter 2012 newsletter. Have you signed up to receive our E-News yet? Just add your name at the link to your [...]
Is a Light-Rail system on the Wine Train tracks synergistic with the Vine Trail?
Since first going public in September 2011 with the news that they were exploring the feasibility of a light-rail system of public transportation in Napa Valley, the private partnership NTI (Napa Transit Investors, headed by Chuck McMinn and Keith Rogal) has continued to make public presentations and to seek sufficient venture capital to proceed to [...]
$2.5M in Federal Funding for the Vine Trail
(From the Napa Register) The Napa Valley Vine Trail will be receiving $2.5 million in federal transportation funding for a bike trail between Napa and Yountville, Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena announced Friday. The money will be used to construct the Solano Avenue section of the trail between north Napa and Yountville. The project is [...]
Blazing the Trail
{originally printed in the Bohemian} A Napa Valley trail? Yes, we can! By Juliane Poirier I’ve never met Chuck McMinn in person, but we’ve both asked the same question when enjoying multi-use trails in other communities: “Why can’t we do this in the Napa Valley?” Now, thanks to McMinn and others, we can. As word [...]
Welcome to the Vine Trail!
The Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition is a grass-roots nonprofit with a vision to build a walking/biking trail system connecting the entire Napa Valley. WITH YOUR HELP we are working to design, fund, construct, and maintain 44 safe and scenic miles of level, paved, family-friendly, free-access Class I trail, stretching from the Vallejo Ferry to Calistoga.
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Winter Newsletter
Happy 2012 to all our members and supporters! We saw tremendous progress in 2011 towards bringing the Vine Trail vision to reality. See some of the year’s highlights plus a look ahead in this Winter 2012 newsletter. Have you signed up to receive our E-News yet? Just add your name at the link to your [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Events, News
Is a Light-Rail system on the Wine Train tracks synergistic with the Vine Trail?
Since first going public in September 2011 with the news that they were exploring the feasibility of a light-rail system of public transportation in Napa Valley, the private partnership NTI (Napa Transit Investors, headed by Chuck McMinn and Keith Rogal) has continued to make public presentations and to seek sufficient venture capital to proceed to [...]
Read the full story
Posted in News
$2.5M in Federal Funding for the Vine Trail
(From the Napa Register) The Napa Valley Vine Trail will be receiving $2.5 million in federal transportation funding for a bike trail between Napa and Yountville, Rep. Mike Thompson, D-St. Helena announced Friday. The money will be used to construct the Solano Avenue section of the trail between north Napa and Yountville. The project is [...]
Read the full story
Posted in Capital Campaign, News, Route
Blazing the Trail
{originally printed in the Bohemian} A Napa Valley trail? Yes, we can! By Juliane Poirier I’ve never met Chuck McMinn in person, but we’ve both asked the same question when enjoying multi-use trails in other communities: “Why can’t we do this in the Napa Valley?” Now, thanks to McMinn and others, we can. As word [...]
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October 2010 Greatest Month in History of Napa Trails
(Re-printed from a recent article in the Napa Register) A week ago, a mile of the planned Calistoga-to-Vallejo Vine Trail was dedicated in Yountville. On Wednesday, another 1.8-mile link — the so-called commuter bike path through the heart of Napa along Napa Valley Wine Train tracks — was ceremoniously opened. Built by the city, the [...]
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Posted in Events
Yountville Section of Napa Valley Vine Trail Open
(Re-printed from a recent article in the Napa Register) In what will be remembered as the first section of trail built with the goal of linking two ends of the Napa Valley, the town of Yountville officially opened an almost mile-long portion of the Napa Valley Vine Trail. Affectionately known as the “Yountville mile,” the [...]
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Posted in Events
The Yountville Mile Now Open
The Yountville section of the 44 mile long Napa Valley Vine Trail will be open to walkers and bike riders on October 22. The path between California Drive and Madison Street has a tree tunnel and panoramic views of the hills and vineyards west of Town. There will be signs that show that bike riders [...]
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Posted in Events, Route
44-Mile Bike, Pedestrian Path Under Way
Napa Valley Vine Trail seeks to attract tourists, provide alternate transit (Re-printed from a recent article in the North Bay Business Journal) NAPA – A 44-mile mixed-use path for pedestrians and cyclists that would run the length of the Napa Valley and eventually connect to the ferry terminal in Vallejo is under way, and funding [...]
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Posted in Advocate
Yountville Volunteer Rally a Great Success!
More than 60 Vine Trail enthusiasts filled the room at Yountville’s beautiful new Community Center July 28th. All ages — from toddlers to octogenarians — came out, eager to hear how they could help the Coalition’s efforts to build a dedicated walking, hiking, biking trail from Vallejo to Calistoga. Executive Director Chuck McMinn introduced the Vine [...]
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