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August 12, 2008 - Angwin Reporter Save Rural Angwin Going All Out
March 3, 2008 - Angwin Reporter PUC defeats community Plan...Temporarily
April 13, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC plan poses a litany of problems
April 12, 2007 - St. Helena Star: How will PUC use its endowment?
April 12, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Tunnel vision in Angwin, Napa
April 12, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Offer affordable housing equally
April 12, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Angwin doesn’t need mansions
April 12, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC project foes defended
April 12, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC finances merit checking
April 10, 2007 - Napa Register: Public not truly heard on PUC plan
April 9, 2007 - Napa Register: A look at PUC's books
April 6, 2007 - Napa Register: The meanest comment yet on PUC plan
April 5, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC unveils 391-unit development proposal
April 5, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Angwin already is a true eco-village
April 5, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC scales back plan, but foes remain
April 5, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC plan too much for Angwin
April 4, 2007 - St. Helena Star: County forced to mull Angwin
April 4, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC: Show us the details
April 4, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC drops 200 homes from Angwin plan
April 2, 2007 - Napa Register: Where PUC project and county plans meet
April 1, 2007 - Napa Register: 'We are smarter' than PUC/Triad plan
March 29, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC, Triad: put all your cards on table
March 29, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC sets the record straight on project
March 29, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC plan merits open discussion
March 28, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC plan worries mobile home owner
March 26, 2007 - Napa Register: Work together on Angwin plan
March 22, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Project foes meet
March 22, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Dillon’s right on impact of 600 homes
March 22, 2007 - St. Helena Star: SDA church should take control of PUC
March 22, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Reduction in size of project welcome
March 22, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Eco-village plans sadden PUC alumna
March 22, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Other ways for PUC to raise revenue
March 16, 2007 - Napa Register: The answer is in the question
March 16, 2007 - Napa Register: Readers on Angwin
March 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Angwin development foes meeting Sunday
March 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Attack on Dillon insults intelligence
March 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Wake up Angwin, wolf is at the door
March 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Student supports development plan
March 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Dillon's stand on Angwin project is commendable
March 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC president wrong: opposition growing to plan
March 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Herb Ford 'sets record straight'
March 11, 2007 - Angwin Reporter: Protest Rally to Challenge Triad/PUC Development
March 9, 2007 - Napa Register: Dillon's cheap political shot
March 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Triad tried before to develop valley
March 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Dillon opposition to project surprising
March 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Cost of housing sky-high in Angwin
March 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Shame on Dillon for remarks on PUC plan
March 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Eco-village can help PUC thrive
March 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Let's tone down rhetoric on eco-village plans
March 8, 2007 - Napa Register: Dillon shouldn't dismiss PUC project
March 6, 2007 - Napa Register: Trying to make Angwin, PUC better
March 6, 2007 - Napa Register: Help PUC succeed
March 5, 2007 - Napa Register: Dillon: Thumbs down on PUC plan
March 2, 2007 - Napa Register: Angwin doesn't need 590 homes
March 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Dillon: Angwin development too big
March 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC project won't fix remiss finances
March 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Library director backs PUC project
March 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC employees ones supporting project
March 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Open discussion stymied in Angwin
March 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Cost of housing sky-high in Angwin
March 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Many are afraid to oppose PUC plan
March 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Allow Angwin to remain rural area
March 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Triad out of touch on jobs in Angwin
February 27, 2007 - Angwin Reporter: More traffic major objection to College/Triad Subdivisions
February 24, 2007 - Napa Register: Get to know the faces of PUC
February 22, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Who will buy new houses in Angwin?
February 22, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC's initial plans show much potential
February 22, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Traffic and safety concerns in Angwin
February 20, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC playing by rules to meet needs
February 19, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC s creative solution
February 17, 2007 - Napa Register: Eco-Village or no, PUC deserves respect
February 16, 2007 - Napa Register: Angwin on the cusp of greatness
February 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Development way for PUC to get funds
February 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: What Angwin project means to St. Helena
February 15, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC has made deal with the devil
February 15, 2007 - PUC Campus Chronicle The student body of PUC...
February 12, 2007 - Napa Register: An irresponsible plan in Angwin
February 11, 2007 - Napa Register: Napa's ecosystem versus Angwin 'Eco-Village'
February 10, 2007 - PUC Campus Chronicle letter
February 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC project secures a better future
February 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Surely a better way than Triad project
February 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Sold out community for PUC endowment
February 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: New Angwin development? say it ain’t so, PUC!
February 8, 2007 - St. Helena Star: County committee reviews Angwin development proposal
February 7, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC maintaining its mission with Eco-Village
February 7, 2007 - Napa Register: Plan for Angwin is unacceptable
February 6, 2007 - PUC Campus Chronicle letter
February 6, 2007 - PUC Campus Chronicle The Triad Interview
February 4, 2007 - Napa Register: The flaws in PUC housing plan
February 3, 2007 - Napa Register: Say it ain't so, PUC
February 3, 2007 - Napa Register: Protect Angwin from development
February 2, 2007 - Napa Register: Bait-and-switch in Angwin?
February 1, 2007 - Napa Register: Who s clamoring to move to Angwin?
February 1, 2007 - Napa Register: Pacific Union College s Angwin expansion plan stirs more debate
February 1, 2007 - Napa Register: Angwin village not good for us
February 1, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Surely a better way than triad project
January 31, 2007 - Napa Register: Objecting to PUC s quantum leap
January 30, 2007 - Napa Register: Support PUC plan for Angwin
January 29, 2007 - Napa Register: From the Editor: Down here on the ground
January 27, 2007 - Napa Register: PUC adds elements to 'eco-village' after public gathering
January 27, 2007 - Napa Register: Angwin plan a slap in the face
January 25, 2007 - Napa Register: Excited by ideas for Angwin
January 25, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Fate of Angwin project could hinge on county approval
January 25, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Development plans get mixed reviews from Angwinites
January 25, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Enlarging angwin adds to fire danger
January 25, 2007 - St. Helena Star: American Canyon planned for Angwin?
January 25, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Angwin eco-village a welcome renewal
January 25, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Angwin project also affects St. Helena
January 25, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Whatever happened to visioning process?
January 24, 2007 - Napa Register: Angwin is not a company town
January 21, 2007 - Napa Register: Liking the plans for Angwin
January 22, 2007 - Napa Register: A new Angwin: PUC presents plans for "eco-village" at meeting tonight
January 20, 2007 - Napa Register: Mother Earth would approve
January 18, 2007 - St. Helena Star: PUC doesn't belong in building business
January 18, 2007 - St. Helena Star: Like small-town qualities? Oppose Angwin development
January 18, 2007 - Napa Register: Don't support plans for Angwin
January 17, 2007 - General Plan Steering committee letter from former Napa County Supervisor Mel Varrelman to steering committee chair Peter McCrae
January 17, 2007 - St. Helena Star: More houses would mean greater fire danger in Angwin
August, 31, 2006 - St. Helena Star: Angwin planning process gets underway
August 25, 2006 - Napa Register Planning ahead in Angwin
August 24, 2006 - Napa Register Guarding the future of Angwin
August 3, 2006 - St. Helena Star: letter from PUC employee Herb Ford (and a response)
July, 27, 2006 - St. Helena Star: Angwinites skeptical of PUC development plans
July, 20, 2006 - St. Helena Star: Angwin group formed to oppose development of rural land
July 20, 2006 - Napa Register Angwinites take a hard look at growth proposal for village
July 13, 2006 - Angwin Reporter A chance to speak up
July 5, 2006 - PUC web site: PUC Reaches Agreement on Land Development
SRA Press Release
June 22, 2006 - St. Helena Star: PUC decision on land could transform Angwin
June 22, 2006 -St. Helena Star: Triad Communities to shepherd Angwin development
June 20, 2006 - PUC web site: PUC to Work Towards Increasing Endowment

Other Letters and Articles

April 30, 2009 - Newsletter to supporters
Robert Redford joins SRA Advisory Council. Listen to an interview on KQED where he discusses the Angwin issue.
A bald eagle in Angwin. Our rare national bird sits majestically in a tree in Angwin (photo courtesy Peter Avina). How can a big development be contemplated in an area with such rare and threatened wildlife?
Press release, February 10, SRA urges county supervisors - Save rural environment in heart of angwin more...
Press release, February 10, Angwin community sees major victory. County punctures Angwin Urban Bubble, pulls agricultural lands out of urban category. more...
SRA Quarterly Newletter Nov 08-Jan 09
January 27, Legal analysis of the Angwin Bubble
Napa county Farm Bureau states its support for the SRA plan
Sierra Club submits GP comments on eliminating the "Urban Bubbles"
Fundraising brochure
SRA Press Release 3/19/2007
Triad has a page describing their view of the development
Napa County district 3 Supervisor Diane Dillon announces her opposition to the development
Picketing Triad - Angwin supporters have taken to the streets to challenge the Triad scheme for Angwin. A group has been picketing on Main Street one day a week for a long time now. And lots of people are giving them the victory sign. Kellie Anderson organized this activity. Pictures...
Triad appears to be involved in a huge potential development in Middletown. How many of these folks would be driving through Angwin?
There's another interesting web site set up apparently by PUC alumni, to oppose the development
PUC claims to protect the forest and oppose vineyards, but has been happy to cut trees and sell to vintners when it makes them money
Open letter to the PUC Alumni
2003 letter discussing land sales proposed by PUC Board member Bryan Breckenridge
Triad project gets named "Worst Development" in Solano County. Lawsuit is filed. Friends of Lagoon Valley Park opposes the development. See also Greenbelt Alliance
- Triad is buying up other property in Napa Valley, and using vineyard property with large houses to avoid measure J votes
The St. Helena Star reports that Triad was chosen for its track record on "...albeit smaller-scale, projects." and that development will be larger than anything Triad Development has done before. On 6/29/2006, Curt Johansen, Executive VP Triad Communities, confirmed this in a "pre-General Plan" meeting. He also stated that the largest development Triad had done was Hiddenbrooke in Vallejo. When asked about the Star's report, he said it must have been talking about size in acres as opposed to number of homes. However, PUC's press release states that the college will retain 1000 acres after the development and it currently owns roughly 1800 acres, meaning that 800 acres are planned for development. There are 1200 homes in Hiddenbrooke on 1300 acres. Mr. Johansen stated many times as did Jim Henry, real estate agent for PUC, that there has been no planning or discussions with respect to size of the development. This assertion by both representatives of PUC seem to be inconsistent with Mr. Collins' statement in the Star and their own press release. In the fall of 2006 we were finally told publicly by PUC that they planned to develop 885 acres. Funny how that matched what we figured out. We also know they had a signed development agreement in November 2005 that included an option to purchase land. Does anyone believe that agreement didn't specify specific parcels? We now find a letter from 2001 where PUC talked about a sale of 885 acres, yet they kept claiming in early 2006 there were "no plans" and that they didn't know how much land would be developed.
Wildlake Ranch has been protected. Local people support open space.

Related news

January 19,2007 NY Times As College Grows, a City Is Asking, 'Who Will Pay?'
July 22, 2004 - St. Helena Star - PUC claims they've protected the forests and that they're opposed to vineyard development, but they sold land for vineyards before, and participated in their illegal clear-cutting
Spring, 2001 PUC Web site Pacific Union College's Mission Says a Lot About Christ-like Students, Little About Land [ed note - interesting how in 2001 they were only talking of selling 187 acres, now it's 885]

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