About - Walk St. Helena

About us

Our mission

Walk St. Helena, a grass-roots nonprofit, is working to create a vibrant walking community in Upper Napa Valley. We promote and sponsor walks and are working to open and maintain a series of existing and new walking trails and routes, partnering with the City of St. Helena and other organizations to create safe, scenic places to walk for visitors and residents of all ages.

Our board

Sandra Archibald
Linda George Brown
David Knudsen

History

2019

City of St. Helena's Parks & Recreation Commission establishes walking sub-committee

Sub-committee begins meetings with community members and City of St. Helena staff
2020

Sub-committee presents its work to date to City Council: View Meeting Minutes (item 11.1)
2021

Sub-committee updates Parks & Recreation Commission and begins work on formal report
2022

Sub-committee finishes report

Metropolitan Planning Group assesses report and determines no California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) evaluation is required

Parks & Recreation Commission approves Walking Routes, Trails, and Publicly Accessible Open Space plan by a 5-0 vote: View Meeting Minutes (item 3.4)
2023

Sub-committee meets with Mayor, Vice Mayor, all city council members, and with all senior city staff, taking tours of walking locations

Staff prepares downtown walking sign designs with Blue Zones Project
2024

Sub-committee and interested residents present informally to council: View Meeting Minutes (item 6)

City council has study session on spray fields
2025

Walk St. Helena, a 501(c)(3), formed

Walk St. Helena updates the Walking Plan and begins gathering signatures