“As the membership organization for business, we promote our community’s economic vitality and quality of life through leadership development, advocacy, facilitation and education.”


ECONOMIC VITALITY

• The Chamber will continue its strong support of our agricultural preserve, Napa County agriculture, and our world-renowned wine industry. The Chamber will support new and innovative land-use planning strategies that take pressure off expansion into agricultural land and open spaces.
  
  
• The Napa River Project will be nearing completion and will be celebrated nationwide for its design excellence and beauty, its re-creation of wetlands, and its revitalization of downtown Napa. The Chamber will support businesses that will enhance this economic revitalization effort.
  
  
• The Chamber will support publicly and privately funded efforts to retain existing businesses and to recruit new community-friendly businesses and industries that provide well-paying jobs, working in cooperation with city and county planning agencies, economic development departments and the Napa Valley Economic Development Corporation.
  
  
• The County of Napa will update its General Plan and its Airport Area Specific Plan. The Chamber will participate in the formation of those plans to insure that they include sound economic considerations.
  
  
• The Chamber supports and takes an active role in ensuring that the City of Napa is the County’s primary retail and commercial hub. The Chamber will continue its work to ensure that Napa is the tourism hub focusing on cultural and performing arts, dining, conference and lodging facilities.
  
  
• The Napa business community and the Napa Chamber benefit from its culturally diverse population. The Napa Chamber will provide programs and resources to enhance the creation, growth and success of all businesses, including minority owned and ethnically diverse businesses.

EDUCATION

• The Chamber is committed to ensuring that educational facilities are efficiently improved, modernized and well maintained.
  
  
• The Chamber will promote collaboration between education and business to better prepare students for the workforce.
  
  
• The Chamber will advocate for rigorous educational standards so all students will be prepared for college, vocational training and/or the workforce.
  
  
• The Chamber will encourage education and training to enhance literacy and other skills necessary for the adult workforce.

WORKFORCE HOUSING / JOBS & HOUSING BALANCE

• The Chamber endorses and supports Napa County and its five cities in their creation, adoption and implementation of a housing plan that meets State housing law.
  
  
• The Chamber endorses and supports a coalition / consensus effort to collaborate with the County of Napa and its five cities to jointly adopt stable sources of permanent funding for affordable housing.
  
  
• The Chamber endorses and supports Napa County and its five cities in their efforts to thoughtfully create a balance between the total number of jobs, the total number of appropriate housing units, and community infrastructure to support jobs and housing.
  
  
• The Chamber will advocate for quality high-density residential design policies and mixed-use projects to support “affordability in local housing” to take pressure off expansion into agricultural land and open spaces.

TRANSPORTATION MAINTENANCE AND IMPROVEMENT

• The Chamber will strongly advocate funding for the widening improvements to Highway 12 and its associated intersections and interchanges.
  
  
• The Chamber will advocate for environmentally sound short-range and long-range solutions and funding for our community’s transportation requirements, including highway accessibility to and from Napa, road maintenance, parking, public transit systems and improved pedestrian and automobile safety.
  
  
• The Chamber will continue its strong support of Napa County airport as a key element of the County’s transportation and economic infrastructure.

PROTECTION OF NATURAL RESOURCES

• The Chamber will continue to support the management and maintenance of quality resources to ensure an adequate supply of fresh and treated wastewater to provide a balance between agricultural, residential, environmental, commercial and recreational needs.
  
  
• The Chamber will support the creation of an equitable process for grape growers to plant / replant that also increases protection for the Napa River watershed.
  
  
• The Chamber will support the extensive re-use of treated wastewater throughout the County and while using/conserving our freshwater supplies efficiently.

COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP

• The Chamber will continue to support government efficiency and cost-effective services and programs.
  
  
• The Chamber will continue to oppose government mandates and regulations that impose undue burdens and costs on private business and property.
  
  
• The Chamber will continue to strongly support and participate in processes that solve local and regional issues through coalition and consensus building. 
  
  
• The Chamber will continue to shape public policy though communication with members, their employees and the general public regarding the Chamber’s Community Vision to preserve, guard and improve our quality of life.
  
  
• The Chamber will continue to actively identify, educate and endorse candidates and officials with the integrity, leadership and courage to advance and advocate the Chamber’s Community Vision.