The Napa Pipe project is a proposed mixed-use neighborhood located on a 150-acre industrial property in Napa County, approximately three miles south of downtown Napa. This brownfield site was originally developed for heavy industry prior to World War II but was closed many years ago, and left unused since then. Napa Redevelopment Partners, which bought the site in 2005, has been working closely wi
th the Napa community over the past several years in an effort to revitalize this centrally-located river-front site. The primary goals of the planned mixed-use residential neighborhood include: revitalizing an obsolete industrial property for new community needs in accordance with smart growth land use practices; providing needed workforce housing in a pedestrian-oriented traditional neighborhood format; reducing the mounting pressure for residential development on the county's agricultural preserve and existing residential neighborhoods; locating housing near the center of a major and growing employment base to reduce commuter traffic; creating of a model neighborhood, using state-of-the art design techniques for environmentally responsible, compact, and efficient development.
