Katie Shaffer, the president of the Feast It Forward, said the development meant that “people will finally take downtown Napa seriously. Now downtown Napa is the hot ticket, and it is on a serious rise.”Mr. Truchard said he was seeing millennials in downtown Napa for the first time. Once you build a monster, you cannot undo it.”The Archer Hotel is far too large compared to its surroundings, said Patricia Damery, a ranch owner in Napa County. The city’s planning commission has approved downtown businesses including five additional hotels and bed-and-breakfasts and two tasting rooms. Photo“We would not be here if the locals were not supportive,” said Todd Zapolski of Zapolski Real Estate, the developer of First Street Napa.

Source: New York Times January 31, 2017 15:24 UTC