Amid a drive by south Napa residents to block housing growth in their corner of the city, a member of the Ghisletta family has denied having any development project in the works for the lands that once hosted a dairy farm.
Speaking to the Napa City Council last week, Adam Ghisletta firmly pushed back on what he described as speculation that his family would quickly seek to build homes on family-held property off Foster Road, in a grassy corridor with expansive valley views that has been the target of an effort to create a greenbelt severely curbing future growth.
âWe have never had any agreement to develop this property,â Ghisletta, whose family purchased the land for its namesake dairy farm in 1913, told council members Tuesday during an update on the cityâs creation of a general plan to guide zoning and growth through 2040. âWe have never had a partnership with any developer, and we have no current plans to develop this property. It is unfortunate that some ar