diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/nav/primary.js b/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/nav/primary.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..47266ffef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/nav/primary.js
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import Component from '@ember/component';
+import layout from '../../../templates/components/rose/nav/primary';
+import ComponentAutoId from '../../../mixins/component-auto-id';
+
+/**
+ * A simple navigation component intended for the sidebar layout region.
+ */
+export default Component.extend(ComponentAutoId, {
+  layout,
+  tagName: '',
+});
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/nav/primary.stories.mdx b/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/nav/primary.stories.mdx
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36e0e4d4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/components/rose/nav/primary.stories.mdx
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { Meta, Story, Preview } from '@storybook/addon-docs/blocks';
+import { hbs } from 'ember-cli-htmlbars';
+import { action } from '@storybook/addon-actions';
+import { text, boolean, select } from '@storybook/addon-knobs';
+
+<Meta title="Rose|Nav/Primary" component="Nav/Primary" />
+
+# Primary Navigation
+
+A simple navigation component intended for use in the sidebar layout region.
+
+<Preview>
+  <Story name="Basic Primary Nav" height="8rem">{{
+    template: hbs`
+      <Rose::Nav::Primary @title={{title}} as |nav|>
+        <nav.link @route="index" class="active">Item Name</nav.link>
+        <nav.link @route="index">Item Name</nav.link>
+      </Rose::Nav::Primary>
+    `,
+    context: {
+      title: text('title', 'Title'),
+    },
+  }}</Story>
+</Preview>
+
+_Note_:  do not assign the `active` class directly.  This is done by the link
+component automatically.  We use it in this story for illustrative purposes.
+
+```htmlbars
+<Rose::Nav::Primary @title="Title" as |nav|>
+  <nav.link @route="index">Item Name</nav.link>
+  <nav.link @route="about">Item Name</nav.link>
+</Rose::Nav::Primary>
+```
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/_index.scss b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/_index.scss
index bbd2ebcda..ec7bd22af 100644
--- a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/_index.scss
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/_index.scss
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@
 @import 'layout';
 @import 'notification';
 @import 'card';
+@import 'nav';
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/nav/_index.scss b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/nav/_index.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77d16beb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/nav/_index.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+@import "primary";
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/nav/_primary.scss b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/nav/_primary.scss
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e91f6de8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/components/nav/_primary.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+@use '../../variables/sizing';
+@use '../../utilities/type';
+
+.rose-nav-primary {
+  $threePX: sizing.rems(xxxs) + sizing.rems(xxxxs);
+
+  .rose-nav-title {
+    @include type.type(xs, semibold);
+    display: block;
+    color: var(--ui-gray);
+    text-transform: uppercase;
+    $lineHeight: 20 / 12;
+    line-height: $lineHeight;
+    padding: 0 sizing.rems(m);
+    margin-bottom: $threePX;
+    border-bottom: sizing.rems(xxxxs) solid var(--ui-gray-subtler-2);
+  }
+
+  .rose-nav-link {
+    @include type.type(s);
+    display: block;
+    color: var(--stark);
+    $lineHeight: 36 / 14;
+    line-height: $lineHeight;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    padding: 0 sizing.rems(m);
+    border-right: $threePX solid transparent;
+
+    &.active {
+      color: var(--action);
+      border-color: currentColor;
+    }
+
+    &:hover {
+      text-decoration: underline;
+      color: var(--action);
+      background-color: var(--action-subtler-1h);
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/variables/color/_css.scss b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/variables/color/_css.scss
index ca6df5c3d..a0644f2e4 100644
--- a/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/variables/color/_css.scss
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/styles/rose/variables/color/_css.scss
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
   --success-starker-1: #{color(green, 800)};
 
   --action-subtler-2: #{color(blue, 010)};
+  --action-subtler-1h: #{color(blue, 050)};
   --action-subtler-1: #{color(blue, 100)};
   --action: #{color(blue)};
   --action-starker-1: #{color(blue, 700)};
@@ -115,6 +116,7 @@
     --success-starker-1: #{color(green, 200)};
 
     --action-subtler-2: #{color(blue, 900)};
+    --action-subtler-1h: #{color(blue, 800)};
     --action-subtler-1: #{color(blue, 800)};
     --action: #{color(blue)};
     --action-starker-1: #{color(blue, 300)};
diff --git a/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/nav/primary.hbs b/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/nav/primary.hbs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd0406587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/rose/addon/templates/components/rose/nav/primary.hbs
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+<nav
+  ...attributes
+  class="rose-nav-primary"
+  id={{this.id}}
+  aria-labelledby={{if @title (concat "title-" this.id)}}>
+
+  {{#if @title}}
+    <span class="rose-nav-title" id="title-{{this.id}}">
+      {{@title}}
+    </span>
+  {{/if}}
+
+  {{yield (hash
+    link=(component "link-to" class="rose-nav-link")
+  )}}
+
+</nav>
diff --git a/addons/rose/app/components/rose/nav/primary.js b/addons/rose/app/components/rose/nav/primary.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adaf57f51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/rose/app/components/rose/nav/primary.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { default } from 'rose/components/rose/nav/primary';
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/addons/rose/tests/dummy/app/templates/index.hbs b/addons/rose/tests/dummy/app/templates/index.hbs
index e47846e50..0eb142a9b 100644
--- a/addons/rose/tests/dummy/app/templates/index.hbs
+++ b/addons/rose/tests/dummy/app/templates/index.hbs
@@ -1,187 +1,202 @@
-<Rose::Header as |header|>
+<Rose::Layout::Page as |page|>
+  <page.header>
+    <Rose::Header as |header|>
 
-  <header.brand @logo="logo" @text="Product Name" />
+      <header.brand @logo="logo" @text="Product Name" />
 
-  <header.nav as |nav|>
-    <nav.dropdown @text="org-name" as |dropdown|>
-      <dropdown.link @route="index">Menu item</dropdown.link>
-      <dropdown.link @route="about">Menu item</dropdown.link>
-      <dropdown.button>Button menu item</dropdown.button>
-    </nav.dropdown>
-    <nav.link @route="index">Section</nav.link>
-    <nav.link @route="about">Section</nav.link>
-  </header.nav>
+      <header.nav as |nav|>
+        <nav.dropdown @text="org-name" as |dropdown|>
+          <dropdown.link @route="index">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+          <dropdown.link @route="about">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+          <dropdown.button>Button menu item</dropdown.button>
+        </nav.dropdown>
+        <nav.link @route="index">Section</nav.link>
+        <nav.link @route="about">Section</nav.link>
+      </header.nav>
 
 
-  <header.utilities as |utilities|>
-    <utilities.dropdown
-      @text="user@example.net"
-      @iconOnly={{true}}
-      @icon="user-square-fill" as |dropdown|
+      <header.utilities as |utilities|>
+        <utilities.dropdown
+          @text="user@example.net"
+          @iconOnly={{true}}
+          @icon="user-square-fill" as |dropdown|
+        >
+          <dropdown.link @route="index">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+          <dropdown.link @route="about">Menu item</dropdown.link>
+          <dropdown.button>Button menu item</dropdown.button>
+        </utilities.dropdown>
+      </header.utilities>
+
+    </Rose::Header>
+  </page.header>
+
+  <page.sidebar>
+    <Rose::Nav::Primary @title="Title" as |nav|>
+      <nav.link @route="index">Item Name</nav.link>
+      <nav.link @route="about">Item Name</nav.link>
+      <nav.link @route="about">Item Name</nav.link>
+      <nav.link @route="about">Item Name</nav.link>
+    </Rose::Nav::Primary>
+  </page.sidebar>
+
+  <page.main>
+
+    Dummy app index template
+
+    <Rose::Notification
+      @style="error"
+      @heading="Error"
+      @dismiss={{this.actionHandler}}
+      @dismissText="Dismiss"
     >
-      <dropdown.link @route="index">Menu item</dropdown.link>
-      <dropdown.link @route="about">Menu item</dropdown.link>
-      <dropdown.button>Button menu item</dropdown.button>
-    </utilities.dropdown>
-  </header.utilities>
+      An error occurred.
+    </Rose::Notification>
 
-</Rose::Header>
+    <h2>Icon</h2>
+    <Rose::Icon @name="alert-circle-fill" />
+    <Rose::Icon @name="alert-circle-fill" @size="medium" />
+    <Rose::Icon @name="alert-circle-fill" @size="small" />
+
+    <h2>Button</h2>
+    <Rose::Button @style="primary">Primary</Rose::Button>
+    <br>
+    <Rose::Button @style="primary" @disabled={{true}}>Primary</Rose::Button>
+    <br>
+
+    <Rose::Button @style="secondary">Secondary</Rose::Button>
+    <br>
+    <Rose::Button @style="secondary" @disabled={{true}}>Secondary</Rose::Button>
+    <br>
+
+    <h2>Form</h2>
+    <Rose::Form
+      @onSubmit={{this.actionHandler}}
+      @cancel={{this.actionHandler}}
+      @disabled={{false}}
+      as |form|
+    >
+
+      <h3>Inputs</h3>
+      <form.input
+        @label="Label"
+        @value="Read only"
+        readonly={{true}}
+        />
+      <form.input
+        @label="Label"
+        @helperText="Helper text"
+        @value="Text"
+        />
+      <form.input
+        @label="Label"
+        @helperText="Helper text"
+        @value="Text"
+        @error={{true}}
+        />
+      <form.input
+        @label="Label"
+        @helperText="Helper text"
+        @value="Text"
+        disabled={{true}}
+        />
+
+      <h3>Textareas</h3>
+      <form.textarea
+        @label="Label"
+        @value="Read only"
+        readonly={{true}}
+        />
+      <form.textarea
+        @label="Label"
+        @helperText="Helper text"
+        @value="Text"
+        />
+      <form.textarea
+        @label="Label"
+        @helperText="Helper text"
+        @value="Text"
+        @error={{true}}
+        />
+      <form.textarea
+        @label="Label"
+        @helperText="Helper text"
+        @value="Text"
+        disabled={{true}}
+        />
+
+      <h3>Selects</h3>
+      <form.select
+        @label="Label"
+        @helperText="Helper text"
+        @onChange={{fn this.actionHandler}}
+        as |field|
+      >
+        <field.field as |select|>
+          <select.option>Choose an option</select.option>
+          <select.option @value="value-1">Value 1</select.option>
+          <select.option @value="value-2">Value 2</select.option>
+          <select.option @value="value-3">Value 3</select.option>
+        </field.field>
+      </form.select>
+      <form.select
+
+        @label="Label"
+        @helperText="Helper text"
+        @onChange={{fn this.actionHandler}}
+        as |field|
+      >
+        <field.field as |select|>
+          <select.option>Choose an option</select.option>
+        </field.field>
+      </form.select>
 
 
-Dummy app index template
+      <h3>Radio Group</h3>
+      <form.radioGroup @name="color" @selectedValue={{this.color}} as |radioGroup|>
+        <radioGroup.radio
+          @label="Red"
+          @value="red"
+        />
+        <radioGroup.radio
+          @label="Green"
+          @value="green"
+        />
+        <radioGroup.radio
+          @label="Blue"
+          @value="blue"
+          @disabled={{true}}
+        />
+      </form.radioGroup>
 
-<Rose::Notification
-  @style="error"
-  @heading="Error"
-  @dismiss={{this.actionHandler}}
-  @dismissText="Dismiss"
->
-  An error occurred.
-</Rose::Notification>
+      <h3>Checkboxes</h3>
+      <form.checkbox
+        @label="Label"
+        />
+      <form.checkbox
+        @error={{true}}
+        @label="Error"
+        />
+      <form.checkbox
+        @checked={{true}}
+        @label="Checked"
+        />
+      <form.checkbox
+        @label="Disabled"
+        disabled={{true}}
+        />
+      <form.checkbox
+        @checked={{true}}
+        @label="Disabled + Checked"
+        disabled={{true}}
+        />
 
-<h2>Icon</h2>
-<Rose::Icon @name="alert-circle-fill" />
-<Rose::Icon @name="alert-circle-fill" @size="medium" />
-<Rose::Icon @name="alert-circle-fill" @size="small" />
+      <form.actions
+        @submitText="Save"
+        @cancelText="Cancel" />
+    </Rose::Form>
 
-<h2>Button</h2>
-<Rose::Button @style="primary">Primary</Rose::Button>
-<br>
-<Rose::Button @style="primary" @disabled={{true}}>Primary</Rose::Button>
-<br>
-
-<Rose::Button @style="secondary">Secondary</Rose::Button>
-<br>
-<Rose::Button @style="secondary" @disabled={{true}}>Secondary</Rose::Button>
-<br>
-
-<h2>Form</h2>
-<Rose::Form
-  @onSubmit={{this.actionHandler}}
-  @cancel={{this.actionHandler}}
-  @disabled={{false}}
-  as |form|
->
-
-  <h3>Inputs</h3>
-  <form.input
-    @label="Label"
-    @value="Read only"
-    readonly={{true}}
-    />
-  <form.input
-    @label="Label"
-    @helperText="Helper text"
-    @value="Text"
-    />
-  <form.input
-    @label="Label"
-    @helperText="Helper text"
-    @value="Text"
-    @error={{true}}
-    />
-  <form.input
-    @label="Label"
-    @helperText="Helper text"
-    @value="Text"
-    disabled={{true}}
-    />
-
-  <h3>Textareas</h3>
-  <form.textarea
-    @label="Label"
-    @value="Read only"
-    readonly={{true}}
-    />
-  <form.textarea
-    @label="Label"
-    @helperText="Helper text"
-    @value="Text"
-    />
-  <form.textarea
-    @label="Label"
-    @helperText="Helper text"
-    @value="Text"
-    @error={{true}}
-    />
-  <form.textarea
-    @label="Label"
-    @helperText="Helper text"
-    @value="Text"
-    disabled={{true}}
-    />
-
-  <h3>Selects</h3>
-  <form.select
-    @label="Label"
-    @helperText="Helper text"
-    @onChange={{fn this.actionHandler}}
-    as |field|
-  >
-    <field.field as |select|>
-      <select.option>Choose an option</select.option>
-      <select.option @value="value-1">Value 1</select.option>
-      <select.option @value="value-2">Value 2</select.option>
-      <select.option @value="value-3">Value 3</select.option>
-    </field.field>
-  </form.select>
-  <form.select
-
-    @label="Label"
-    @helperText="Helper text"
-    @onChange={{fn this.actionHandler}}
-    as |field|
-  >
-    <field.field as |select|>
-      <select.option>Choose an option</select.option>
-    </field.field>
-  </form.select>
-
-
-  <h3>Radio Group</h3>
-  <form.radioGroup @name="color" @selectedValue={{this.color}} as |radioGroup|>
-    <radioGroup.radio
-      @label="Red"
-      @value="red"
-    />
-    <radioGroup.radio
-      @label="Green"
-      @value="green"
-    />
-    <radioGroup.radio
-      @label="Blue"
-      @value="blue"
-      @disabled={{true}}
-    />
-  </form.radioGroup>
-
-  <h3>Checkboxes</h3>
-  <form.checkbox
-    @label="Label"
-    />
-  <form.checkbox
-    @error={{true}}
-    @label="Error"
-    />
-  <form.checkbox
-    @checked={{true}}
-    @label="Checked"
-    />
-  <form.checkbox
-    @label="Disabled"
-    disabled={{true}}
-    />
-  <form.checkbox
-    @checked={{true}}
-    @label="Disabled + Checked"
-    disabled={{true}}
-    />
-
-  <form.actions
-    @submitText="Save"
-    @cancelText="Cancel" />
-</Rose::Form>
-
-<Rose::Card::Link @title="I'm a card" />
-<Rose::Card::Link @title="I'm a card" @description="I'm a description" />
-<Rose::Card::Link @title="I'm a card" @description="I'm a description" @subtitle="I'm a subtitle"/>
+    <Rose::Card::Link @title="I'm a card" />
+    <Rose::Card::Link @title="I'm a card" @description="I'm a description" />
+    <Rose::Card::Link @title="I'm a card" @description="I'm a description" @subtitle="I'm a subtitle"/>
+  </page.main>
+</Rose::Layout::Page>
diff --git a/addons/rose/tests/integration/components/rose/nav/primary-test.js b/addons/rose/tests/integration/components/rose/nav/primary-test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..20229e9e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/addons/rose/tests/integration/components/rose/nav/primary-test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { module, test } from 'qunit';
+import { setupRenderingTest } from 'ember-qunit';
+import { render, find } from '@ember/test-helpers';
+import hbs from 'htmlbars-inline-precompile';
+
+module('Integration | Component | rose/nav/primary', function(hooks) {
+  setupRenderingTest(hooks);
+
+  test('it renders', async function(assert) {
+    assert.expect(2)
+    await render(hbs`
+      <Rose::Nav::Primary @title="Title" as |nav|>
+        <nav.link @route="index">Item Name</nav.link>
+      </Rose::Nav::Primary>
+    `);
+    assert.equal(find('.rose-nav-title').textContent.trim(), 'Title');
+    assert.equal(find('.rose-nav-link').textContent.trim(), 'Item Name');
+  });
+
+  test('it associates title with nav via aria-labelledby', async function (assert) {
+    assert.expect(2)
+    await render(hbs`
+      <Rose::Nav::Primary @title="Title" as |nav|>
+        <nav.link @route="index">Item Name</nav.link>
+      </Rose::Nav::Primary>
+    `);
+    const el = find('.rose-nav-primary');
+    const id = el.id;
+    const titleId = `title-${id}`;
+    const titleEl = find('.rose-nav-title');
+    assert.equal(titleEl.id, titleId);
+    assert.equal(el.getAttribute('aria-labelledby').trim(), titleId);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/core/app/styles/app.scss b/ui/core/app/styles/app.scss
index ae92ab2d8..d04a9ed2b 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/styles/app.scss
+++ b/ui/core/app/styles/app.scss
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
 @import 'rose';
 @import 'notify';
 
+.rose-nav-primary {
+  margin-top: sizing.rems(xxl);
+}
+
 .projects-overview {
   margin: sizing.rems(l);
 
diff --git a/ui/core/app/templates/application.hbs b/ui/core/app/templates/application.hbs
index 4a6e12e89..a3f55929f 100644
--- a/ui/core/app/templates/application.hbs
+++ b/ui/core/app/templates/application.hbs
@@ -29,7 +29,15 @@
     {{outlet}}
   </page.main>
 
-  <page.sidebar />
+  <page.sidebar>
+    <Rose::Nav::Primary @title={{t 'dev.title'}} as |nav|>
+      <nav.link @route="orgs" class="active">{{t 'dev.item-name'}}</nav.link>
+      <nav.link @route="index">{{t 'dev.item-name'}}</nav.link>
+      <nav.link @route="index">{{t 'dev.item-name'}}</nav.link>
+      <nav.link @route="index">{{t 'dev.item-name'}}</nav.link>
+    </Rose::Nav::Primary>
+  </page.sidebar>
+
 </Rose::Layout::Page>
 
 <EmberNotify @closeAfter={{4000}} as |message close|>
diff --git a/ui/core/translations/en-us.yaml b/ui/core/translations/en-us.yaml
index 3abe145c0..ca4bc7961 100644
--- a/ui/core/translations/en-us.yaml
+++ b/ui/core/translations/en-us.yaml
@@ -21,3 +21,5 @@ dev:
   menu-item: Menu item
   button-menu-item: Button menu item
   section: Section
+  title: Title
+  item-name: Item Name