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Gov. Newsom Signs Trio of Bills That Allow Restaurants and Bars to Expand Outdoor/Parklet Service and Alcohol Sales, Keep Selling To-Go Beverages
Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a trio of bills designed to provide flexibility to restaurants and bars whose business models have been so ravaged by the COVID-19 crisis. Mill Valley businesses have benefited greatly from a partnership between the Mill Valley Chamber and the City of Mill Valley that has focused emphasized outdoor use.
Read MorePoet and/the Bench Unveils ‘Made with Love’ Mural, Debuts a Photo and Coloring Contests
Poet and/the Bench is launching a pair of contests to celebrate the mural: an Instagram-centric photo contest featuring the mural and a “Made with Love” coloring contest.
Read MoreMV Library Foundation Debuts ‘Story Walk,’ a Walkathon-Style Fundraiser in Support of the Public Library – Oct. 24
On Oct. 24, the Mill Valley Library Foundation hosts Story Walk, an all-ages, community-based fundraising event benefiting the foundation that calls for attendees to walk from the Mill Valley Public Library to Tam High and/or the Mill Valley Lumber Yard.
Read MoreDr. Elizabeth Horevitz Talks ‘Mental Health and the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Tale of Two Marins’ at Virtual OAC Event – Oct. 28
Horevitz will share stories of risk and resilience, and outline a path forward for eliminating Marin’s pervasive health and mental health inequities that were laid bare by the pandemic.
Read MoreO’Hanlon Center, Murphy Productions to Host ‘Surreal and Imaginative Sunday Salon’ – Oct. 31, 5pm
Event will be a progressive circuit salon with attendees divided into small, Covid-safe pods 6 pods across six different stations to visit with music, dance, storytelling and more.
Read MoreMt. Tam Church Serves Up a Wildfire Response Pancake Breakfast – Oct. 24, 9am-12pm
Mt. Tam Church invites the community to an outdoor pancake breakfast and help supply wildfire victims, survivors and relief volunteers with wildfire cleaning kits and wildfire bucket kits. Suggested donation, adult $20 and child $10. All proceeds go towards kits.
Read MoreMill Valley Resident Jesse Roselin’s Tutor Corps & Pacific Preparatory School Launches Free Fall Webinar Series
Mill Valley resident Jesse Roselin spearheads Tutor Corps, which provides tutoring in all K-12 subjects, as well as Pacific Preparatory, an in-home, one-to-one, K-12 private school launched in 2002 that promises an engaging one-on-one academic experience with flexible curriculum and scheduling. They’re hosting a fall webinar series, a book club for kids, reading circles for pre-K through 1st grade and virtual paint nights for kids 3rd thru 8th grades.
Read MoreCity Seeks Public Input on Trial Reconfigured Downtown Streets – Thru Oct. 22
Raise your voice: In the midst of the Downtown Project, City officials are doing a one-month test-run of reconfiguring downtown traffic patterns at two key intersections to evaluate their potential for improving safety, through October 22.
Read MoreStrawberry Village, Woodlands Pet Foods & Treats Host Annual DOGtoberfest, Pet Costume Contest – Oct. 30, 12-3pm
Strawberry Village shopping center will host its annual DOGtoberfest on Saturday, October 30 from 12 p.m. to 3 p.m. — featuring interactive pet related activities and resources for pet lovers and their four-legged family friends.
Read MoreFriends of No. 9 Set to Unveil Fully-Assembled, Multi-Colored Replica of Historic Locomotive at Depot Plaza – Oct. 10, 12pm
The years-long effort to bring the Heisler No. 9 – the last remaining locomotive from the “Crookedest Railroad in the World” that ran from Mill Valley to the top of Mount Tam – back to Mill Valley takes a big step forward on Saturday, Oct. 10 with the official unveiling of a fully assembled, multi-colored replica No. 9 that was constructed by volunteers and painted by children over three recent Saturdays.
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