Posts by growthzone

Outdoor dining at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard. The folks at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard are always brimming with new ideas, and the weirdest summer in memory is no different. They’ve launched Lunchtime at the Lumber Yard, a live music music series on Saturdays from 12-2pm. “After grabbing lunch at one of our restaurants, safely sit outdoors and…

It couldn’t possibly be more clear:  Wearing a face mask, along with other preventative measures like regular hand-washing and social distancing, help slow the spread of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Anecdotally, Mill Valley residents and visitors have significantly stepped up their usage of face masks In recent weeks. But in the midst of a global…

In early July, Gov. Gavin Newsom expressed heightened interest in enforcement of businesses regarding health and safety protocols, proposing “strike teams” and pointing consumers to tip lines to report coronavirus improprieties. The concept was to transition to an enforcement system with “teeth” after many months of reliance on mask- and social distancing-shaming on platforms like Nextdoor.…

Though a minor concern amidst a global health pandemic that has killed more than 620,000 people worldwide, one of the frustrating oddities of the COVID-19 health crisis has been the ban on reusable grocery and shopping bags due to concerns around surface transmission. In late June, Gov. Gavin Newsom allowed his 60-day executive order to…

Clockwise from top left, Raise the Frequency Founder Kress Jack, Sophie Cabral, participants Elana Rosen and Karine Malle, Clay Engels, and Paula Williams, founder of Shamebooth. Not pictured: Bonnie Powers and Jeffrey Levin of Poet and/the Bench and Marissa Wertheimer, a mediator and restorative justice trainer. Courtesy images. In the eight weeks since the murder…

MVPD Lieutenant Lindsay Haynes named interim police chief, and city officials plan to explore a shared service agreement for the role of Chief of Police. City has an existing shared services agreement with Sausalito. Mill Valley City Manager Alan Piombo. For Alan Piombo, 2020 began with the bizarre and has careened from the rewarding to the…

Tony’s Shoe Repair owner Misak Pirinjian in 2011. The COVID-19 pandemic has been brutal, and relentless. But rays of sunshine have regularly parted the clouds. Like the various, multi-faceted efforts to both support local restaurants and feed frontline workers. And the prose and artwork that have urged us to stay vigilant. And let’s not forget…

The Skyen team. To say that the global office landscape has been turned upside down due to the COVID-19 crisis is a massive understatement. In the span of less than six months, the pendulum has swung from companies all over the world sporadically allowing employees to work from home to many of the largest technology…

[UPDATE 7.21.20]: Gov. Newsom and the California State Board of Barbering and Cosmetology confirmed that outdoor hair salon or outdoor barbershop operations are allowed, so long as those businesses continue to follow public health guidelines for operation. There is no current target for reopening ­­ of indoor hair salons or barbershops. If you squeezed in a hair cut…

Scenes from the first night of the #MillerTakeover in downtown Mill Valley. Photos by Gary Ferber. You know that feeling when you throw a party and have those anxious moments early in evening, crossing your fingers that people actually show up? Yea, that feeling didn’t last very long Friday night in downtown Mill Valley. Mill…