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Sample the Best of Mill Valley Featuring Local Artisans, Muralists, Jewelry Makers, Clothing Designers & Apparel Shops, Along With Local Restaurants, the Debut of Wine Valley, Arts & Crafts Activities, Nonprofit Orgs & Much More!

Beyond the highly-anticipated 2024 music lineup that features headliners Fleet Foxes (Saturday) and Greensky Bluegrass (Sunday), and among other acts like Thee Sacred Souls, Margo Price, Fruit Bats, St. Paul & the Broken Bones, and Rebirth Brass Band, Mill Valley Music Festival will again host a massive outdoor vendor village featuring many of the NorCal region’s best artisans, creatives, and designers as well as important community organizations and nonprofits.

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Planning Commission Backs Draft Climate Plan, Seeks to Cut Its Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Nearly Half by the End of the Decade

As of 2020, 56% of the city’s emissions come from transportation, most of it from passenger vehicles. The built environment, which includes residential and commercial buildings that use natural gas, makes up 33% of the emissions. The electricity, water, waste and off-road sectors make up a small portion of the city’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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Annual Mill Valley Volunteer Firefighters Memorial Day PancakeĀ BreakfastĀ is Back for 2024!

Let’s be clear: pancakes are always a good idea. That’s especially true when they serve as the tasty entree to a blockbuster Memorial Day weekend. It all begins withĀ the return of the Mill Valley Volunteer Firefighters’ Association’s Pancake Breakfast from 7-11am in front of Mill Valley City Hall (26 Corte Madera Avenue) outside Southern Marin Fire Department Station 6 with pancakes, eggs, sausage, juice, milk and coffee.

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City of Mill Valley Hires Tammy Herndon as Management Analyst with Focus on DEI

The City of Mill Valley hired Herndon in April to the position of Management Analyst I with a specialized focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). With an extensive background in community service and advocacy, Herndon brings a wealth of experience to her new role, poised to drive forward the City’s commitment to fostering a more inclusive and equitable environment for all community members.

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City Officials and Local Developers are Coming to Grips with the Complexities of the City’s New Housing Element and Its Impacts on Developers Hoping to Build Our Way to State Mandates

In a Planning Commission Study Session earlier this month designed to allow commissioners and applicants to have a back-and-forth exchange without yet committing to a public hearing and thus a verdict on the proposal from the commission, Geiszler learned that his target is a moving one. “You’re the guinea pig,” Commissioner Jon Yolles said.

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Mercury News: The Builder’s Remedy tool promised to give developers power to override local zoning — but cities are mostly holding up projects in litigation and environmental reviews, with a pair of Mill Valley exceptions

But at least one of the builder’s remedy projects comes from Marshal Rothman, a Mill Valley developer who has been trying to get Fairfax to approve a development proposal to build 10 homes on a 100-acre parcel for nearly a decade. His new proposal, which adds a stand-alone, 15-unit condominium complex, meets the builder’s remedy requirements.

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Mt. Tam Community Land Trust and City of Mill Valley Host ‘Aging in Place With Safety, Connect & Delight’ – May 1, 1-3pm, MV Library

This creative, interactive workshop provides participants with simple tools to adapt their homes to their changing needs, rooted in a holistic, human centered approach to age-friendly design. Stadler will discuss examples both from her architectural practice and from participants in AgingĀ  360ā„¢ workshops. Participants will have an opportunity to ask questions concerningĀ  their own changing needs.Ā 

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Parade Organizers, Sweetwater Team Up for a ‘History of the Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade’ on the Sweetwater Patio – April 2nd, 5:30-7:30

The organizers of the parade have teamed up with the Sweetwater Music Hall to showcase some of the iconic photos from parades of yesteryear, a great opportunity for patrons to check out past parade photos and much more. The display will be showcased on Tuesday, April 2nd in the Sweetwater’s outdoor patio. In addition to photos, it will also include posters, pictures and videos.

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