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Mill Valley’s Santa Will Appear With Senior Residents Across from Tam High This Friday, Dec. 22nd from 4-5pm!
Santa and the dedicated “senior” residents will be across the street from Tam High with young and old, this Friday, the 22nd of December from 4-5pm. All are invited to join. If your Holiday plans do line up with a visit with Santa for this event, there is good news. Send your message to request a personal visit this Holiday to Santa via the website SantaClausVirtual.com If available, Santa will be delighted to come see you soon.
Read MoreSix Months In and Informed By 15 Local Residents, City Eyes November 2024 Ballot to Address Massive Infrastructure Needs of $150 million to $180 million in the Next 10-15 Years, Eyes November 2024 Ballot
“This is the biggest thing that we’ve got coming up in the next year,” Carmel said. “If we’re successful in getting the community rallied behind a new tax for bettering infrastructure, it will be one of the most significant measures in Mill Valley’s history.”
Read MoreMill Valley Winterfest Returns on Dec. 17th for a Massive Holiday Bash at the Community Center – Indoors and Outside, 12-4pm!
We are FAR from finished. On Sunday, Dec. 17th from 12-4pm at the Community Center, we’ll have another lineup of great performances – including the one and only Millbillies, Sweaty Baby, Marin Conservatory of Dance, Rock the Ages, Ellie McKee and Roco Dance & Fitness, as well as a bunch of great children’s games and activities like the huge slide, a jumpy house, cornhole and an array of additional activities, both inside and outside at the Community Center. We’ll have Cousin’s Maine Lobster and Hopmonk food trucks, a beverage program for adults and kiddos alike, and much more and live music throughout the day.
Read MoreMill Valley’s Santa Is Coming Out for World Peace & Happiness!
Hohoho, hold your horses and reindeer. Santa is in town! Whether you have seen Santa yourself during the lighting of the tree this past Sunday (see below), at the Depot or you are planning to book a visit with Santa, be informed that this year, Santa announced publicly that he is coming out more strongly for his principles and beliefs.
Read MoreWhat a Wonderful Winterfest!! Part One Is In the Books – See You All Again on Dec. 17th for a Massive Holiday Bash at the Community Center, 12-4pm!
With the grateful support of our partners at Mill Valley Recreations’ Mill Valley Community Center, the second half of our two-part Winterfest will feature another fantastic lineup of singers, dancers and musicians to perform from 12-4pm, along with great activities, Cousin’s Maine Lobster and Hopmonk food trucks, a beverage program for adults and kiddos alike, and much more. Performers on 12/17include the one and only Millbillies, Sweaty Baby, Marin Conservatory of Dance, Rock the Ages, Ellie McKee and Roco Dance & Fitness.
Read MoreMill Valley City Council Unanimously Rejects Former Councilman’s Appeal to Reverse Planning Commission’s Approval of the Treehouse Project at Former BofA Building
Among the testimonials for and against was Andrew Reeder, a representative of the building’s owner, Spruce CRE, who said the company did not receive any other application to rent the building in the past two years. He said they will take on a “significant capital improvement” to the property. The Chamber’s case for vibrancy extended to a long-empty bank. “As Reynolds said, “Let’s breathe life into a dead bank building.”
Read MoreAs Metropolitan Transportation Commission Seeks Up to $1 Billion for a New Regional Transportation Measure – Cities Like Mill Valley Have Concerns
Mill Valley Mayor Urban Carmel, a TAM committee member, said he is concerned about how many taxes Marin residents face. The measure “would really need to demonstrate what people are going to get from this and in very, very concrete terms,” he said. “Are we going to get bus services that are actually every 20 minutes, or are we going to get what we have today where there’s literally zero buses in the middle of the day?” he said.
Read MoreMarin Residents Tap Housing, Homelessness and Climate Change as Major Priorities for Marin County Government In the Years Ahead
The linchpin of the Housing Element, at least initially, is the 1 Hamilton plan, which goes before the Planning Commission on Tuesday, November 28th at 6:30 pm at City Hall. The Planning Commission will be asked to take action to recommend approval to the City Council regarding final actions on the project. Also, during this hearing the Commission will review and provide input on the Draft Environmental Impact Report.
Read MoreWinterfest Returns to the Plaza Dec. 3rd for a Tree Lighting & More AND Dec. 17th for a Full-Blown Holiday Bash at the Community Center, 12-4pm!
In the interests of spreading more joy than ever – and with the grateful support of our partners at Mill Valley Recreations’ Mill Valley Community Center, we’re expanding Winterfest across two dates. On the Downtown Plaza on Sunday, Dec. 3, we’ll have yet another fantastic lineup of singers, dancers and musicians to perform from approximately 5-6pm. Two weeks later at the Community Center, we’ll have another lineup of great performances, great activities, food trucks, a beverage program for adults and kiddos alike, and much more.
Read MoreFormer MV City Councilman Files Appeal to Reverse Planning Commission’s Unanimous Approval of the Proposed Treehouse Project at Former BofA Building
Wachtel seeks to compel the City Council to reverse the decision on a number of grounds, including that “there was no consideration of the city’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion,” that it went against the city’s MV2040 General Plan, as well as noise, parking and the membership concept.
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