Facing Litigation Exposure, Mill Valley School District Steps Away from Friends Field as a Possible Middle School Location – Board Reconvenes on March 7

Facing Litigation Exposure, Mill Valley School District Steps Away from Friends Field as a Possible Middle School Location – Board Reconvenes on March 7

February 2024 was about as pugnacious a month as Mill Valley has had in quite a few years. In the span of 26 days, the City of Mill Valley and the Mill Valley School District squared off in a feverish debate over the district’s stated intentions, with the...
With a Bumpy Ride in the Rearview, Downtown Mill Valley Businesses Are Primed for a Massive Bounceback

With a Bumpy Ride in the Rearview, Downtown Mill Valley Businesses Are Primed for a Massive Bounceback

For downtown restaurants, boutiques and service businesses, it’s been a weird, wild ride – a pair of major construction projects delivered major upgrades. There was disruption, and the feeling among some as we came into 2024 that wet weather and a malaise among our...
Facing Litigation Exposure, Mill Valley School District Steps Away from Friends Field as a Possible Middle School Location – Board Reconvenes on March 7

With a March 7th Hearing on the Schedule, City and MV School District Officials Collectively Race to Find a Way Forward for their Respective Institutions and the Larger Community

In the span of less than two weeks, officials from the City of Mill Valley and the Mill Valley School District have each been feverishly searching through records associated with the ownership of Friends Field and any related documents that might provide more clarity...

Marin IJ’s Editorial Board Unveils Endorsements Across a Range of Candidates and Measures for the March 5 Primary Election

Here are the IJ editorial board endorsements – specific to Mill Valley – published so far for the March 5 election. Marin races District 4 supervisor: Dennis Rodoni Marin measures A — Tamalpais Union High School District tax: Yes Regional representatives House of...
City Council Unanimously Backs 1 Hamilton Development: ‘Nothing Can Change Your Life Trajectory More than the Place You Grew Up In’

City Council Unanimously Backs 1 Hamilton Development: ‘Nothing Can Change Your Life Trajectory More than the Place You Grew Up In’

“For the first time in 30 years, you are going to build 100% affordable housing in Mill Valley,” Mayor Urban Carmel said after the unanimous vote to move forward on the 1 Hamilton project, a four-story, podium style building on Monday evening. “It is an understatement...