City of Mill Valley
NY Times: Should Policymakers Be Willing to Rethink the Status Quo of Cars and Trucks as Dominant Users of Public Space?
“Not allowing public space to evolve is self-defeating. We might miss out on useful changes to our hometowns or better ways of moving people and goods around.” “Officials and all of us need to ask what we want for our communities. That means thinking comprehensively about uses of roads and sidewalks.”
Read MoreFriends of the Library Launches Spring Membership Campaign
While the foundation has historically coalesced around large projects like the endowment, the Friends of the Mill Valley Library has a similar but distinct mission. They’re launching a Spring Membership Campaign to increase the size of its organization and its support for the library.
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 28
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Read MoreMV Volunteer Firefighters Association’s Blockbuster Pancake Breakfast to Return on May 30
Let’s be clear: pancakes are always a good idea. But when they come on the feels of two years of unimaginable turbulence, fear, loss and endless cancellations of Mill Valley’s landmark events, oh boy are we ready for the return of the Mill Valley Volunteer Firefighters Association’s Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, May 30.
Read MoreChanneling Walt Whitman’s ‘Barbaric Yawp,’ the Mill Valley Howl Returns for a Night
According to longtime Mill Valley resident Tom Singer, a psychiatrist, Jungian psychologist, writer and editor, it’s “not howling as we generally know it. It’s rather Walt Whitman’s ‘Barbaric Yawp,’ and coming from the poet whose work touches the soul of America, it is lovely and strangely moving.”
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 21
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Read MoreMill Valley Recreation’s Spring Eggstravaganza & Egg Hunt Returns on March 26
Like all large gatherings, Mill Valley Recreation‘s Spring Eggstravaganza looked a bit different in 2021 with a trio of activities in place of the usual in-person egg hunt and bunny breakfast. But as we emerge from the worst of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, officials are ready for the fun to return in a big way in 2022.
Read MoreCurated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of March 14
If you want to support this Enjoy Milll Valley Blog, including all of the News You Can Use below, you can make a tax-deductible donation of $75 or more to the Enjoy Mill Valley Fund, which supports shovel-ready beautification and infrastructure improvements throughout Mill Valley, from flower plantings and restoration of landmarks like the Gravity Car and Clock Tower to the free Movies…
Read MoreCity Manager Alan Piombo to Retire in the Fall, Tees Up Recruitment Process
City Manager Alan Piombo, whose more than three-year tenure in Mill Valley, first as police chief and then as city manager, was laden with a whiplash-inducing amount of turbulence and innovative triumph, announced this week that he plans to retire in the fall.
Read MoreInfused With Both Public and Private Investment, Council Backs New Lease on Life for MV Golf Course
The Mill Valley Golf Course, a gorgeous, 9-hole, 42-acre, par 33 golfers’ staple ever since it opened for play 102 years ago, has a new lease on life. The City Council voted unanimously on Feb. 22 to approve an agreement with Touchstone Golf, a Bay Area golf course management company whose 40-course portfolio also includes the Presidio…
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