City of Mill Valley
Covia’s ‘House Mill Valley’ Program Unveils More Opportunities
Tired of long commutes? Want to live where you work? Home Match can help! Home Match is a shared housing program in partnership with the City of Mill Valley and the “House Mill Valley Initiative” that improves lives and communities by bringing people together to share homes.
Read MoreLocal Stalwart Jamie Clark Band to Perform at Miller Closure – Aug. 28
Late summer is almost here, the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival are on the horizon and it’s high time to bring one of our local stalwarts to the Miller Closure (5-10pm) for a scintillating set of live music on Aug. 28 (6-8pm), part of our ongoing effort to infuse vitality into our community during this insane rollercoaster ride that the COVID-19 crisis hath wrought.
Read MoreMill Valley Recreation’s ‘No Clubs, Just Play’ Returns to MV Golf Course – Aug. 22, 2-7pm
Want to wander, play, picnic and relax amidst 42 acres of pristine hills, creeks and mature redwoods right in your own backyard? Mill Valley Recreation’s No Clubs, Just Play event, returns this Sunday, Aug. 22 from 2-7pm, to the 9-hole, par 33 Mill Valley Golf Course for all kinds of community uses – except golf.
Read MoreVolunteer in an Art-Laden Redwood Grove at the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in Old Mill Park – Sept. 18-19
With nearly 140 artists scattered and thousands of patrons scattered throughout the massive, gorgeous redwood grove at old Mill Park, the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival, set for Sept. 18-19, is a massive undertaking. To make it all happen, organizers need an outpouring of volunteers.
Read MoreMill Valley Songstress Chloe Jean to Perform at a Leaner, Livelier Miller Street Closure – Aug. 14, 5-10pm, Music 6-8pm
On the heels of performances by Tomas Dessle’s SunHunter band and Nick Brown & Friends, we’ve got Mill Valley songstress Chloe Jean performing her unique blend of modern pop, jazz, and old school rhythm and blues from 6-8pm Saturday on the Depot Plaza facing the closure. We encourage you to bookend her performance with as much shopping, strolling, smiling and, of course, eating –as possible.
Read MoreMakers Market’s 2021 Open Artisan Faires Roll On – Aug. 14, 2nd Saturdays Thru December
Makers Market‘s regular series of monthly Open Air Artisan Faires at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard continues Aug. 14 from 11am-5pm. “These Open Air Artisan Faires bring the best of the Bay Area’s skilled craftspeople into one space for residents to enjoy,” Makers Market founder Suzy Ekman says.
Read MoreCity Council Unanimously Backs Extension of Urgency Ordinance and Outdoor Business Program Through June 30, 2022
The Mill Valley City Council unanimously rejected a proposal to terminate its COVID-19 urgency ordinance, as well as its related outdoor business program that has been a lifeline for dozens of businesses across myriad industry sectors. Instead, the Council pivoted, agreeing to extend the ordinance through at least June 30, 2022, a nod toward the massive popularity of the outdoor business uses – including al fresco dining, outdoor spin classes and much more – that have become some of the few bright spots of the past 16 mont
Read MoreBungalow 44 Dives Into Reusable Takeout Containers With Dispatch Goods, But Needs More Mill Valley Restaurants to Join Them
As if pandemic hasn’t presented enough conundrums over the past 16-plus months, Bungalow 44 co-owner Peter Schumacher had another one drop into his lap several months ago. “Through the course of the pandemic, we obviously leaned on takeout heavily because we were so limited with indoor and outdoor dining for long stretches,” Schumacher says.
Read MoreMarin Joins Bay Area Health Officials to Require Masks Indoors to Prevent COVID-19 Spread
#MaskUp, ya’ll. The recommendation to wear a mask in indoor public spaces is back to being a mandate. Marin County Public Health officials once again locked arms with their fellow Bay Area public health officers to require masks indoors in public places, regardless of vaccination status, starting at 12:01am on Tuesday, August 3.
Read MoreCity Proposes Terminating COVID-19 Urgency Ordinance and the Outdoor Business Program It Spawned – MV Chamber, Business Owners Seek Compromise at Aug. 2nd Council Meeting
At its August 2nd City Council meeting, the City is proposing to terminate the urgency ordinance it passed in the early days of the coronavirus outbreak on Nov. 30, as well as the outdoor business program it created that has been a lifeline for dozens of businesses across myriad industry sectors. Many popular, outdoor features that have blossomed amidst the pandemic would go away at the end of November.
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