Depot Plaza
Winterfest Holiday Hunt Returns! Read The Clues, Stroll the 94941 and Find Stars To Win Chances at Gift Certificates At Your Favorite Shops – Runs Thru Dec. 16!
When Winterfest is in the rearview mirror at 5pm on Sunday Dec. 4, the quasi-virtual, hugely popular Winterfest Holiday Hunt, a three-week, scavenger hunt-style contest at dozens of businesses throughout Mill Valley, runs through Dec. 16th.
Read MoreAmidst Blithedale Work, Allow for Some Extra Time to Do Your #ShopMV Gift Buying, and Lean on the MV Chamber for Ideas!
If you’re hoping to find something unexpected and delightful, you’ll need to go to the little local shops that have survived in the age of online shopping by being quirky and brave, and by knowing their customers well enough to say, ‘I think you would love this.’”
Read MoreIf You’re Able, Use Your Dollars to Support The Mill Valley Bookstore, a Comprehensive Literary Treasure in The 94941!
The Depot Bookstore is the hidden gem, offering up an incredible selection of tomes. It serves as the quintessential example of a business that flourishes when all residents of this incredibly literate town we live in supports having a bookstore within the 94941.
Read MoreParks & Rec Commission Directs Staff to Study Three Expanded Depot Plaza Options: More Adaptable Open Space With Tables, Engine No. 9 Locomotive and Outdoor Art
Let’s start with the easy part: Mill Valley residents have a deep, profound love for the Depot Plaza. It gives us yet another opportunity to remind ourselves that longtime local architect and civic leader Richard “Dick” Jessup and others spearheaded the idea to transform the former train station-turned-bus station at the center of Mill Valley’s downtown into the plaza.
Read MoreThe Survey Results Are In On What Should Go Into An Expanded Depot Plaza, But Your Takeaway Might Depend On The Lens Through Which You See the Future of Downtown
At a Parks & Recreation Commission hearing on Nov. 2, commissioners and community members will have their say on the best way forward. The Mill Valley Chamber recommends taking a measured approach on the next steps by creating the Plaza extension but not rushing into delineating the extension’s specific use immediately, so as to let the community see the space, hear specific proposals and visualize what might make the most sense long-term.
Read MoreFeel the 94941 Love: Marin Magazine Shines Its Bright Spotlight on the 2022-23 EMV Guide
Since we published our 2022-23 Enjoy Mill Valley Guide print magazine, which went out to nearly 40,000 homes within the August issue of Marin Magazine, our longtime partners have embedded the 48-page guide on their site here for more than a month. We’re incredibly grateful for that 94941 love!
Read MoreWhen the Wiggle Is Withdrawn, What Should Happen to The Expanded Depot Plaza? City Seeks Your Input – Take the Survey By Oct. 7
The city is eyeing the spring of 2023 for the next phase, with a primary focus on paving and curb ramp improvements along Throckmorton Avenue and Miller Avenue. That is likely to also include an expansion of the sidewalk along the block of Miller between Sunnyside and Throckmorton avenues, potentially freeing up additional sidewalk dining and additional sidewalk real estate for merchants.
Read MoreOutdoor Art Club Donates Little Free Library to MV Chamber!
The OAC has donated to the Mill Valley Chamber – located at 85 Throckmorton Ave. adjacent to the Depot – a Little Free Library, the latest addition to the nationwide network of Little Free Libraries, part of a nonprofit organization that promotes neighborhood book exchanges.
Read MoreNew City Manager Todd Cusimano Seeks to Navigate The Road Ahead for Outdoor Business Use With an Extension thru April 2023 & Extra Time For Those Who Need to Address Parking Requirements
City of Mill Valley leaders continue to do the heavy lifting necessary to create an outdoor business use program that is right-sized for the 94941 community, respects the varying priorities of different business sectors and acknowledges the overwhelming popularity for all things al fresco. New City Manager Todd Cusimano seems determined to strike that balance.
Read MoreAs Blithedale Project Continues, We Keep Ramping Up Our Support For downtown Businesses & Nonprofits – Check Out Our New Signs Reminding You to #ShopMV!
Earlier this year, we created – with generous design assistance from Poet and/the Bench and the support of the City of Mill Valley – an array of banners, both on Miller Ave. and on the Depot Plaza, to urge residents and guests to support the people that serve as backbone of our community. Now we’re deploying some signs around town to do the same.
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