Downtown Mill Valley
Frustrated by a Deluge of State Legislation, City Officials Resolve to Pull Every Lever Possible to Meet Its Housing Goals
City officials have made it clear that they are dead serious about pulling every lever possible to create the conditions that would significantly expand on the city’s approximately 6,670 current housing units and support the amount of additional housing for which they’re on the hook, according to ABAG.
Read MoreGreta McLain Talks About Bringing Communities Together Through Art at Virtual OAC Event – Dec. 15
At a free, virtual Outdoor Art Club event on Wednesday, Dec. 15 at 1pm via Zoom, Greta McLain will talk about how she designs public spaces to enrich positive energy and celebrate the people, histories, challenges, and richness that exist in surrounding communities, expressing the narrative of a neighborhood from the point of view of the people who live there.
Read MoreBook Passage’s Elaine Petrocelli Delivers Her Holiday List of Books to Give at Outdoor Art Club Via Zoom – Dec. 3, 1pm
At a free Dec. 2nd event, Elaine Petrocelli, co-founder of one of Marin’s premier independent book stores, will highlight new literature and suggest books for holiday gift giving.
Read MoreSkip to My Loo: With Public Restrooms in Stark Decline in U.S. Cities, Let’s Celebrate Mill Valley’s in the Heart of Downtown
While it took seemingly forever and came at an exorbitant cost, the debut of a pair of public, ADA-accessible bathrooms in the Depot building in January 2021 was a monumental step forward for our community. The new loo, along with the public restroom at City Hall and those at various public parks around town, both provide residents and guests a place to go and, ahem, relieves the burden a bit on cafes, restaurants and stores.
Read MoreClean Mill Valley Turns 9, Remains Vigilant on Reducing Litter, Leaning on Volunteers and Businesses
Nine years after a group of local activists got together to address the abundance of litter in town, Clean Mill Valley, powered by a group of dedicated volunteers and with support from the Mill Valley Chamber, the Outdoor Art Club, the Rotary Club and the former Bloomathon have all long been dedicated to improving the appearance of our town and preserving our natural environment.
Read MoreMusic Heals International Tees Up 8th Annual Benefit at Sweetwater Music Hall – Nov. 23
Sara Wasserman’s Music Heals International, which brings music and musicians to the children of Haiti and globally “to inspire achievement, resiliency, and creativity,” hosts its 8th annual benefit show at the Sweetwater Music Hall on Nov. 23. The lineup features DJ Logic, Jay Lane & Dave Ellis from RatDog, as well as the MHI All-Stars with Dan “Lebo” Lebowitz and many more.
Read MoreA Coalition of Creative Mill Valley History and Train Buffs Hopes to Expand Plaza to Include the Historic Engine No. 9 – Here’s How You Can Support Them
The MV Historical Society is working to create a coalition of support – which they hope will include the Chamber of Commerce and many local businesses – to urge the City to expand the downtown plaza and make a home there for Engine No. 9.
Read MoreMark Tatum, 61, Becomes First Non-Californian to Win the Dipsea Race Since 1986
In the midst of the oddity that has been the past 20 months, including a coronavirus-induced cancellation of the 2020 edition of the Dipsea Race and a postponement of the 2021 race from its planned June 13th launch to Nov. 7, Sunday left some room for yet another rarity.
Read MoreHaving Shut the Doors on Its Physical Spaces, The Hivery Rolls on with Digital Memberships
The Hivery founder Grace Kraaijvanger made the gut-wrenching decision to close the physical spaces of her female-fueled “co-working space and inspiration lab,” but as she made clear in that initial note of sadness, the Hivery continues onward in offering its Hivery Circle digital membership, a one-of-a-kind digital membership.
Read MorePandemic Public Art Project! Artist Teresa Rea Launches DIY ‘MV Art Zoo’ to Create Decorative Wire Animals
Teresa Rea has created a series of kits, including templates and steel wire, for anyone to make their own wire frame animal that can be placed on a fence adjacent to an SLP. In addition to the aforementioned animals, Rea has templates for coyotes, crows, dragonflies, foxes, mice, quail and squirrels as well.
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