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As 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.
Read MoreScintillating Live Music + Fashion Show + Beer Garden to Benefit Kiddo! = Larry the Hat’s Community Block Party – Sept. 25
On Sunday, Sept. 25 from 1-6pm, Larry the Hat’s “Mill Valley Community Block Party” once again takes over the block of Miller Ave. between Throckmorton and Sunnyside avenues, with the Depot Plaza used for kids activities.
Read MoreSweetwater to Toast Its 50th Anniversary with a Series of Live Shows & a Gala to Benefit Its Nonprofit Arts Fund
Bob Weir, Sweetwater co-owner and a musical icon, made news this week by announcing that he’ll once again take the Sweetwater stage as part of the venue’s 50th anniversary gala on Thursday, November 17, all part of a multi-night benefit for the venue’s recently created nonprofit Sweetwater Music Hall Arts Fund.
Read MoreMill Valley Market Rolls Out Welcoming Outdoor Furniture
Some of those Downtown Project’s bulb-outs were large enough to create more outdoor sidewalk space, particularly for the venerable Mill Valley Market at 12 Corte Madera Avenue. The market’s leadership recently placed a welcoming array of outdoor gathering spaces.
Read MoreCA State Senate Backs Bill That Creates a Council to Set Wages and Conditions for the Fast-Food Industry – Heads to Newsom’s Desk
If signed, the bill would set up a 10-member council, including representatives for workers and employers. It could set industrywide minimum wages in California at up to $22 an hour next year, far exceeding the statewide minimum wage of $15.50, the Times reports.
Read MoreMargot Hartford Shows Her Photos of Victorians at MV Chamber Thru Sept. 30 – First Tuesday Artwalk is Sept. 6
Renowned photographer Margot Hartford is bringing her latest project – a focus on beautiful Victorian homes in San Francisco and elsewhere – to the Mill Valley Chamber’s office at 85 Throckmorton throughout September.
Read MorePlanning Commission Unanimously Backs One-Year Extension of Non-Seasonal Outdoor Business Use and Evaluation of a Permanent Program – Ultimate Decision Goes to City Council in September
“If we took this to a public vote, this would be a landslide.”So said some of the residents who turned out Tuesday evening for the Mill Valley Planning Commission’s hearing on issues related to the City Council’s unanimous decision in April to pare back some of the elements of our community’s incredibly popular use of outdoor space.
Read MoreAt an August 23rd Hearing, City Council Seeks Planning Commission Blessing of a Proposal to Make Outdoor Dining Only Seasonal and Bar Use of Private Property If It Reduces Parking
At an April 2022 hearing, City Manager Alan Piombo told the council that “in order to make zoning changes, the Planning Commission would need to review those changes prior to them coming back to council for adoption. But there would be no open or ongoing deliberation over what the program would look like.” That hearing is set for Tuesday, August 23 at 6:30pm.
Read MoreLet’s Dance: Arts Commission’s Free Concerts in the Plaza Are Almost Here – Sept. 10-11
Come Sept. 10-11 (11am-7pm), the Depot Plaza’s going to be rockin.’ The Mill Valley Arts Commission is bringing back the series with two full days of live music featuring an array of acclaimed local bands, as well as a few exciting special guests. For both events, City officials are closing the block of Miller Ave. between…
Read MoreHomestead Valley Is a Hub of Excitement This Week: Pool Grand Opening Aug. 20, Music Festival Aug. 27
Homestead Valley Pool Grand Opening is set for Saturday, Aug. 20 (11am-2pm), and the music fest is Aug. 27 featuring headliner Lyrics Born.
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