Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Dec. 29

Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Dec. 29

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Playa, Mill Valley’s Popular Modern Mexican Restaurant, Recently Received a 2024 Michelin Bib Gourmand Accolade and Has Just Unveiled an Exciting New Menu!

Playa, Mill Valley’s Popular Modern Mexican Restaurant, Recently Received a 2024 Michelin Bib Gourmand Accolade and Has Just Unveiled an Exciting New Menu!

After 8 years, Playa has just unveiled an exciting new menu. Mill Valley’s popular Modern Mexican restaurant recently received a 2024 Michelin Bib Gourmand accolade (only 4 other Marin restaurants have that honor), as Chef Michael Siegel takes diners on a...
Marin IJ: A California Insurance Crisis and Which Bay Area Communities Have Lost the Most Coverage, Including Significant Impact on Mill Valley

Marin IJ: A California Insurance Crisis and Which Bay Area Communities Have Lost the Most Coverage, Including Significant Impact on Mill Valley

California’s property insurance market has been reeling after a series of devastating and costly wildfires over the last decade, with estimated losses of more than $35.8 billion. Insurers have argued that outdated voter-approved regulations enacted in the late 1980s...
Marin IJ: Marin City Housing Developer Files Tam Valley Plan to Build 32 Units Instead of County’s Hopes for a Proposal to Split the Housing Between Marin City and Tam Valley

Marin IJ: Marin City Housing Developer Files Tam Valley Plan to Build 32 Units Instead of County’s Hopes for a Proposal to Split the Housing Between Marin City and Tam Valley

Per the Marin IJ, on the heels of Marin County Superior Court Judge Stephen Freccero’s decision to nullify approvals for millions of dollars in tax-exempt bond funding for a proposed apartment building in Marin City, the developer said the project – split...
Homestead Valley’s Relentless Gem Tim Ryan, a Milley Award Winner, Has Led a Legion of Amazing Volunteers to Create Beautiful, Compelling Art With HARK

Homestead Valley’s Relentless Gem Tim Ryan, a Milley Award Winner, Has Led a Legion of Amazing Volunteers to Create Beautiful, Compelling Art With HARK

Readers of this space know that we are longstanding Tim Ryan enthusiasts, particularly for his unending creativity and community spirit – see here, here and here, to name just a few. Oh, and here, after his latest restoration of oft-tampered with, iconic Janes Street...
Marin Economic Forum to Shut Down, With a County Supervisor Calling It ‘Mission Accomplished’

Marin Economic Forum to Shut Down, With a County Supervisor Calling It ‘Mission Accomplished’

The Marin Economic Forum, a government and business collaboration created to foster economic growth in the county, will cease operations early next year after a 12-year run, according to the Marin Independent Journal. The organization filled a number of roles in the...