Celebrating Our 125th Anniversary!!, and A Huge Shout-Out to Our Fantastic Chamber Members!

Celebrating Our 125th Anniversary!!, and A Huge Shout-Out to Our Fantastic Chamber Members!

As so many of you already know, 2025 marks the 125th anniversary of Mill Valley’s incorporation, and recognition of this milestone will culminate with a full day of celebratory activities on Monday, September 1st. It’s going to be a, incredible day! It is...
Mill Valley Music Fest News: For now, Given the Current Macro-Economic Climate & Profound Changes in Music Festival Economics & the Impending MVMS Construction Project, We’ve Decided to Take a Pause in 2026 From MVMF. We’ll Keep Innovating & Serving our Members and Community in Every Way We Can. But for now, We’ll Pause MVMF in 2026. We’ll see you around, and we’ll be back!

Mill Valley Music Fest News: For now, Given the Current Macro-Economic Climate & Profound Changes in Music Festival Economics & the Impending MVMS Construction Project, We’ve Decided to Take a Pause in 2026 From MVMF. We’ll Keep Innovating & Serving our Members and Community in Every Way We Can. But for now, We’ll Pause MVMF in 2026. We’ll see you around, and we’ll be back!

By Jim Welte, Mill Valley Chamber Hey there friends, lovers of Mill Valley, live music and those that revel in our amazing community, for a variety of reasons—the current macro economic climate and profound changes in music festival economics, as well as the upcoming...
After a Tumultuous Run, Budget Avelo Airlines Is Set to Cease Operations at Sonoma County Airport Budget and Shutting Down West Coast Operations

After a Tumultuous Run, Budget Avelo Airlines Is Set to Cease Operations at Sonoma County Airport Budget and Shutting Down West Coast Operations

In a Relatively Brief Stint, the Once Fast-Growing Avelo Airlines Joined the Mill Valley Chamber, Offered Up Discounts, Then Pivoted Toward the Trump Admin to Take Turn Avelo Airlines Into ICE Transport, Sparking Protests at Several Airports and Calls for Boycotts of...

Gov. Newsom Slashes $11.5 Million for Performing Arts Fund, Devastating Bay Area Organizations

Cuts to public arts funding are now a one-two punch. On Wednesday, May 14, Gov. Gavin Newsom released a budget proposal eliminating the $11.5 million allocated to the state’s small nonprofits arts organizations through the Performing Arts Equitable Payroll Fund, or...
Marin IJ Earns Statewide Awards For News Coverage, Photos, Opinion Section & Much More!

Marin IJ Earns Statewide Awards For News Coverage, Photos, Opinion Section & Much More!

The Marin Independent Journal has been a beacon of top-notch journalism for decades, and this year has been no different. The organization earned 20 awards — including five first-place honors — in an annual statewide journalism contest. The California News Publishers...
Marin Voice, Via Dave Perron: Social-Service Organizations Deserve Our Support

Marin Voice, Via Dave Perron: Social-Service Organizations Deserve Our Support

We can do a great deal to stay “in the joy” by supporting the performing arts as well as the nonprofit social-service organizations that are deeply meaningful to us. As Marin’s own rock star Huey Lewis once said, it is a “win-win” for the artists to get back as much...