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Renato Gouveia and Marcelo Camillo, Partners in Life & Business, Open Passion Flowers in Mill Valley
“When Mother’s Day is over, we are always so happy,” Gouveia says. “Not because it’s over but because we did something that we love.”
Read MoreCity Council Backs Current Outdoor Biz Program Thru Oct. 31, Shifts to Seasonally Limited Version in 2023
“We are deliberating a program, not a continuing experiment,” McCauley said. My sense is that we give clear guidance that we wrap this thing up so we don’t hear from the Chamber every three weeks.” “You guys will make your own decisions in the future in terms of if you want to expand this.”
Read MoreFacing a Covid-Fueled Parking Deficit, Council Green Lights a Series of Rate Increases to Modernize and Increase Turnover
The council authorized the purchase of Automated License Plate Recognition system, which will allow the department to glean critical data around who parks where, why and when, and thus be able in the future to change certain parking designations in response to usage patterns.
Read MoreCity Council to Take Up Outdoor Business Program Again, Eyes Extension Through Oct. 31
City officials have sought a framework that limits outdoor use to June 1 to Oct. 31. The Mill Valley Chamber wholly supports the decision to extend the existing program through Oct. 31, 2022, to allow city officials runway to conduct a study that identifies longer term plans for outdoor use. The Chamber in no way presumes or pre-judges the outcome of such a study
Read More‘Mapping MV History’ Digs Into the Gorgeous, Historic El Paseo
El Paseo, the moniker for the gorgeous, red-bricked lane at 17 Throckmorton Ave. that has connected the street to Sunnyside Ave. for decades, is also home to Dennis McNicoll’s Gallery 15 and Jeffrey Levin and Bonnie Powers’ ever-creative Poet and the Bench lifestyle store and jewelry atelier space.
Read MoreTwo Neat Puts Out a Call to Artists to Turn Their Art Into Cards
Bijou is looking for some artists to turn their art into cards. Looking for some guidance on content and style? “We’re looking for humor, photography, humor, paintings, humor, cartoons, humor, wordplay, and humor,” Bijou says. Got it?
Read MoreMill Valley Fall Arts Fest Is Now Accepting Artist Applications for 2022
As has been the case with all of Mill Valley’s major events over the past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the most important outcome of the two days of the Mill Valley Fall Arts Festival in 2021 was that they happened, safely and beautifully in the always-stunning redwood grove at Old Mill Park. More than 140…
Read MoreMakers Market Unveils Spring Dates for Outdoor Market at MV Lumber Yard
Spring is here and Makers Market has unveiled the upcoming dates for their regular series of monthly Outdoor Markets at the Mill Valley Lumber Yard. The series returns March 12, 11am-5pm, with some of the best local makers offering jewelry, organic body, CBD products, candles, plants, home goods, apparel, glass, and more.
Read MoreTamalpie Owner Karen Goldberg Debuts ‘The Warehouse’ Consignment Exchange
From tech titans and Shark Tank contestants to execs seeking to back young people with compelling business ideas, Mill Valley is steeped in entrepreneurial spirit. But few have done serial entrepreneurship like Karen Goldberg, who has created myriad local brick-and-mortar businesses over the years.
Read MoreAnd Now for Something Completely Unexpected: Brick & Mortar Topped Online Stores in 2021 – Seriously
Consumers’ seemingly unrelenting appetite for online shopping, exacerbated by more than two years of a global pandemic when many of us were limited at times to only online shopping, took an unanticipated turn in 2021.
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