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Three years on, Marin Conservatory of Dance founder ​Melinda Neal is going for it. ​The longtime professional ballet dancer and revered Bay Area ballet instructor opened her studio on Miller Ave. in 2018, filling a void for a solely classical ballet-focused conservatory in southern Marin. The program grew steadily and organically within its small space at 448 Miller Avenue, and…

Mill Valley has a plethora of lessons learned from the Bay Area’s catastrophic wildfire disasters in recent years to incorporate into its own evacuation planning. Those efforts come with the knowledge that a large portion of our community is located within the ‘Very High Fire Severity Zone’ as identified by Cal Fire. In the aftermath…

From bike wheel-centric pieces and gorgeous ArtBoxes to all manner of benches, both big wave and asymmetric, the footprint of the City of Mill Valley’s public art program has been expanding steadily in recent years, particularly on the heels of the “Knitting Us Together” project and the Black Lives Matter-styled utility box in 2020. Now comes perhaps the most…

Image courtesy Marin HHS. Just two months ago, Marin County Public Health Officer Dr. Matt Willis lamented the limited vaccine supply available to Marin and “no sign of any significant increase in the near future,” a status that forced health officials to prioritize distribution to residents age 75 and older. County officials efforts have remained steadfast in…

Forty years on, Dave Fromer Soccer continues to get bigger and better. Fromer has lined up soccer summer camps weekly throughout the summer here in Mill Valley but also with an expanded menu of venues, including Larkspur, San Rafael and North Lake Tahoe. The camps span boys and girls of all levels, ages 5-12. “Many…

Tamalpais’ engine No. 9, the last locomotive purchased by the scenic railway. More than three years ago, a coalition of local organizations embarked on a long-shot plan to bring the Heisler No. 9 – the last remaining locomotive from the “Crookedest Railroad in the World” that ran from Mill Valley to the top of Mount Tam –…

Charles McGlashan and Carol Misseldine. For many Mill Valley residents and Bay Area politicos, March 27, 2011 was a devastating gut punch. That was the day Charles McGlashan, the District 3 supervisor whose relentless energy and commitment propelled Marin toward a number of major sustainability achievements, died of a heart attack at the age of…

Jeff Jungsten of Jungsten Construction and Compass Realtor Dana Williams. Mill Valley Chamber member and local Mill Valley Realtor at Compass, Dana Williams just launched episode #3 of his Community Spotlight Series. Real estate and construction go hand-in-hand, which is why Williams was keen to sit down and interview Jeff Jungsten of Jungsten Construction. A…

On the heels of the news that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) federal government is set to open the application window for the long-delayed the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program next month, the federal government also said this week that it is targeting early April to launch a phased rollout of the $28.6 billion Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) – the implementation…

Community Action Marin CEO Chandra Alexandre, at top left, and volunteers working in the organization’s Old Gallinas Production Farm. Courtesy images. For Chandra Alexandre and her team at Community Action Marin, their work to help alleviate the causes of poverty and create conditions towards self sufficiency among Marin’s poorest communities has always had a heightened…