Enjoy Mill Valley Blog
The Enjoy Mill Valley Blog is the official storytelling platform of the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce — and the most comprehensive source for what’s happening in and around town.
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Amidst a Changing Statewide Housing Landscape, City Council Charts Path for Creating 2023-2031 Housing Element
As we head into the final months of a year that has been challenging to say the least, the City of Mill Valley is embarking on a new Housing Element for years 2023-2031, a long-term, state-mandated deep dive into the future of housing in our community. The process began this week amidst the City Council’s heightened focus on creating the framework for more affordable housing in Mill Valley and a call for an eye-popping increase in the number of units to be planned for by the city, from 129 units in the 2014-2022 cycle to 865 units in the 2023-2031 cycle.
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2021 Spirit of Marin Awards to Honor Mill Valley Market, City Manager Alan Piombo – Sept. 24
In a typical year, the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce selects a business or “business citizen” of the year at Bank of Marin’s annual Spirit of Marin Awards to be honored for their community contributions and achievements. As we all can attest, 2021 was not even remotely a typical year, so the Chamber is honoring both a business and a business citizen.
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Let It Rip: The Sweetwater Music Hall is Ready for Its Closeup, With Proper Precautions Given the Moment
Showtime! The Sweetwater Music Hall says goodbye to its largely music-free 17 months this weekend, returning to a blistering live concert schedule fitting for a venue that has been a central piece of the legendary Mill Valley music scene for nearly five decades.
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Iriefuse Frontman Joe Endoso Headlines Miller Closure’s Live Music on the Plaza – Sept. 4
This weekend’s performance, set for 6-8pm, features Joe Endoso, the frontman for IrieFuse, a popular Bay Area based reggae band that has performed at some of the largest reggae festivals such as California Roots in 2014 and the legendary Reggae on the River in 2015.
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Amidst Fire Season and a Drought, Marin Agencies Up Seek to Empower Community at Free OAC Event – Sept. 15
Between the seemingly ever-expanding fire season and this year’s drought, on the heels of 2020 the second driest year in almost a century in 2020, Marin has been on high alert for months. A pair of local agencies are teaming up with the Outdoor Art Club for a virtual presentation on both of those issues and, most importantly, what they are doing to combat our new realities and what residents can do to protect themselves and be proactive.
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CVNL Commemorates 20th Anniversary of 9/11 With ’11 Days of Remembrance,’ a Series of Service Projects and Educational Opportunities – Sept. 1-11
It’s hard to believe that we’re approaching the 20th Anniversary of the horrific 9/11 attack, a national disaster that resulted in the single largest loss of life from a foreign attack on American soil. As it is apt to do in these moments, the Center for Volunteer & Nonprofit Leadership (CVNL) is turning the remembrance of this tragic event into a moment to actively participate in service projects and educational opportunities.
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Mt. Tam United Methodist Church Returns to Regular In-Person Children and Youth Programming
After 17-plus months that saw Mt. Tam United Methodist Church steer through the tumult of the pandemic with virtual programming and the transition to new Pastor Luke Ham, the church is set to in-person children and youth programming.
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As Marin’s Staffing Shortage Continues, the Debate Over What’s Driving It Rages On
Of all of the complexities of the COVID-19 crisis, few have been more perplexing than the staffing crisis, particularly in the service industry. Staffing remains a major limiting factor when it comes to Marin’s major industry sectors returning to normalcy, particularly for restaurants, some of whom have had to reduce capacity because of lack of sufficient staff.
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In the Wake of Mill Valley’s Long Overdue Reckoning Over Racial Inequity, Historical Society Takes a Look at How We Got Here
The immediate wake of the George Floyd murder – and the endless tragedies for Black Americans that preceded them – sparked such a stark, galvanizing global moment of protest in 2020, including in Mill Valley, that it was easy to view it in a vacuum. But the folks that run the Mill Valley Historical Society, and particularly those who create the annual MVHS Review, know all too well that nothing exists in a vacuum. Their 32-page, 2021 edition looks at the long overdue racial reckoning in Mill Valley, Marin and beyond in 2020, and puts it within the broader context of history.
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Covia’s ‘House Mill Valley’ Program Unveils More Opportunities
Tired of long commutes? Want to live where you work? Home Match can help! Home Match is a shared housing program in partnership with the City of Mill Valley and the “House Mill Valley Initiative” that improves lives and communities by bringing people together to share homes.
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Marin County Parks Seeks to Put Measure A on June 2022 – Have Your Say in Their Community Survey
Marin County Parks, the agency that manages the vast majority of those parks and open spaces, is asking users to take a community survey about their use and value, particularly as it seeks to put an extension of Measure A, a quarter-cent sales tax to support parks and open space that was first approved by voters in 2012, on the ballot in June 2022.
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Zero Breast Cancer Turns 25, Hosts Renowned Dipsea Hike Sept. 25, Virtual Hike Sept. 18-Oct. 9
Zero Breast Cancer has long been an essential Bay Area nonprofit. But as it nears its 19th Dipsea Hike for Zero Breast Cancer fundraising walk on Sept. 25 – with a virtual version set for Sept. 25-Oct. 9, it’s got a couple of extra reasons to celebrate in 2021.
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