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.
Whether you’re looking to explore something new, support a neighborhood business, or stay informed about upcoming events, the Enjoy Mill Valley Blog is your trusted source for local insight — thoughtfully curated and proudly community-driven.
City Council Eyes Key Designation of Land at 1 Hamilton Drive for Housing, Considers EAH Housing for its Developer Partner
One of the key steps it intends to take on Sept. 20 is to declare the parcel’s northern portion as “exempt surplus land,” a legal step City officials say must be taken prior to entertaining proposals for the site. To take that step, the City must meet a number of key conditions.
Read More
City Dives Into 2023-2031 Housing Element With a Virtual, Public Workshop Set for Sept. 23
The City of Mill Valley kicked off the process earlier this month of creating a new Housing Element for years 2023-2031, a long-term, state-mandated deep dive into the future of housing in our community. It takes the next steps towards that effort on Sept. 23 (6:30-8pm) with a workshop via Zoom with to discuss demographics, housing needs and general requirements for the Housing Element Update.
Read More
Devastating: Grace Kraaijvanger Announces Closure of The Hivery Co-Working Space, Effective Sept. 30
In a lengthy, gut-wrenching note to her members and followers late Friday, The Hivery founder Grace Kraaijvanger announced that the Fort Mason location has closed, remaining available for exclusive run-of-space venue rentals by the day through October 17, and the Mill Valley space will do so effective Sept. 30.
Read More
‘Mapping MV History’ Digs Into the Sweetwater, a Bay Area Music Icon
Have you ever found yourself looking at a building downtown, admired its architecture and wondered what it looked like in the past? What businesses were there before? Mapping Mill Valley History is a new project that invites you to tour familiar streets and buildings and see how they have evolved over the years. It’s a collaboration between the Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce and the treasure trove that is the Mill Valley Public Library‘s Lucretia Little History Room.
Read More
Mayor McCauley, City Manager Piombo Deliver the ‘State of the City’ at Outdoor Art Club via Zoom – October 7
Mayor John McCauley and City Manager Alan Piombo deliver the annual update via Zoom at the Outdoor Art Club on Oct. 7.
Read More
Mill Valley Historical Society Invites Kids to Paint a Full-Sized Model of Engine No. 9 Locomotive – Sept. 18, 25 & Oct 2
Calling all art-loving kiddos: The Mill Valley Historical Society is inviting children and their families to come to the Mill Valley Lumber Yard (129 Miller Ave.) on a trio of upcoming Saturdays – Sept. 18, Sept. 25, and Oct. 2, from 11am to 2pm – to help paint a full-size model of historic Engine No. 9, a 100-year-old steam engine that is the only surviving piece of the once world-famous Mt. Tamalpais and Muir Woods Railway.
Read More
Movies in the Park Returns with “Cars” 9/17 at Friends Field and “Princess Diaries” 10/8 in Old Mill Park
The Movies in the Park series kicked off in 2014 and has gotten bigger and better every year since. In 2018, the MV Chamber organized a successful fundraising campaign to raise enough money to purchase all of the equipment required to produce the series, propelled by a $5,000 grant from the Outdoor Art Club.
Read More
Feel the Love: Marin Arts’ UpTake Culture Feed Shines a Light on Mill Valley Artistic Bounty (and Much More)
We spend all day, every day shouting into the hills about the wonders of Mill Valley. But we’re incredibly grateful when other organizations do the same, and that is certainly the case with a recent post by Pamela Coddington, Editor at MarinArts’ UPTAKE Culture Feed.
Read More
With Star-Studded Films Like ‘Cyrano,’ ‘Dune’ and ‘The French Dispatch,’ 44th Mill Valley Film Festival Is a Return to Some Degree of Normalcy – Oct. 7-17
The 44th edition of MVFF features many of same virtual options of 2020, but it also boasts an excellent lineup of in-person appearances from some Hollywood A-listers. They include BAFTA Award-winning director Joe Wright, set to show the Opening Night California premiere of “Cyrano,” a re-imagining of the timeless tale of a heartbreaking love triangle involving Cyrano de Bergerac, played by Peter Dinklage, and featuring ferocious wordplay at a verbal joust and with brilliant swordplay in a duel.
Read More
Sound the Siren: Canteen Owner Debuts Millie’s Crepe et Creme at MV Lumber Yard
Mary Margaret Stewart has taken the pandemic pivot to a whole other level. Stewart and her daughter Iman Bengana seized their unexpected hiatus and just opened Millie’s Crepe et Creme in a tiny-but-gorgeous, French decor-laden space at the southern end of the Mill Valley Lumber Yard.
Read More
Arts Commission’s Concerts in the Plaza Returns Sept. 11-12 With Local Stalwarts and Some Special Guests
UPDATE: To allow for plenty of social distancing at the Mill Valley Arts Commission’s Concerts on the Plaza, the Miller Ave. Closure (between Sunnyside and Throckmorton avenues) will be in effect on Saturday, Sept. 11 from 5-10pm, and on Sunday, Sept. 12 from 11am-9pm).
Read More
Mill Valley Arts Commission Revives In-Person First Tuesday Artwalk – Oct. 5
For the Mill Valley artistic community, opportunities to showcase their work in person have been few and far between over the past 18 months. If all goes according to plan, that will change on Oct. 5, when the Mill Valley Arts Commission returns to in-person First Tuesday Artwalks.
Read More