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Strawberry Village Debuts Live Music Series – Saturdays
Business owners throughout Marin have been constantly innovating on ways to bring vibrancy to their commercial neighborhoods, all while striking a balance between liveliness and the absolute necessity of a safe, socially distant environment. The owners of the Strawberry Village shopping center are doing just that, launching Saturday Sounds, a live music series that happens…
Read More2020-21 EMV Guide: Calendar
We can’t wait to gather again to live, learn, laugh and cut a rug in the 94941. Check enjoymillvalley.com for updates on when these events return. JULY & AUGUSTMovies in the Parkmillvalleyarts.orgFree films at Old Mill Park, beginning just past sunset.Throckmorton Youth Performersthrockmortontheatre.orgOpportunities for student interns to landonstage and backstage roles.Concerts in the Plazamillvalleyarts.orgAnnual live music…
Read MoreEMV Guide 2020-21: Capsules of Joy
We all know the feeling: you spot someone walking towards you and you get a little rush, an extra spring in your step that comes from an impending interaction with a person who surely will brighten your day through words, deeds or an all-knowing look that brings that joyful jolt of adrenaline you needed. Here are a…
Read MoreCounty Relents on Reusable Bag Ban, With Restrictions
Though a minor concern amidst a global health pandemic that has killed more than 620,000 people worldwide, one of the frustrating oddities of the COVID-19 health crisis has been the ban on reusable grocery and shopping bags due to concerns around surface transmission. In late June, Gov. Gavin Newsom allowed his 60-day executive order to…
Read MoreAfter Six Months as Interim City Manager, City Council Officially Appoints Ex-Police Chief Alan Piombo to Role
MVPD Lieutenant Lindsay Haynes named interim police chief, and city officials plan to explore a shared service agreement for the role of Chief of Police. City has an existing shared services agreement with Sausalito. Mill Valley City Manager Alan Piombo. For Alan Piombo, 2020 began with the bizarre and has careened from the rewarding to the…
Read MoreOptions Abound: Here Are the MV Restaurants With Indoor and Outdoor Dining Options & Takeout/Delivery
[UPDATE 7.10.20: Just a few days after indoor dining was added to outdoor dining and takeout/delivery at restaurants around Mill Valley, Marin was placed on the COVID-19 statewide watch list and indoor dining was halted for at least three weeks. Other previously approved sectors are not impacted by this decision. Stay tuned.] As you have…
Read MoreCounty Backs Indoor Retail Reopening on June 12
Car dealerships get the green light as well. First came curbside pickup, then outdoor, and as of June 12, Mill Valley boutiques and stores will be able to welcome customers back inside their shops for socially distanced transactions with all of the requirements we’ve come to expect during the COVID-19 crisis: facial coverings, maintaining 6 feet…
Read MoreBarring a Spike in Coronavirus Hospitalizations, County to Approve Indoor Retail & Outdoor Worship on June 15
The ever-innovative Store Mill Valley owners Ronnie Unger and Evan Wolf have been doing curbside pickup!in addition to their longstanding home deliveries and FaceTime shopping appointments. Courtesy image. First comes the outdoor dining, and then – fingers crossed – we get the indoor retail that the big box stores have enjoyed since the beginning of…
Read MoreMarin City Creates a Much-Needed, Unifying Protest in a Moment of National Crisis, Galvanizing Community
Click the image to download this sign, or others. In a moment of national horror and outrage over the death of George Floyd – yet another black person killed at the hands of police – Tuesday’s protest in Marin City was an uplifting, galvanizing experience that served as a marked contrast from the chaos and…
Read MoreCity Council Unanimously Approves a Menu of Ways for Restaurants and Other Businesses to Use Outdoor Space
Outdoor and patio dining, clockwise from bottom right, at Gravity Tavern, Floodwater, Piazza D’Angelo, Playa and – for consumption of takeout from any restaurant, on the Depot Plaza. Courtesy images. Let’s go al fresco! The Mill Valley City Council unanimously approved a resolution and an urgency ordinance Monday night allowing Acting City Manager Alan Piombo…
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