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County’s Hopes for an Innovative Proposal to Split Marin City Affordable Housing Between 150 Shoreline Hwy. in Tam Junction & 825 Drake Ave. in Marin City Hits a Legal Hurdle

What remains murky, however, is what the practical effect will be on the project, if Freccero sticks with his tentative ruling. ā€œI had lots of questions before, and I still have them,ā€ Freccero said. ā€œI’m trying to understand what happens next.ā€ Over $30 million dollars in tax-exempt bonds to finance the project have already been sold. Save Our City, an advocacy group, filed suit in May 2023 to void the Marin County Board of Supervisors’ 3-2 decision in March 2023 to approve the issuance of up to $40 million in tax-exempt revenue bonds for use in underwriting the planned building at 825 Drake Ave.

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Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of October 7

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Sacramento Bee: With a 7.40 Rating, Marin Would be the 7th Happiest Nation in the World, Between the Netherlands and Canada, if it Were its Own Country

ā€œWe find that happiness is aligned with specific quality of life ratings. In particular, jobs, leisure, and housing,ā€ Baldassare said, according to the report. ā€œIn our polling, we also looked at personal finance. But the biggest change we’ve seen over time has been satisfaction with jobs, which went from 52% saying they were very satisfied in our first polling to 31% today.ā€ Other polling, by Gallup, asked Californians to rate their satisfaction of life from 1 to 10. A research team from the University of Oxford then compiled all 215,801 responses into a map of the state, broken down by county.

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Dick Spotswood: Marin Must Face Change as Housing, Traffic Challenges Persist

“There are benefits to a workforce that isn’t compelled to commute daily from East Bay counties with lower housing prices. Having grocery store cashiers, teachers, police officers and firefighters who live and work in the towns they serve outweighs any conceived downsides. Traffic is a plague common to all prosperous suburbs. We’re in fantasyland if we believe that congestion on Highway 101 and Marin’s east-west boulevards will ever evaporate.”

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Free Westminster Events: The Science Behind Living Better Longer with the Buck Institute – Nov. 10th, 3-5pm

Vibrant health and well-being are within reach at any age, and Westminster Events is back this fall to help you discover how to make the most of it! As we grow older, taking care of our mental and physical wellness becomes not only more essential but also an exciting and empowering journey. Staying updated with the latest research can help us build a healthier, stronger future. On Sunday, November 10 in Tiburon, Westminster Events will host an inspiring presentation by Sidharth Madhavan, a USC-Buck PhD Fellow from the renowned Buck Institute. His talk, The Science Behind Living Better Longer, will dive into how exercise and fasting can unlock powerful metabolites that may lower the risk of dementia.

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Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Sept. 30

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Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Sept. 23

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Curated News You Can Use, From Mill Valley & Beyond – Week of Sept. 16

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Grace Kraaijvanger, Founder of The Hivery Co-Working Space, Is Resilience Personified and a 2024 Spirit of Marin Honoree!

The Hivery remains alive and well, even after closing the brick-and-mortar spaces, still after all these years, fully committed to serving women creating their next chapters, unveiling new membership and mentorship offerings, creating pop-up coworking sessions at local businesses, and continuing her Incubator program for women entrepreneurs. She evolved her community and created The Hivery’s Momentum Lab (a mentorship, accountability, and community for women creating solo-based businesses). In the years since, Kraaijvanger continues to blend innovation and resilience, engaging with all manner of complementary organizations to co-host events, including an Own Your Voice event at Assembly, hosting book talks and a fundraiser at Club Evexia in May 2023, a food and wellness fair in Sept. 2022, as well as a collaboration with Poet and/the Bench for a Summer Soulstice Soiree in June 2023.

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Marin IJ: As Southern Marin Fire Protection District Garners Recognition, Fire Board Candidates Vie for Spots on the District Board

“I feel a strong responsibility to familiarize my community with all that SMFD provides, such as fire prevention and suppression, medical and ambulance, search and rescue and vegetation management services,” Waldeck said. Waldeck and the other incumbents in the race — Cathryn Hilliard and Ashley Raveche — generally believe that the district’s merger with the Mill Valley Fire Department was a success. “Morale is strong,” Waldeck said. “Opportunities for promotion have increased.”

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