Posts Tagged ‘Downtown Mill Valley’
The Sweetwater Music Hall’s Transition to a 501(c)3 Is An Absolute Game Changer – to the Benefit of Other Nonprofits and our Broader Community!
The legendary Sweetwater Music Hall has legions of longtime followers. But even the diehards might not know how a massively impactful restructuring of the organization over the past year will not only lift up one of the best live music venues in the Bay Area, but will also do so for a network of tangential organizations that can benefit from Sweetwater’s transition. In January, Sweetwater began operating as an IRS registered 501(c)(3) so that they can continue to provide music programming to their community and to their underserved and youth communities. The not-for-profit status also helps the Sweetwater with its fundraising efforts to continue as a pre-eminent independent Bay Area music venue.
Read MoreKid-Centric Shop Tantrum at MV Lumber Yard Turns One, Celebrates First Year, Touts Slim Chance Circus Performance & Free Popcorn – July 21st, 2-3pm
Tantrum – the ultra-creative retail shop that moved into the Mill Valley Lumber Yard in October 2023 – is celebrating its first anniversary, and they’re doing so with plenty of fun, as usual. They’re bringing in a Slim Chance Circus performance, as well as free popcorn, on July 21st from 2-3pm, with 10% off in MV Tantrum all day long.
Read MoreThe Milley Awards Are Set To Honor Seven Mill Valleyans at the 2024 Milley Awards – Oct. 27th, Mill Valley Community Center
Seven accomplished Mill Valley residents will be honored at an elegant program and buffet supper from 5 to 9 p.m. Sunday, October 27 at the Mill Valley Community Center. The six will receive bronze statuettes designed by the late sculptor John Libberton. Mill Valley is the only city in Marin County that officially recognizes the talents and achievements of people in the arts.
Read MorePiazza D’Angelo’s Luigi Petrone Unveils New Specialty Craft Cocktail Program, Announces Arrival of New GM Indira Diaz
Luigi Petrone announced this week that he is thrilled to have launched a new specialty craft cocktail program. “The menu is an elevated celebration of all things Italian, with hints of the tropics, summer flavors, and local ingredients,” he says.
Read MoreAs the City of Mill Valley Looks to Make the Case in November for a 1% Sales Tax Hike, Dick Spotswood Spotlights the Bay Area’s Larger Revenue Needs
“The largest item on November’s ballot is a $10 to 20 billion regional bond that, if passed, promises to create 45,000 affordable homes in the nine-county Bay Area,” he wrote. “It’s sponsored by the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s Bay Area Housing Finance Agency. BAHFA reports that “a $10 billion bond would require a tax of $10.26 per $100,000 in assessed value – or about $100 per year for a million-dollar home.” Double that if the bond is for $20 billion.”
Read MoreEditorial: Bipartisan Duo Seeks to Address American Unhappiness by “Restoring the Common Good Initiative” and Exploring the Reasons Behind the Dissatisfaction
For U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy, a Democrat from Connecticut, and Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, a Republican, the report confirmed something they had been discussing for a while: that despite the high quality of life many Americans enjoy, people seem more dour, anxious and, well, unhappy than ever before.
Read MoreThe Still Collective, a Staging and Design Company Offering a ‘Soulful Nod to California Casual Living,’ Opens Their a Retail Store This Week at the Iconic MV Lumber Yard – Thursday, June 20, 4pm
Lori Sperling, the founder and creator of the Still Collective, a San Anselmo-based staging and design company that offers a “soulful nod to California casual living,” is opening a second location this week at the iconic Mill Valley Lumber Yard. Sperling and her team are having their grand opening this Thursday, June 20th at 4pm. Still has a curated collection of soulful goods, rich textures, and earthy shades (soulful, California cool designs with a nod to slow living).
Read More“It’s Just Hard to Get Hit With”: Council Unanimously Approves a Waste Collection Hike of 8.26%, Among the Highest in Southern Marin
Gene Della Zoppa, CEO of Mill Valley Refuse Service, said the rate increase is due to the current economy. Della Zoppa said for the years 2022 to 2024, the company had an average rate increase of 4.25%. “Other cities across the Unites States are also seeing increases related to solid waste collection,” Della Zoppa said. Additionally, he said some of the biggest costs are labor, disposal costs, workers compensation, and insurance. A union contract negotiated last year resulted in a 15% hourly wage increase for drivers, and this year the drivers’ get a 5.5% increase.”
Read MoreLuke Barnesmoore of Home Match: Older Adult Homelessness and the Need for a County Homelessness Prevention Strategy
“Older adults are—as we might expect given the realities of aging— high utilizers of HHS services, but they are not seeing equitable outcomes in our homelessness response system because the interventions available through coordinated entry are not designed to meet their unique needs. We cannot accept the notion that asking our elected officials to prevent displacement and homelessness among low-income older adults is asking too much.”
Read MoreFree Westminster Events Panel on Affordable Housing in Marin Featured a Trio Who Wants You to Learn to Love and Support Housing Density for the Long-Term Benefit of our Community
“Marin residents would love to support affordable housing, or at least that’s what they say,” Spotswood said at the outset. “To make real progress, we’re going to have to make larger strides.” “It will take 15 years to build out of this crisis,” Silva said. “We haven’t been meeting these goals for 30-plus years. That’s why we have this level of homelessness. We need every kind of housing.”
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