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Growing Greenfield, Goodwill's Boutique and More

"Wearing something made by Lea is like wearing whispers..." Plus, an opportunity to put in your two cents from Town Council member Kay Coleman

 

Greenfield Avenue: Greenfield Ave. has really brought its A game to the retail world of San Anselmo. 

From to the the buildings are filling in left and right.  Now 14 Greenfield will take on a new life in the back with moving around the corner from Sir Francis Drake Boulevard. 

Lea is the designer of the most beautiful ready to wear and custom made clothes and gowns.  Wearing something made by Lea is like wearing whispers.  The best part is she is having a huge sale and things are marked down 40-70% off, which is an absolute steal, so head down to the SFD location before it all disappears.

The Boutique: On a completely different spectrum, Goodwill Industries has signed a lease for the corner buildings on San Anselmo Avenue and Tamalpais but with a slight twist to the concept of the resale thrift shop. 

The San Anselmo store will be more of a boutique setting with higher quality donated items available.  Having never experienced this concept it will be interesting to see what it will be like.  No matter what, it will be great to have one of the many vacant storefronts on San Anselmo Avenue filled.

About Town

I got a really nice email from Town Council member, the other day about a great thing the members are offering to the community.

“Next Saturday, March 10, at SA Town Hall 10am - 12 noon, all residents of San Anselmo are invited to 'put in your 2¢' with ideas for Town priorities. How do we see ourselves and what will we be working on for the next 2-5 years and on into the future?

"The Town Council and our hard-working Staff met and went over goals that we felt were important and now we need the input of San Anselmo's citizens to take it a step further. We're continuing to "put the heart back in San Anselmo" as we ask for your opinion. Won't take long; come tell us your 10 priorities.

"Those who have soccer games and relatives in town and important meetings, you can still give us your input:

—from March 10-26—go to the Town web site: www.townofsananselmo.org and take a survey,

—obtain a paper survey at Town Hall beginning Monday, March 12.

See you there,

Kay”

What would you add to the list?  Will you go to put in your two cents?

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Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
Jessica Mullins (Editor) May 15, 2013 at 12:18 pm
Thanks for the feedback, John. To my knowledge, we don't have a comments stream anywhere. DefinitelyRead More submit your comments here (it's the most efficient way to get your thoughts heard at the higher level): http://ow.ly/l4cyg
M. Kathryn Thompson May 21, 2013 at 09:54 am
Dr. Gullion is also lovely with men who get breast cancer as my husband did, he's the best!
Bren April 22, 2013 at 04:13 pm
Is anybody else here getting multiple e-mail notifications of new comments by Jo Tog, and thenRead More clicking the link, only to find that they are actually old comments from Jo Tog, but with today's date on them? What's the deal? Did all his comments get flagged and deleted, and now he's re-posting them? Most curious.
Sierra Salin April 22, 2013 at 02:02 pm
Jo Trog, we live in a Corporatocracy, not a republic. We abdicated the Republic after 9/11, if notRead More before. Know the difference.
Hiba April 21, 2013 at 06:52 pm
Banning the sale in a free market economy is too strong. I believe people should be able to chooseRead More so long as the product is labeled correctly, and even placed in a section with a big sign that says "GM Food products". Would I buy it if I pass the section at the grocery store: NO.
A May 4, 2013 at 12:55 pm
Many people in Marin are already at 50% or more of their entire income to pay for housing. And weRead More have no rent control here in Marin which is the only way I've seen that most seniors have been able to stay in San Francisco for several decades. Regarding your statement: "Market rate housing generates tax revenues, which in turn pay for schools, parks, emergency services, etc." Low income people pay a lot of sales tax in Marin (which is really high) and that also supports these causes. If they don't have the money to pay property taxes to own property, then the fact is, they just can't pay it. Be thankful that a large group of the population in Marin makes enough money to own property and pay it (and turn around and sell their houses for a handsome profit as well, don't forget about that.) Some folks here are just SPOILED rotten. Perhaps you should lobby that Marin employers just pay people living wages so they can afford to become buyers here and pay property taxes instead of trying to lobby against housing for the poor. Goodness knows how many taxes child-free low income people have paid to support wealthy folks kids and schools here. We don't get any of that, either, but we still have to pay for it...
A May 4, 2013 at 12:53 pm
I've heard that Marin is already in violation (either state or federal, or both) of not havingRead More enough low income housing in the county for its population. I think the county is under pressure to come into compliance which it has been out of in this area for a long time. This can only serve to better the lives of low income and elderly people in our county and perhaps reduce homelessness as well which is something we sorely need to do. However, what is amazing to me is that what we are calling "low income" housing in Marin still costs $1K+ a month per person from what I can tell. That's not "low income". Someone paying that much needs to be earning about $4K a month to keep housing costs in the 25-30% range that every financial planner recommends for a basic budget. I see a lot of low income people working HARD full-time to earn $1,600 a month here in restaurants, grocery stores, retail, hair salons, gyms, even clinics. They can't afford to live in Marin so many of them commute in from the east bay and further north to work in Marin. That is what is not sustainable. Think about the gas and pollution and the quality of life in the community due to turnover because there is no personal interaction with the staff of a lot of these places anymore because they don't stick around for very long.