Editing Mill Valley, California (section)

==Cityscape==
[[File:MtCarmelMV.JPG|thumb|right|220px|Mount Carmel Catholic Church]]

The combination of Mill Valley's idyllic location nestled beneath [[Mount Tamalpais]] coupled with its relative ease of access to nearby [[San Francisco]] has made it a popular home for many high-income [[commuting|commuters]]. Over the last 30 years, following a trend that is endemic throughout the [[Bay Area]], home prices have climbed in Mill Valley (the median price for a single-family home was in excess of $1.5 million as of 2005), which has had the effect of pushing out some residents who can no longer afford to live in the area.{{citation needed|date=February 2018}} This trend has also transformed Mill Valley's commercial activity, with nationally recognized music store [[Village Music]] having closed, then replaced in 2008 by more commercial establishments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_4910289|title=Swan song for Mill Valley music mecca|access-date=February 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201143448/http://www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_4910289|archive-date=February 1, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In July 2005, CNN/Money and ''Money'' magazine ranked Mill Valley tenth on its list of the 100 Best Places to Live in the United States.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2005/ | work=CNN | access-date=May 12, 2010 | title=MONEY Magazine: Best places to live 2005}}</ref> In 2007, [[MSN]] and ''Forbes'' magazine ranked Mill Valley seventy-third on its "Most expensive zip codes in America" list.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/forbes/P62020.asp/ |title=Stock quotes, financial tools, news and analysis - MSN Money |website=Moneycentral.msn.com |date=January 31, 2017 |access-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070418073216/http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/forbes/P62020.asp |archive-date=April 18, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

While Mill Valley has retained elements of its earlier artistic culture through galleries, festivals, and performances, its stock of affordable housing has diminished,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_4355908 |title=Anne Solem: Mill Valley's housing dilemma |website=Marinij.com |access-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150201130809/http://www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults/ci_4355908 |archive-date=February 1, 2015 |url-status=dead  }}</ref> forcing some residents to leave the area. This trend has also affected some of the city's well-known cultural centers like Village Music and the [[Sweetwater Saloon]]. As of April 2007, only one affordable housing project was underway: an initiative to renovate and expand a century old but now abandoned local landmark roadhouse and saloon called the Fireside Inn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults//ci_3981677|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929091611/http://www.marinij.com/fastsearchresults//ci_3981677|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 29, 2007|title=Marin Independent Journal - Housing project gets a boost|date=September 29, 2007|access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref> This renovation was completed in the fall of 2008 and provided around 50 low-income apartments, with around 30 dedicated to low-income seniors and the remainder going to low-income families.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marinij.com/ci_9599649 |title=Fireside Inn in Mill Valley transformation turns heads |website=Marinij.com |access-date=February 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129023031/http://www.marinij.com/ci_9599649 |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>

===Neighborhoods and unincorporated areas===
[[Strawberry, Marin County, California|Strawberry]] is an unincorporated [[census-designated place]] to the east of the City of Mill Valley. The other CDP with a Mill Valley mailing address is [[Tamalpais-Homestead Valley]]. Smaller unincorporated areas include [[Alto, Mill Valley, California|Alto]] and Almonte. [[Muir Beach, California|Muir Beach]] is in the [[Mill Valley School District]], but it is in the [[Sausalito, California|Sausalito]] mailing area.

Neighborhoods in the Mill Valley area:
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| Almonte
| "[[Alto, Mill Valley, California|Alto]]" Sutton Manor
| Blithedale Canyon
| Boyle Park
| Cascade Canyon
| Country Club
| Downtown
| East Blithedale Corridor
|-
| Edgewood Cypress
| Enchanted Knolls
| Eucalyptus Knolls
| [[Tamalpais-Homestead Valley|Homestead Valley]]
| Kite Hill
| Land of Peter Pan
| Marin Terrace
| Marin View
|-
| Middle Ridge
| Mill Valley Heights
| Mill Valley Meadows
| Miller Avenue
| Molino Edgewood
| Muir Woods
| Old Mill
| Panoramic Highway
|-
| Scott Highlands
| Scott Valley
| Sequoia Valley
| Shelter Bay
| Shelter Ridge
| [[Strawberry, Marin County, California|Strawberry]]
| Sycamore
| Sycamore Park
|-
| Tam Junction
| [[Tamalpais-Homestead Valley|Tamalpais Valley]]
| Tamalpais Park
| Tennessee Valley
| Vernal Heights
| Warner Canyon
|
|
|}

===City recreational parks===
[[File:House amongst redwood trees, Cascade Canyon.jpg|thumb|Close to Old Mill Park and Mill Valley Public Library, the setting of this house, built by notable landscape painter [[Tilden Daken]], is typical of the houses sprinkled amongst the redwoods of the Cascade Canyon area in Mill Valley.]]
Mill Valley maintains many recreational parks which often contain playgrounds, wooded trails and other designated areas specifically designed for playing various sports.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cityofmillvalley.org/Index.aspx?page=416|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511060406/http://www.cityofmillvalley.org/Index.aspx?page=416|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 11, 2008|title=City of Mill Valley : Parks|date=May 11, 2008|access-date=December 30, 2019}}</ref>