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Presented by Wendy Louise Wilder

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Wendy Louise Wilder

Contact Information:

Wendy Louise Wilder
Owner, Digital Marketing Strategist
The Wilder Strategy Lab

About:

Single mom of 3 teenagers, 2 dogs, living in Mill Valley.  Interests are travel, hiking, food, biking, meeting new people, and jazz. Variety is the spice of life! 

Strategic Marketing Services:

My “unfair advantage” is that I have technical expertise and training that allows me to build “systems” that support and measure marketing initiatives.  Our goal is to turn our client’s customers into their best sales people.  We do this using, but not limited to SEO, ads, high-performance websites, email marketing, and reviews management

The Tips!

July 17, 2025

Tip 1:  Approved again!

The Sausalito Planning Commission unanimously approved eight permits AGAIN, after another hearing for the public.  Residents were concerned about sound.  All eight permits were approved to remodel the interior of the 101-year-old bank into a ground-floor restaurant and upstairs hotel

Tip 2:  Richmond Bridge Bike Path –

Proposal has been submitted to have it open just on weekends to reduce weekday traffic.

https://enjoymillvalley.com/the-richmond-bridge-saga-continues-as-a-revised-bike-path-plan-has-been-submitted/

Tip 3:  Joby Air Taxi has expanded their production facilities in the Monterey Area.

Job is creating an “all-electric, vertical take-off and landing air taxi designed to carry a pilot and up to four passengers at speeds up to 200 mph.”

They have completed flight testing in Dubai, so may get approval to operate, with its first passengers in 2026.

https://www.jobyaviation.com/

Dubai Flights In The Works

LinkedIn

Mercury News Article

 

July 3, 2025

Tip 1:  San Francisco’s Metreon likely has a buyer

TMG Partners – Local, based in San Francisco

312,592-square-foot property Assessed at $150.7 Million

90% leased

TMG is also rumored to be wanting to purchase the Union Square Macy’s building.

They are the same firm that developed the Marin City, Marin Gateway shopping center.  Their specialty is “Urban Infill Projects”, which means that they buy underused buildings or properties, and actively work to create a  community around the property.

 

https://sfstandard.com/2025/06/27/metreon-san-francisco-mall-tmg-partners/ 

Tips for June 26, 2025

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FUTURECRAFT 2035 Showcase: Robotics in 2035

Thursday, July 10, 2025

995 Market St, San Francisco, CA 94103

Six expert teams, guided by leading robotics specialists, reveal the outcomes of our intensive foresight workshop. Each team has rigorously explored potential futures for robotics, crafting detailed, plausible scenarios for the year 2035.

Get Tickets

Tips for June 19, 2025

Tip 1: Proposed fine dining restaurant and boutique hotel in historic vacant Wells Fargo building in Sausalito was approved.

“Inn The Pocket”

Owner: Kent A. Ipsen, Owner Operator, The Pocket Carmel Inc.

Also owner of The Pocket in Caramel, grew up in restaurants.

Johnson Lyman Architects  Plans

Planning Commission Meeting Documents

Proposed restaurant and hotel in Sausalito

Tips for June 12, 2025

Tip 1: City of San Rafael Published a Request for Proposals – Albert Park Library & Community Center Capital Project Management Services on June 6.

Proposals Due: Wednesday, July 9, 2025

https://www.cityofsanrafael.org/request-for-proposals-albert-park-library-community-center-capital-project-management-services/

Tip 2: Permit granted for Mount Tamalpais School

179323 05/23/2025 12/26/2024 100 HARVARD AVE, MILL VALLEY, CA 94941 051-034-01 MILL VALLEY $6,500,000 New Administration & Classroom Bldg; Cvrd Walkway; Restrooms; Site Improvements Including Fire Truck Access, Landscape, Etc. RESIDENTIAL

BROADWAY BUILDING GROUP LLC 05/23/2025

Source:  Marin County Website

Tip 3:  Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce and Marin Magazine Happy Hour at Main Street Research in Sausalito

 Wednesday 6/18/2025 at 05:30 PM

Location: Main Street Research | 30 Liberty Ship Way #3330, Sausalito, CA 94965 

Tip 4:  Matthew Macanaughey has launched a weekly newsletter called “Lyrics of Livin”

Sign up here >

Tips For: May 29 2025

Tip 1: Tartines is opening in Strawberry Village – Will bring a lot of activity to the shopping center.

Alexander Ragonese (ragonee-sie),
Vice President, Development for EDENS, DC Office

Board Member, Mill Valley Chamber of Commerce

Contact Info:

ARagonese@EDENS.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexanderjamesragonese/

Informative Links:

Listing Agent Info:

Listing Agent

Jennifer Hibbitts

Associate Vice President
Cushman & Wakefield | Larkspur
 (415) 485-0500

Tip 2:  Dominican Opening Start-up Incubator

Looking for local support for outreach and to support participants

Wayne de Fremery, PhD

Professor of Information Science and Entrepreneurship 

Director of the Françoise Lepage Center for Global Innovation

Dominican University of California

Contact Info:

wayne.defremery@dominican.edu

Tip 3:  Summer High School Interns

Leonard Weingarten, formerly with San Rafael Chamber

helping the Marin County Office of Education to build mutually beneficial relationships with the local business community, focusing on securing spring and summer internships in various professions for Marin high school students.

(415) 378-6713

mailto:lhweingarten1@gmail.com

Program Info >

Matthew Macanaughey

https://lyricsoflivin.com/

Mill Valley Chamber and Marin magazine, June 18