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We hope you'll share your ideas in response to the following questions. Questions may be added or closed over time, so check back.
You know Marin better than any guidebook. If a friend, colleague, or relative was here for two days and asked you for the one experience that captures what makes this county special, what would you tell them? Single recommendation per submission so each idea stands on its own.
Tam Junction is the gateway to Marin – the first place many people see when they arrive. The County is planning major investment here over the coming years, and we want your ideas first. Tell us what you'd like Tam Junction to become, and we'll share how your input shapes the plan.
Ideas from across every question in this campaign, newest first.
A small weekend farmers' market or food-truck corner would give Tam Junction an anchor and bring weekend foot traffic to the local shops. Southern Marin doesn't have an easy one, and this is the natural spot for it.
Marin Resident15 votes1 comments
From: What do you want to see in Tam Junction over the next 10 years?
Shoreline already backs up to a standstill every summer weekend. Dropping a few hundred new residents into that junction without fixing the crossing and the Almonte intersection first is putting the cart before the horse. Sequence it: infrastructure, then homes.
Marin Resident29 votes2 comments
From: What do you want to see in Tam Junction over the next 10 years?
The single most important thing is a protected, properly signalized crossing where Almonte meets Shoreline, with a real pedestrian phase. People walk and bike across there now and it's genuinely dangerous with summer beach traffic. Fix this first and everything else gets safer by default.
Owen Hartley, Novato45 votes2 comments
From: What do you want to see in Tam Junction over the next 10 years?
Fix the pedestrian crossing at Shoreline and Almonte before anything else. It's genuinely frightening to cross on foot or bike with beach traffic backed up, and people do it every day. Protected crossings and a connected sidewalk network should be the first investment, not the last.
Priya Nair, Larkspur34 votes3 comments
From: What do you want to see in Tam Junction over the next 10 years?
Whatever housing gets built here, tie it to genuinely affordable, deed-restricted units — not just market-rate apartments marketed as "workforce" that still rent for $3k+. If the County is investing, make sure the people priced out of Southern Marin have a real path back.
Marin Resident28 votes2 comments
From: What do you want to see in Tam Junction over the next 10 years?
Marin Headlands at sunset — Hawk Hill if your visitor wants the postcard Golden Gate shot, or down to Rodeo Beach if they would rather have the wind in their face. Combine with the Point Bonita lighthouse if it is open (Sat/Sun/Mon afternoons, check first). The drive in feels like leaving the Bay Area; it is twenty minutes from the bridge.
Maya Chen, Mill Valley29 votes1 comments
From: A friend is visiting Marin for the weekend. Where do you send them?
I'm not against housing, but please keep anything new to two or three stories with real setbacks and trees. The whole reason people love Southern Marin is that it doesn't look like a wall of apartments along the highway. Build homes, just don't let it become a canyon of stucco that blocks the ridgeline view of Mt. Tam.
Diego Santos, Tiburon41 votes2 comments
From: What do you want to see in Tam Junction over the next 10 years?
Tam Junction needs a genuine everyday anchor — a market or grocer like a smaller Good Earth — so people run errands here instead of driving up to downtown Mill Valley or over the hill. An anchor that brings people in daily is what keeps the smaller shops around it alive.
Yuki Tanaka, Mill Valley36 votes2 comments
From: What do you want to see in Tam Junction over the next 10 years?
A friend is visiting Marin for the weekend. Where do you send them?
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