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Upcoming Events & Downtown News
Clean & Green Day 2020
Downtown San Rafael Clean and Green Day, Friday, April 24, 2020 9:00am to Noon Volunteers will pick up litter, sweep, and clean parking meters on 4th Street and corners from the SMART tracks to the Pond Farm Brewing Co. The Business Improvement District (BID) and San Rafael Clean Coalition are hosting this event. BID will have booths at two locations for volunteers…
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POSTPONED: May Madness Car Show and Parade
The 32st Annual Greg Borrelli May Madness, the longest running Car Show and Parade in Northern California was scheduled for Saturday, May 9, from Noon-6 PM in Downtown San Rafael this year. It will be held later in the year, and if you have already registered, your registration will still be valid for the new…
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Meet Your Neighbor: Friends Books
How long has the bookstore existed? We’re going into our 12th year. The same group of people who work at the store now were the ones who started out years ago, doing sales on the library lawn and in the library meeting room. What is the purpose of the store? We support library programs. After…
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Overhead Criss Cross Tivoli Lights Coming to 4th Street
Our West End pilot lighting project was a resounding success. The BID has continuously championed these overhead lights and are very excited to announce that they will now extend all the way east down Fourth Street to the Smart Station, updating the look, brightness and vibrancy of our Downtown. Watch for the installation to begin soon…
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Shop San Rafael Proclamation
Thanks to the San Rafael City Council for this recognition given in November 2019. City of San Rafael Proclamation supporting Shop San Rafael WHEREAS, Local businesses are the City’s economic engines that make up an essential part of the economic health of the City of San Rafael, and contributes to a vibrant and active street…
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Meet Your Neighbor: Salon B
886 4th Street, San Rafael
Owners: Bishlam and Amy Bullock
What’s the hardest lesson you learned in starting a business?
To not run my business all the time. It’s hard to take my hands off the wheel sometimes, and let it evolve the way it wants to. The business will tell you what it needs…
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Introducing a new feature, with stories of our Downtown San Rafael business neighborhood.
Friends Books
How long has the bookstore existed?
We’re going into our 12th year. The same group of people who work at the store now were the ones who started out years ago, doing sales on the library lawn and in the library meeting room.
What is the purpose of the store?
We support library programs. After our expenses, 25% goes into savings for our future library and 75% is available for funding library projects. For example, we support the children's summer reading program—an $18,000 project that’s now expanded to adults.
Watch our website for more BID member interviews. If you’d like to be featured or suggest someone else, please contact Sharon at folkart@thefolkartgallery.com
It’s easy to get highlighted. We’ll interview you, take some photos or use yours, and share your story on our website for all to see. We’ll get to know one another better and the write-ups will be a lasting and growing archive of our community.
Downtown San Rafael Garages Free on Weekends
Don't forget to tell your customers in person and through your social media and emails about the Free Parking on Saturdays and Sundays! FREE WEEKEND PARKING is in the A Street and C Street Garages, thanks to the Parking Department's pilot program. Let's keep it going by getting good participation! Win-Win.
Past Events & Downtown News
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You guys rock! We’ll be picking up lunch on Saturday
This is and will be devastating for local businesses. Remember that people need to shelter in place for any other than essential services. People are dying in the Bay Area, and we can slow this pandemic down if we act now. Please let’s keep our vulnerable neighbors safe by following this order carefully. Thanks to everyone who can support non-essential tasks using phone, email, text and video-conferencing instead of face-to-face. 🙏 We will be able to get back to regular life (or a new normal) only if we can get this under control.
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