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Bank of MarinBank of Marin was founded in 1989 on strong principles of community commitment and involvement. As part of its original mission, Bank of Marin continues to positively impact the communities of Marin and southern Sonoma counties through a combination of human and financial contributions. The Bank's supports over 300 local nonprofits and its employees and Directors contribute over 7,000 volunteer hours a year to notable organizations like Marin Conservation League, The Human Race, Junior Achievement, Sunny Hills Services, Youth in Arts Italian Street Painting Festival, Latino Film Festival, RCP Tiburon Mile, and Easter Seals.
Bartlett Tree Experts,400 Smith Ranch Road, San Rafael, CA 94903 (415)472-4300 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Bartlett Tree Experts protects the health, beauty, and value of one of the most important natural resources on earth, your trees. Our knowledge of arboriculture, soil science, root systems, and pest management are respected worldwide. Bartlett innovations such as hand-held diagnostic field computers and The Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories are unique in arboriculture. Bartlett Science has been dedicated to improving the landscape of tree care since its founding by Francis A. Bartlett in 1907.
Fireman’s Fund,777 San Marin Drive, Novato CA 94998 (800)583-8860 Fireman’s Fund is a company of Allianz SE, one of the leading global services providers in insurance, banking and asset management. In 2006, Fireman’s Fund was the first insurer to offer green insurance to commercial policyholders, and has since added green homeowners coverage options.
Frank Howard Allen Realtors,1013 Second St., Novato CA 94945 (415)897-4444 Frank Howard Allen, one of Marin's oldest and most respected companies, is proud to have helped shape the history of this beautiful and desirable part of Northern California and has actively contributed to responsible growth in both Marin and Sonoma counties. Over the years, Frank Howard Allen always been a family company, owned and operated by only two families since its first office opened in 1910. Today, FHA is fortunate to be the largest privately owned real estate company in the North Bay and ranks among the top 50 in the nation.
Pleasures of the Heart,1310 Fourth St., San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)482-9899 Pleasures of the Heart is an intimate apparel and accessories store where customer service and education are fundamental! This woman-owned, cozy boutique is committed to making customers feel comfortable, inspired and self-confident.
League of Women Voters of Marin,4340 Redwood Hwy., Ste. F180, San Rafael, CA 94903 www.lwvmc.marin.org The League of Women Voters, a nonpartisan political organization, has fought since 1920 to improve our systems of government and impact public policies through citizen education and advocacy. The League's enduring vitality and resonance comes from its unique decentralized structure. The League is a grassroots organization, working at the national, state and local levels. The Marin County LWV sponsors and/or moderates debates for state and local offices, develops positions on issues through study and member consensus, and works hard to deter negative campaigning in local elections.
Marin Sanitary Service,565 Jacoby St., San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)485-5648 Marin Sanitary Service is the community leader in intelligent waste management. Founded more than 50 years ago its evolution has closely paralleled that of Marin County itself. MSS has grown philosophically with its customers, and believes in the power of recycling to preserve natural resources and prevent the need for another landfill. Over the past 10 years MSS has increased recycling to 74%, surpassing the state mandate and saving the equivalent of two million trees and 900 million gallons of water.
Markoff/Fullerton Architects,171 E. Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley, CA 94941 (415)381-3480 Markoff-Fullerton Architects is an architecture/urban design studio committed to the research and implementation of modern design concepts and environmentally sustainable principles. The firm’s expertise covers a range of project types, including private residences, workforce housing, commercial buildings and arts institutions. Each design seeks to reinforce a connection to nature and place and to enrich the experience of space, light, materials and craftsmanship.
Law Offices of Paul M. Minault,120 Montgomery St., Ste. 2290, San Francisco, CA 94904 (415)397-6152 This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it Paul M. Minault, a graduate of Princeton University and Boalt Hall School of Law, practices in the field of Environmental and Land Use Law.
Creative Environments (North Landscaping),1550 Gravenstein Hwy. So., Sebastapol, CA 95472 (707)827-7980 Founded in 1978, Creative Environments is a full-service landscape firm widely recognized for innovative design and quality installations. Its expertise enhances clients’ lifestyles by creating and designing a broad complement of landscape options. Creative Environments offers complete hardscape capabilities—including concrete, masonry, and carpentry—so there is virtually no limit to what can be created. The firm is a long time member of both the California and American Landscape Contractors Associations.
North Bay Lighting and Electrical Supply,607 Irwin St., San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)453-6132 North Bay Lighting and Electrical Supply is a supplier, locater and problem solver for almost everything related to electricity. The firm stocks or can special order all types of special bulbs and tubes, including low voltage, landscape fixtures and halogen and specializes in hard-to-find lighting.
The Outdoor Art Club,1 West Blithedale Ave., Mill Valley CA 94941 (415)388-9886 The Outdoor Art Club, is a private, non-profit women’s organization founded in 1902 by 35 civic minded Mill Valley Women. Its mission is “To preserve the natural scenery of Mill Valley and the surrounding country, to beautify the grounds around public buildings, to work against the wanton destruction of birds and game, to encourage the development of outdoor art and to engage in other civic, literary and charitable work.” The Clubhouse, designed in 1904 by renowned architect Bernard Maybeck, is available by rental to non-members for private events.
Perry’s Art Supplies and Framing,128 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960 (415)454-3317 Founded in 1989, Perry’s Art Supplies and Framing stocks an extensive selection of art supplies for artists of all types, do-it-yourself pre-assembled frames, and offers professional custom framing by experienced framing experts.
Seagate Properties, Inc.,980 Fifth Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)455-0300 Seagate Properties is a seasoned, creative real estate investment company that evaluates, acquires, renovates and operates real properties in California and Colorado. In 2008, The Marin County Board of Supervisors named Seagate Properties its “Golden Spire Outstanding Business of the Year” for its leadership in business, its creation of a more sustainable and energy-efficient built environment, its commitment to a healthy economy by creating jobs and fostering employment opportunities, and its dedication to being a good corporate citizen, through its involvement in community service throughout Marin County. The company’s current project, the San Rafael Corporate Center, will be one of the first LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certified office buildings in Marin County.
Serenity Knolls,145 Tamal Road, Forest Knolls, CA 94933 (415)488-0400 Serenity Knolls is a residential chemical dependency program founded in 1990 with the purpose of guiding and supporting its clients in beginning the journey to sobriety and self-renewal. Located on a peaceful 12.5 acre site of rolling hills, Serenity Knolls provides clients with a solid base and an individual program for maintaining sobriety, as well as family programs, aftercare treatment and alumni events.
Whitecap Insurance Services,1623 Fifth Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)499-7722 Whitecap Insurance provides comprehensive commercial and personal insurance coverage while adhering to the core values of the owners, Bob Smith and MaryGrace Elizondo. Whitecap enjoys pursuing exceptional solutions to the insurance needs of its clients through constant communication with a wide variety of underwriters. One of the most significant contributions the firm will make to improve every client’s purchase of insurance is a willingness to provide a relevant education, allowing clients to make a superior, money saving, buying decision.
Willis Lease Finance Corporation,773 San Marin Dr., Ste. 2215, Novato, CA 94998 (415)408-4700 Willis Lease was founded in the mid-1970s and specializes in leasing commercial aircraft engines to airlines, manufacturers and overhaul/repair facilities — worldwide. Owning and leasing out the most modern and fuel efficient jet engines built to the latest technology and environmental standards, Willis has earned an industry-wide reputation for service, innovation, technical support and in-depth knowledge of commercial aviation. With one of the largest and most diverse portfolio of engines in the aviation industry, Willis can meet a wide range of customer technical and operating requirements, and its experience, knowledge and leadership in engine leasing, pooling and financing gives its customers a competitive advantage.
Gardener’s Guild, Inc.,2780 Goodrick Ave., Richmond, California 94801 (510)439-3700 Gardeners’ Guild, Inc. (GGI) is a team that takes pride in creating and enhancing landscape environments which build enduring value for its customers, its community and its employee owners. GGI was founded in 1972 and in 1998 founder Linda Novy created the opportunity for the company to become an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). GGI is now 100% employee owned. The company’s client base has changed and increased over the years from the original residential home customers in Marin County to commercial, retail and managed residential settings across the entire nine counties of the greater San Francisco Bay Area.
Bellam Self Storage and Boxes,P.O. Box 10788, San Rafael, CA 94912 (415)454-1983, www.bellamstorage.com Bellam Self Storage and Boxes offers products and services that make the self storage experience easy. Since 1982, the firm has been serving the nicest customers in Marin County and provides an unmatched level of personalized service, with fantastic convenience, quality and security. Bellam Self Storage and Boxes sells a wide variety of boxes for both shipping and storage, along with the essential packing materials. Information about this wide variety of storage box supplies can be seen and ordered online.
Bunker & Company,4340 Redwood Hwy., Suite 117, San Rafael, CA 94903 (415)499-7661 www.bunkerandcompany.com Bunker & Company is a public accounting firm located in San Rafael, California. The firm provides audit and tax services primarily to not-for-profit corporations, and also serves governmental special districts and affordable housing partnerships, many of which qualify for Federal housing credits.
California Native Plant Society of Marin,One Harrison Ave., Sausalito, CA 94965 www.marin.cc.ca.us/cnps The California Native Plant Society is a non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals united by an interest in the plants of California. Its principal aims are to preserve the native flora and to add to the knowledge of members and the public at large. It seeks to accomplish these goals in a number of ways, including, monitoring rare plants; acting to save endangered areas through publicity, and on occasion, legal action; setting policies and guidelines on conservation issues; providing expert testimony to government bodies; and supporting financially and otherwise the establishment of native plant preserves.
Quinne Design Associates,26 Belle Ave., Ste. A, San Anselmo, CA 94960 (415)485-7926 A creative director and designer, Quinne Fokes brings to the table years of sensible, strategic thinking, analysis and visual problem solving. Specializing in branding and marketing materials (print & web), she also handles product development, product illustration, conceptual illustration, marketing consulting, exhibit graphics, posters, brochures, annual report design and broadcast. Her industry experience ranges from cosmetics to canned goods, surfing to saddle pads, match making to medicine, hotels to high-end sports equipment, benefits to business to business—in other words, high tech, no tech and everything in between.
Cavallo Point,601 Murray Circle, Sausalito, CA 94965 (415)339-4700, www.cavallopoint.com Cavallo Point Lodge is an elegant and environmentally sustainable luxury resort hotel. Set in historical Fort Baker, it is home to Michelin star-awarded Murray Circle restaurant, the Farley Bar, the Cooking School and the authentic Healing Arts Center & Spa. Near Sausalito, California and just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco, Cavallo Point is where nature, nurture, adventure and culture meet.
Angel Island Association,P. O. Box 866, Tiburon, CA 94920, (415)435-972 www.angelisland.org The Angel Island Association (AIA) is a 501(c)3 non-profit corporation dedicated to supporting preservation, restoration, and interpretation of the natural and historic resources at Angel Island State Park.
Slide Ranch,2025 Shoreline Hwy., Muir Beach, CA 94965 (415)381-6155 www.slideranch.org Founded in 1970, Slide Ranch is a non-profit teaching farm located at a historic coastal dairy perched above the ocean in the Marin Headlands within the Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA). Slide Ranch staff operate the farm using a turn of the century farmhouse, old creamery and several outbuildings situated along a scenic coastal bluff. Organic gardens, goats, sheep, chickens and ducks, along with numerous coastal trails, tide-pools and pocket beaches, provide an ideal outdoor venue for teaching about healthy foods, healthy living and environmental awareness.
Linda J. Novy & Associates,Sustainable Landscape Management, P. O. Box 969, Fairfax, CA 974930 (415)457-5268 www.lindanovy.com Linda J. Novy and Associates is a woman-owned sole proprietorship which was launched in 2003. The mission of Linda J. Novy and Associates is to provide property owners with practical and ecologically based advice for the management and protection of their landscapes; and, to work with businesses in the development of their strategic planning and execution. Few landscape managers and designers understand and appreciate the important roles that ecology and sustainability as well as budget and owner’s requirements play in a landscape – Linda blends these dimensions into solid designs and plans for your landscape. She works with other specialized consultants such as irrigation technicians, soil analysts, pest control advisors, and engineers when needed to provide any additional skills required for your project. She developed a five year sustainable landscape plan for a major corporation which won honors and saved resources and money. Resource conservation and the restoration of natural systems are benchmarks of her career.
Larner Seeds,P. O. box 407, Bolinas, CA 94924, (415)868-9407 www.larnerseeds.com Larner Seeds seeks to promote the riches of California flora, through supplying customers with seeds, plants, books, advice, and landscaping services. It is Larner’s Seeds goal to bring to the California gardener the perspectives and information of the whole humming world of natural history as it applies to the California landscape. Seeds, books, and gardening aids are now attractively displayed in the Larner Seeds Shop, a clean, well-lit place for seeds.
McPhail Fuel Co.,P. O. Box 960, Cotati, CA 94931 (707)285-3525, www.mcphails.com McPhail Fuel Company, in business since 1884, has the resources to deliver propane safely, consistently, and at competitive prices. As a century old, family owned, company that has played an important role in the building of Marin and Sonoma counties, McPhail's enjoys close personal ties to the community.
Nardell, Chitsaz & Alden LLP,790 Mission St., San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)485-2200 Nardell, Chitsaz & Alden LLP is a law firm specializing in civil litigation, criminal law, plaintiff consumer class actions, wage and hour law, financial elder abuse and personal injury suits.
Pease Press,1717 Cabrillo Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, (415)387-1437, www.peasepress.com Pease Press makes and sells maps of San Francisco Bay Area parks and trails. Their maps include detailed trails, USGS contours, and points of interest, while providing the big picture you won't find in a book - connections between parks and to neighborhoods; and the wealth of protected open space that surrounds the Bay Area.
Pelican Inn,10 Pacific Way, Muir Beach, CA 94965, 9415)383-6000, www.pelicaninn.com Barely 20 minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge, the hospitable Pelican Inn nestles at Muir Beach in the sea-blown fog, among the pines and alders, the honeysuckle and jasmine ... a lodging refuge between the ocean, Muir Woods and the Northern California National Recreational Area parks. Pelican Inn captures the spirit of 16th century England's west country. Amenities include Tudor bar, full-service dining, overnight lodging and the beauty of the West Marin coast outside your window.
Perry’s Art Supplies and Framing,128 Greenfield Ave., San Anselmo, CA 94960 (415)454-3317 A family-owned business, Perry’s Art Supplies & Framing offers full-service, professional framing, modeling equipment, and a full range of art supplies including those hard-to-find items.
Starry Night Winery,55 Frosty Lane, Novato, CA 94949, (415)488-0400, www.starrynightwinery.com Starry Night Winery’s goal is to produce the finest wines possible that accentuate the regions from where the grapes are best grown. Current production includes Chardonnay, Syrah and Zinfandels from the Russian River Valley, a Sauvignon Blanc from Napa Valley, Zinfandel from Dry Creek Valley and Alexander Valley as well as Zinfandel, Petite Sirah and Rhone varietals from the Lodi appellation. Starry Night was founded by Wayne Hansen, Bruce Walker, Mike Miller and Skip Granger, who all started making wine at an amateur level and were motivated to open Starry Night by a shared life-long passion for wine and an increasing disdain for the over- priced and often mass-produced wines found in the market.
Westamerica Bank,1108 Fifth Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901 (415)257-8057 www.westamerica.com Rated as one of California’s strongest and healthiest banks, Westamerica has over $5.6 billion in assets, and is the 7th largest commercial bank headquartered in California. Westamerica Bancorporation operates as a holding company for Westamerica Bank, a regional community bank with 86 branches and 2 trust offices in 21 Northern and Central California counties. Westamerica pride itself in investing a portion of earned income back into the communities served. One of the ways this is done is through contributions to locally based nonprofit organizations providing programs or services in the following areas: health and human services, education, the arts, and civic affairs.
Whitecap Insurance Services,1623-A Fifth Ave., San Rafael, CA 94901, (415)499-7722, www.whitecapins.com Bob Smith and MaryGrace Elizondo have been providing innovative solutions for businesses both large and small since 1982. Whitecap Insurance Service’s continued success can be attributed to its focus on the best solution for clients – as opposed to maximizing profits for outside shareholders. Whitecap offers a full complement of insurance services, including commercial and personal insurance, financial services, employee benefits and worker’s compensation.
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