Engage Marin is where residents weigh in on County initiatives, directly informing the way County services and investments reflect community values. Share an idea, read what your neighbors said, and support the ones you agree with. It takes only two minutes to have your voice heard.
We're planning for Marin's future and want to hear your ideas. Share what you'd like to see improve, protect, create, or prioritize in the years ahead. Your feedback will help inform the County's long-term strategic plan and future decisions. Share your ideas with us.
200 ideas from 194 people so far
We want to understand what makes Marin special to the people who live, work, and spend time here. Tell us about the places, experiences, services, or qualities you value most. Your feedback will help shape the County's long-term vision and build on what already works well. We'd love to hear your perspective.
9 ideas from 9 people so far
Imagine Marin 10 to 20 years from now. Share your biggest ideas for what the County could become, even if they seem ambitious. Your feedback will help shape the County's long-term vision and future priorities. Dream big and share your vision.
12 ideas from 12 people so far
Before the Veterans' Memorial Auditorium (VMA) reopens, we want to learn from venues you love. Great sightlines, a standout bar, family matinees, or easy ticketing: tell us what matters most. Your input will shape programming, amenities, and the guest experience so the VMA feels made for Marin.
54 ideas from 53 people so far
Recent ideas residents have shared, drawn from every question on Engage Marin.
Build a new civic center in downtown San Rafael. Move that workforce to downtown, so it has an actual anchor of people that can allow businesses to grow long term, give reasons to invest in that area, build housing around it. Redevelop the existing building into a mixed use residential, retail, farmers market. I’ve lived in Marin since 2005 and downtown has been dead the entire time. There aren’t enough people day to day to support any actual redevelopment downtown. Time to evolve and stop wasting the economic impact all the county workers can provide, by having it out in the suburbs
San Rafael ResidentOctober 230 votes0 comments
What are your ideas for Marin's future?
Build a new civic center in downtown San Rafael. Move that workforce to downtown, so it has an actual anchor of people that can allow businesses to grow long term, give reasons to invest in that area, build housing around it. Redevelop the existing building into a mixed use residential, retail, farmers market. I’ve lived in Marin since 2005 and downtown has been dead the entire time. There aren’t enough people day to day to support any actual redevelopment downtown. Time to evolve and stop wasting the economic impact all the county workers can provide, by having it out in the suburbs.
San Rafael ResidentOctober 230 votes0 comments
What's your big, bold vision for Marin's future?
MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING, make Marin a place that doesn’t price out locals.
Antonia Pettit, San AnselmoOctober 231 votes0 comments
What are your ideas for Marin's future?
Make Marin more sustainable by encouraging residents to use electric powered vehicles and solar power. Give rebates for solar panels and help residents acquire electric vehicles. Make all county vehicles and buses electric.
Elan Whitney, West MarinOctober 230 votes0 comments
What are your ideas for Marin's future?
dedicate significant portions of MCOSD proximal to trail heads and "envision" them them into reality as to community gardens. we need food security. former longtime novato resident- quarter century
nina zhito, Outside of MarinOctober 220 votes0 comments
What are your ideas for Marin's future?
Marin County should be an organized, deliberate mecca for people who are interested in the Slow Food, Farm to Table, Organic Food movement of the past twenty years. We sit in the middle of the healthy eating and drinking capital of the globe, the quadrangle of Berkeley/North Bay/Marin/San Francisco. Only parts of Europe are comparable. People should be coming here from every part of the world to learn. There should be some kind of Institute of higher learning that would form and inform the community. Perhaps a partner would be an academic department at Berkeley to help set the tone, but once the tone is set, we need to attract businesses to support the concept. The farm communities of West Marin and Sonoma comprise the perfect backdrop for commercial interests to enter and thrive. If Eataly can succeed in Manhattan, why not here?
Skip Corsini, San RafaelOctober 220 votes0 comments
What are your ideas for Marin's future?
Our dedication to preserving open space accessible to all.
Kimberly, NovatoOctober 220 votes0 comments
What do you love most about Marin today?
Housing for ALL Marin residents.
Kimberly, NovatoOctober 220 votes0 comments
What's your big, bold vision for Marin's future?
A County department posts a question seeking input on a key decision, project, or investment while a decision is still open.
You share an idea in your own words, comment on your neighbors’, and vote for the ones you agree with. You can put your name on it or stay anonymous, and you do not need an account to get started.
County staff read every idea, join the conversation where helpful, and summarize what residents said for the staff and boards making the decision.
