SERVING MILL VALLEY AND ITS UNINCORPORATED AREA
MILL VALLEY HERALD
VOLUME 15, ISSUE 47 A MARIN SCOPE COMMUNITY WEEKLY NOVEMBER 22-28, 2005
Vice mayor practices what he preaches,
wins neighborhood award
ANGELICA MARDEN received a Goodwill Graduate
EDITOR Employer Showcase Award for
his service to the community.
Mill Valley’s vice mayor Waldeck said he hopes the
doesn’t just talk about green award will bring in new cus-
business and community tomers who share Waldeck’s
involvement, he lives it. vision for a better environ-
Last month, Clifford ment.
Waldeck’s business, Wal- Waldeck’s was founded in
deck’s Office Supplies, was 1954 by Waldeck’s father,
presented second place at the Carl. In 1965, the Waldeck
San Francisco Neighborhood family moved to Mill Valley
Businesses Awards. The store and Clifford started second
was chosen out of 112 entries. grade at Park School. A few
“I’m tickled,” Waldeck years later, he started working
said. “It’s a tribute to the at Waldeck’s part time during
strong sense of community
Waldeck’s has helped host
over the last 52 years in our
Spirit of
neighborhood.”
Nominations for
awards, which were hosted by
the
MILL VALLEY
Urban Solutions and the S.F. Mill Valley Vice Mayor Clifford Waldeck at Waldeck’s in San
Examiner, were solicited from the summer as a delivery per- Francisco. Waldeck will step down from the council this month.
citizens throughout San son. He became a full-time
Francisco. While each business employee in 1981, after gradu- Michela Alioto-Pier, supervi- advocates.
won for different reasons, ating from UC Berkeley. sor for the city and county of In addition to his work on
Jenny McNulty, executive Today, Waldeck is the com- San Francisco. the council, Waldeck serves on
director for Urban Solutions, pany’s president and owner, According to Waldeck, the the executive committee of the
said each of the selected busi- but he said his father, who store has been successful and Marin Telecommunication
nesses is vital to the character retired to Oregon in 1997, still stayed in business because it Agency and serves as vice
and health of San Francisco. calls the office every week to has adapted to change. He has chair of the San Francisco Bay
Waldeck, who has served check in. put his life into the store with Regional Water Quality
two terms on the Mill Valley The store — located at 500 the philosophy that failure isn’t Control Board, the Bay
City Council and will step Washington St. — serves indi- an option. Conservation and
down this month, says he has viduals and small and large The winners of the San Development Commission and
incorporated his enthusiasm businesses, and counts among Francisco Neighborhood the Regional Airport Planning
for environmentalism and con- its boosters such San Francisco Businesses Awards were cho- Committee.
servation into the store. notables as Mayor Gavin sen by a panel of judges made
It was San Francisco’s first Newsom; Aaron Peskin, presi- up of local business owners, For more information, visit
certified green office-supply dent of the San Francisco lenders, community-affairs waldecks.com.
business. In 1999, Waldeck Board of Supervisors; and officers and small-business