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Commentary: Change Will Happen in This Community, We Need to Figure Out the Best Way to Direct It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2018
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Commentary: Change Will Happen in This Community, We Need to Figure Out the Best Way to Direct It

In the middle of the debate over policies, a bigger point has emerged which is what is your vision for Da ...

In the middle of the debate over policies, a bigger point has emerged which is what is your vision for Davis. I actually believe that’s a secondary point although I think have an answer to that. The ...

December 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why a Smart Growth Approach to Downtown Redevelopment Is the Wise Course

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2018
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My View: Why a Smart Growth Approach to Downtown Redevelopment Is the Wise Course

The city of Davis is suffering from a number of simultaneous challenges. Over the last few years, it has ...

The city of Davis is suffering from a number of simultaneous challenges. Over the last few years, it has worked hard to address a student housing shortfall. But, while the city has approved housing ...

September 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why City Is Looking at Densification of the Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2018
| (22) Comments

Commentary: Why City Is Looking at Densification of the Downtown

Reading a letter in the local paper seems to require some response. The letter, presumably in response t ...

Reading a letter in the local paper seems to require some response. The letter, presumably in response to Dan Urazandi’s op-ed on downtown parking, is entitled, somewhat confusingly, “City Council’s ...

September 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Where Does the Davis Downtown Need Improvement?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2018
| (38) Comments

Analysis: Where Does the Davis Downtown Need Improvement?

As the discussion about the Davis Downtown has gone on, there seems to be emerging a variety of viewpoint ...

As the discussion about the Davis Downtown has gone on, there seems to be emerging a variety of viewpoints on the future. One sees the need to redevelop the downtown – proponents see a declining reta ...

September 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Impact of Paid Parking – A Look at the E Street Parking Lot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 19, 2018
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Analysis: Impact of Paid Parking – A Look at the E Street Parking Lot

My observation has been that, at least during peak hours, the E Street Plaza paid parking lot is fairly f ...

My observation has been that, at least during peak hours, the E Street Plaza paid parking lot is fairly full. However, after Dan Urazandi published his piece with different observations, it seemed li ...

September 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Another View on Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Another View on Parking

On Saturday, we ran a piece arguing for paid parking and citing the usage at the E Street parking lot as ...

On Saturday, we ran a piece arguing for paid parking and citing the usage at the E Street parking lot as evidence for it. As Don Shor noted in his comment, “I thought the issue of whether or not to im ...

September 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Will Paid Parking Really Deter People in the Downtown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2018
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My View: Will Paid Parking Really Deter People in the Downtown?

Maybe it is because I grew up in a town that always had parking meters in the downtown that I have never ...

Maybe it is because I grew up in a town that always had parking meters in the downtown that I have never believed this was going to be a huge problem. Embedded within the discussion of the future of ...

September 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Residential and Mixed Use Seem to Be the Direction for Downtown – but Will the Community Back It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2018
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Commentary: Residential and Mixed Use Seem to Be the Direction for Downtown – but Will the Community Back It?

What we saw emerge on Tuesday night with the first check in by the council on the Downtown Plan was a con ...

What we saw emerge on Tuesday night with the first check in by the council on the Downtown Plan was a consensus on a few points – but the key question going forward is going to be how practical a visi ...

September 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Key Questions Moving Forward on the Davis Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 10, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Key Questions Moving Forward on the Davis Downtown

On Tuesday, the council will receive an update to the progress of the Davis Downtown Plan. While we have ...

On Tuesday, the council will receive an update to the progress of the Davis Downtown Plan. While we have followed the progress of the public workshops and some of the planning, there are key question ...

September 10, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Have Downtown Plan Check In

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 07, 2018
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Council to Have Downtown Plan Check In

The city has begun a robust community outreach effort in looking into developing a new Core Area Specific ...

The city has begun a robust community outreach effort in looking into developing a new Core Area Specific Plan. There is another plan of outreach and public workshops planned for the early part of 20 ...

September 07, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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FAQ from the City about Downtown Parking

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 23, 2018
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FAQ from the City about Downtown Parking

Is there a change being made by the City to the parking downtown? We are taking steps to improve downtown ...

Is there a change being made by the City to the parking downtown? We are taking steps to improve downtown parking because demand for parking exceeds the supply available during our peak hours (lunch a ...

August 23, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Is High Density the Only Possibility for Redevelopment Downtown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2018
| (20) Comments

Analysis: Is High Density the Only Possibility for Redevelopment Downtown?

One of the questions that has arisen, going through the discussions on the Davis Downtown, is whether the ...

One of the questions that has arisen, going through the discussions on the Davis Downtown, is whether the only redevelopment we are likely to see is going to be very high density. One of the recent q ...

August 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Five Problems Our Council Needs to Address This Term

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 09, 2018
| (52) Comments

Commentary: Five Problems Our Council Needs to Address This Term

The last Davis City Council needs more credit than they have received so far. Maybe it was the lack of c ...

The last Davis City Council needs more credit than they have received so far. Maybe it was the lack of cheerleading on the part of council in trumpeting their accomplishments. Maybe it was the chang ...

August 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Downtown: Is an Enhanced Town Square the Way To Go?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 31, 2018
| (30) Comments

Davis Downtown: Is an Enhanced Town Square the Way To Go?

Looking through the notes from the recent Downtown Charrette, it seemed like there was a lot of area cove ...

Looking through the notes from the recent Downtown Charrette, it seemed like there was a lot of area covered and, rather than trying to get to everything, I am going to highlight some key ideas – and ...

July 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Properly Designing the Downtown Can Pave the Way to a Bright Future

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2018
| (62) Comments

Commentary: Properly Designing the Downtown Can Pave the Way to a Bright Future

The evolving discussion over the future of the Davis Downtown is critical to the future of Davis. There ...

The evolving discussion over the future of the Davis Downtown is critical to the future of Davis. There are certainly those in the community who wish to keep things as they were once, or perhaps as t ...

July 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Competing Visions for the Downtown and the Future of Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2018
| (21) Comments

Commentary: Competing Visions for the Downtown and the Future of Davis

Davis is currently undergoing a process that could be viewed as a visioning process for the future of the ...

Davis is currently undergoing a process that could be viewed as a visioning process for the future of the Davis Downtown. Unfortunately the scheduling of these meetings has not permitted me to attend ...

July 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The City Looks to Public Input on Downtown Planning

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2018
| (66) Comments

Commentary: The City Looks to Public Input on Downtown Planning

As part of the city’s efforts at developing a Core Area Specific Plan, the city has a survey (see here: h ...

As part of the city’s efforts at developing a Core Area Specific Plan, the city has a survey (see here: http://www.cityofdavis.org/EnvisionDowntownDavis). The public is encouraged to take the survey. ...

June 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The Biggest Challenges for the Next Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2018
| (5) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: The Biggest Challenges for the Next Council

As I stated this past weekend, I believe the current council from 2016 to 2018 has been among the best an ...

As I stated this past weekend, I believe the current council from 2016 to 2018 has been among the best and most productive in my time covering issues. They have knocked out a lot of really big issues ...

June 18, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Downtown Is the Place for Dispensaries

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 03, 2018
| (3) Comments

Commentary: The Downtown Is the Place for Dispensaries

There has been an interesting lack of controversy involving commercial cannabis dispensaries in this comm ...

There has been an interesting lack of controversy involving commercial cannabis dispensaries in this community. To the extent that there has been any controversy whatsoever, it has been due to discus ...

May 03, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Relationship Based Programming for Homelessness

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 28, 2018
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: Relationship Based Programming for Homelessness

By Ryan Collins and Robb Davis Over the past two years several programs to address the challenges of home ...

By Ryan Collins and Robb Davis Over the past two years several programs to address the challenges of homelessness—especially chronic or long-term homelessness—in Davis have taken shape. Collectively ...

April 28, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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