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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
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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
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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
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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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Analysis: Majority of Council Candidates Opposed to Building Downtown Parking Structures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2018
| (24) Comments

Analysis: Majority of Council Candidates Opposed to Building Downtown Parking Structures

There is an overlap with several different schools of thought which converge to create opposition to buil ...

There is an overlap with several different schools of thought which converge to create opposition to building a downtown parking structure – environmental concerns and transportation models merge with ...

April 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Priorities for the Davis Downtown

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 11, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Priorities for the Davis Downtown

By Ezra Beeman My key priorities for the Davis Downtown excluding addressing anti-social behavior are: Ne ...

By Ezra Beeman My key priorities for the Davis Downtown excluding addressing anti-social behavior are: Neighborhood preservation Community-led planning Progressive, world class leadership in transport ...

April 11, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: Parking Shmarking!! Accessing Downtown.

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 10, 2018
| (33) Comments

Guest Commentary: Parking Shmarking!! Accessing Downtown.

by Todd Edelman Yesterday the Davis Vanguard asked the nine candidates for City Council: “The city of Dav ...

by Todd Edelman Yesterday the Davis Vanguard asked the nine candidates for City Council: “The city of Davis will be embarking on its update of the core area specific plan. Describe your vision for th ...

April 10, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Council Candidate Weekly Question: Davis Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 09, 2018
| (35) Comments

Council Candidate Weekly Question: Davis Downtown

This is the fourth of the Vanguard’s series of 11 questions. Every Monday until the week before election ...

This is the fourth of the Vanguard’s series of 11 questions. Every Monday until the week before election, we’ll have a new question and answers. Answers are limited to 250 words. Question 4: The cit ...

April 09, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Should the Downtown Be the Location for Dispensaries?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2018
| (8) Comments

Commentary: Should the Downtown Be the Location for Dispensaries?

This weekend, we inaccurately reported that the Planning Commission would approve up to four Conditional ...

This weekend, we inaccurately reported that the Planning Commission would approve up to four Conditional Use Permits for cannabis retail business – that is not accurate. The Planning Commission can o ...

March 27, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Should the Council Address the Downtown Restroom Situation in Isolation?

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

Commentary: Should the Council Address the Downtown Restroom Situation in Isolation?

It has been pretty obvious for a long time that we have needed public restrooms in the downtown. Not jus ...

It has been pretty obvious for a long time that we have needed public restrooms in the downtown. Not just because of the homeless population, but also for parents of small kids, as there have been ma ...

March 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Council Set to Tackle Three Homeless Related Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 16, 2018
| (21) Comments

Council Set to Tackle Three Homeless Related Issues

On Tuesday the council in separate items is set to address three key components of its policies on homele ...

On Tuesday the council in separate items is set to address three key components of its policies on homelessness. First, council will address the need for public restrooms. Second, council will deal ...

March 16, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will Dispensaries in the Downtown Lead to Revitalized Business or More Parking Impacts?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2018
| (45) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will Dispensaries in the Downtown Lead to Revitalized Business or More Parking Impacts?

My view: This is probably more about the type of business, but the arguments against the businesses are i ...

My view: This is probably more about the type of business, but the arguments against the businesses are indeed weird given the need for a revitalized Davis Downtown and the prospect for more customers ...

March 04, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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