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It’s About Our Downtown, Not 15 Parking Spaces

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 20, 2017
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It’s About Our Downtown, Not 15 Parking Spaces

By Joshua Chapman The Ace parking lot project on 3rd Street is coming before the Davis City Council this ...

By Joshua Chapman The Ace parking lot project on 3rd Street is coming before the Davis City Council this evening. The project has been appealed by an ad hoc coalition of social justice, environmental, ...

June 20, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Revisiting: What Is Missing in Downtown Davis?

Posted by Rob White
|Date: June 19, 2017
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Revisiting: What Is Missing in Downtown Davis?

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the Vanguard on October 30, 2014, and written by ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the Vanguard on October 30, 2014, and written by then-Chief Innovation Officer Rob White. At the time, the focus was on the innovation center s ...

June 19, 2017
| by Rob White

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Please Support Davis Ace, Property Rights and the Freedom to Pursue Economic Vitality

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 19, 2017
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Please Support Davis Ace, Property Rights and the Freedom to Pursue Economic Vitality

By Jason Taormino It feels like an affront to common sense that anyone would try to stop Davis Ace from p ...

By Jason Taormino It feels like an affront to common sense that anyone would try to stop Davis Ace from parking cars on their own property. They have a disused area where their old lumber mill stands ...

June 19, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Staff Recommends Council Deny Appeal of Ace Hardware Decision

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2017
| (38) Comments

Staff Recommends Council Deny Appeal of Ace Hardware Decision

On May 10, the Davis Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit for a parking lot with solar s ...

On May 10, the Davis Planning Commission approved a Conditional Use Permit for a parking lot with solar shade at 815 Third Street, for Davis Ace Hardware customers. According to the staff report, ther ...

June 18, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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In Defense of Parking Lots

Posted by Don Shor
|Date: June 17, 2017
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In Defense of Parking Lots

By Don Shor Over the last few days we’ve been treated to some discussion of basic principles of urban pla ...

By Don Shor Over the last few days we’ve been treated to some discussion of basic principles of urban planning. We’ve seen great illustrations of how to make a downtown area more walkable and more acc ...

June 17, 2017
| by Don Shor

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Yogi Berra: “It’s A Permanent Placeholder”

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 17, 2017
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Yogi Berra: “It’s A Permanent Placeholder”

By Michael Bisch Commissioner Rutherford to applicant (57:00): “And then as for allowing this use [parkin ...

By Michael Bisch Commissioner Rutherford to applicant (57:00): “And then as for allowing this use [parking lot] to go forward today then, what does that mean for long term? Applicant response (57:10): ...

June 17, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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When East Is West and North Is South

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 16, 2017
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When East Is West and North Is South

By Michael Bisch “On-site parking shall not be placed in front of buildings along sidewalks; there shall ...

By Michael Bisch “On-site parking shall not be placed in front of buildings along sidewalks; there shall be unbroken pedestrian walks and short walking distances between uses. This facilitates window ...

June 16, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Parking As a Generational Issue?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2017
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Commentary: Parking As a Generational Issue?

For much of the last week or so, key Vanguard discussions have focused around the issue of parking. What ...

For much of the last week or so, key Vanguard discussions have focused around the issue of parking. What I find fascinating about this discussion is that here we are in supposed progressive Davis – a ...

June 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Rethinking Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2017
| (19) Comments

Rethinking Parking

“We don’t want developers to build surface lots. And our zoning, still to this day, is based on parking m ...

“We don’t want developers to build surface lots. And our zoning, still to this day, is based on parking minimums…The only reason we are going into the CASP [Core Area Specific Plan] update at all is w ...

June 12, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Starry-Eyed Utopian Greenies

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 11, 2017
| (65) Comments

Starry-Eyed Utopian Greenies

by Michael Bisch ““Parking craters”: The latest terminology used by some to abdicate responsibilities as ...

by Michael Bisch ““Parking craters”: The latest terminology used by some to abdicate responsibilities associated with development.” – Ron (anonymous Vanguard poster) The negative impact of curb-cuts, ...

June 11, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Downtown Vision and “Mini” Parking Craters

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 11, 2017
| (3) Comments

Downtown Vision and “Mini” Parking Craters

As the Davis community continues the conversation around creating a vision for our downtown, updating our ...

As the Davis community continues the conversation around creating a vision for our downtown, updating our Core Area Specific Plan and replacing the current zoning ordinances and design guidelines with ...

June 11, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Parking Craters: Scourge of American Downtowns

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 10, 2017
| (19) Comments

Parking Craters: Scourge of American Downtowns

from STREETFILMS www.streetfilms.org Angie Schmitt, editor of Streetsblog USA and originator of the "park ...

from STREETFILMS www.streetfilms.org Angie Schmitt, editor of Streetsblog USA and originator of the "parking crater" term is blunt – "a parking crater is a depression in the middle of an urban area fo ...

June 10, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: What Davis Really Needs Is a New RDA

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 09, 2017
| (14) Comments

Commentary: What Davis Really Needs Is a New RDA

When I first sat down and met with Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, she was the mayor of Winters and had first annou ...

When I first sat down and met with Cecilia Aguiar-Curry, she was the mayor of Winters and had first announced her run for the Assembly in 2015. One of her key focuses was going to be on the “dismal i ...

June 09, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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A Downtown Perspective on Parking In-Lieu Fees

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 05, 2017
| (32) Comments

A Downtown Perspective on Parking In-Lieu Fees

By Michael Bisch “Public parking spaces serving multiple uses can be expected to be better utilized, and ...

By Michael Bisch “Public parking spaces serving multiple uses can be expected to be better utilized, and serve more drivers, than private parking spaces serving a single building or business, which of ...

June 05, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Can Revisions to Parking In-Lieu Fees Help Solve Downtown Parking Problems?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 02, 2017
| (11) Comments

Can Revisions to Parking In-Lieu Fees Help Solve Downtown Parking Problems?

On Tuesday, council will hear proposals from city staff on how to revise parking in-lieu fees for the dow ...

On Tuesday, council will hear proposals from city staff on how to revise parking in-lieu fees for the downtown. Staff writes, “The proposed revisions to the downtown parking in-lieu fee have the poten ...

June 02, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (11) Comments

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Pathways to a Brighter Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 23, 2017
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Pathways to a Brighter Downtown

(From Press Release) - We in the Davis community have any number of unmet needs. Here’s an opportunity t ...

(From Press Release) - We in the Davis community have any number of unmet needs. Here’s an opportunity to learn about a pilot project that we hope will help meet several of them. Davis Downtown to Di ...

May 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Urban Retail: Towards a Balanced Approach

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 23, 2017
| 0 comments

Urban Retail: Towards a Balanced Approach

By Dan Zack The city of Davis is about to embark on redoing its downtown plan and revitalizing retailing. ...

By Dan Zack The city of Davis is about to embark on redoing its downtown plan and revitalizing retailing. City Planner Dan Zack will share his experience at 7pm at City Council Chambers. This is a p ...

May 23, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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From Deadwood to Redwood City: Speaker on Revitalizing Downtown Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 20, 2017
| (1) Comment

From Deadwood to Redwood City: Speaker on Revitalizing Downtown Davis

By Alan Hirsch Everyone wants a sustainable, vibrant downtown Davis with retailing, entertainment venues, ...

By Alan Hirsch Everyone wants a sustainable, vibrant downtown Davis with retailing, entertainment venues, housing, street life and jobs. And no doubt during the revision of the Downtown part of the Ge ...

May 20, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Loss of Whole Foods Creates Challenges and Opportunities for the Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2017
| (11) Comments

Loss of Whole Foods Creates Challenges and Opportunities for the Downtown

Last week’s announced closure of Whole Foods began a broader discussion on the issue of the downtown. Du ...

Last week’s announced closure of Whole Foods began a broader discussion on the issue of the downtown. During a presentation last week before the city council, the city’s Chief Innovation Officer, Dia ...

February 14, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (11) Comments

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Analysis: Loss of Whole Foods a Blow, but Does It Indicate a Broader Problem?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 10, 2017
| (21) Comments

Analysis: Loss of Whole Foods a Blow, but Does It Indicate a Broader Problem?

On Tuesday evening, the City’s Chief Innovation Officer, Diane Parro, presented to the council the result ...

On Tuesday evening, the City’s Chief Innovation Officer, Diane Parro, presented to the council the results of a survey about the health of the Davis Downtown. As the Vanguard had previously reported ...

February 10, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (21) Comments

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