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Council Supports Expansion of Business Incubator Inventopia

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 20, 2020
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Council Supports Expansion of Business Incubator Inventopia

The City of Davis announced Thursday that the Davis City Council will grant a loan of up to $100,000 to l ...

The City of Davis announced Thursday that the Davis City Council will grant a loan of up to $100,000 to local business incubator Inventopia to allow it to add specialized space needed by local entrepr ...

November 20, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Solar Company Interested in DISC – If Voters Approve It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2020
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Solar Company Interested in DISC – If Voters Approve It

By David M. Greenwald One of the questions many have asked is if the voters approve DISC next week, what ...

By David M. Greenwald One of the questions many have asked is if the voters approve DISC next week, what companies would have an interest of locating there. One company with interest is PV Evolution ...

October 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Measure J Dilemma

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2020
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Commentary: The Measure J Dilemma

By David M. Greenwald I will start this piece by disclosing that I have already voted and I indeed voted ...

By David M. Greenwald I will start this piece by disclosing that I have already voted and I indeed voted yes on Measure D (the renewal of Measure J), as I have said I would. But here I am going to arg ...

October 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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City Revenue and Sales Tax Performance Summarized During Finance and Budgeting Commission

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: October 15, 2020
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City Revenue and Sales Tax Performance Summarized During Finance and Budgeting Commission

By Zohd Khan DAVIS -- During Monday’s Finance and Budgeting Commission (FBC), guest speaker Thomas Adams ...

By Zohd Khan DAVIS -- During Monday’s Finance and Budgeting Commission (FBC), guest speaker Thomas Adams of Avenue Insights and Consultants provided a recent summary of the Sales Tax Performance and ...

October 15, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 30 Downtown Business Sign Petition Opposing Measure B

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 14, 2020
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Guest Commentary: 30 Downtown Business Sign Petition Opposing Measure B

by Heather Caswell The following signed petition was sent to the Davis Downtown Business Association (DDB ...

by Heather Caswell The following signed petition was sent to the Davis Downtown Business Association (DDBA) by a group of downtown business owners expressing concern that the DDBA issued a statement i ...

October 14, 2020
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Guest Commentary: DISC Will Bring Sustainable Jobs to Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 08, 2020
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Guest Commentary: DISC Will Bring Sustainable Jobs to Davis

by Maynard Skinner I am writing in support of the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus as someone w ...

by Maynard Skinner I am writing in support of the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus as someone who has been an active and involved member of Davis local governance and policy making during fo ...

October 08, 2020
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League of Women Voters Forum: What District 5’s Candidates Plan to do About Climate Change and Davis’ Financial Problems

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: October 05, 2020
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League of Women Voters Forum: What District 5’s Candidates Plan to do About Climate Change and Davis’ Financial Problems

By Samantha Hum DAVIS -- District 5 candidates talked about their potential plans for mitigating climate ...

By Samantha Hum DAVIS -- District 5 candidates talked about their potential plans for mitigating climate change and improving Davis’ financial situation should they be elected. On Sunday Oct. 4, the ...

October 05, 2020
| by Linh Nguyen

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Local Leaders Highlight Grave Concerns for Small Businesses and Downtown’s Inability to Combat Climate Change

Posted by Linh Nguyen
|Date: October 01, 2020
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Local Leaders Highlight Grave Concerns for Small Businesses and Downtown’s Inability to Combat Climate Change

By Zohd Khan DAVIS -- Speakers at Tuesday’s Davis Economic Development Webinar highlighted the dire circ ...

By Zohd Khan DAVIS -- Speakers at Tuesday’s Davis Economic Development Webinar highlighted the dire circumstances facing small businesses during the COVID-19 crisis, as well as the underwhelming econ ...

October 01, 2020
| by Linh Nguyen

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Webinar: Economic Development and Davis featuring Barry Broome (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2020
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Webinar: Economic Development and Davis featuring Barry Broome (Video)

Davis has been talking about building an innovation center for over a decade. How does a center benefit t ...

Davis has been talking about building an innovation center for over a decade. How does a center benefit the community? Will startups, technology transfer, spinoffs and other companies come to Davis if ...

September 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Webinar: Economic Development and Davis – Tomorrow at Noon

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2020
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Webinar: Economic Development and Davis – Tomorrow at Noon

Join us on September 29 at noon for a free discussion on the future of Davis Davis has been talking about ...

Join us on September 29 at noon for a free discussion on the future of Davis Davis has been talking about building an innovation center for over a decade. How does a center benefit the community? Will ...

September 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: DISC Gains Enterprise Endorsement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: DISC Gains Enterprise Endorsement

by David M. Greenwald The question with these things is always how much of an impact does a newspaper end ...

by David M. Greenwald The question with these things is always how much of an impact does a newspaper endorsement have for a project before the voters? Under the best of circumstances, probably not m ...

September 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Student Housing and Commercial Space Post-COVID

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2020
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Commentary: Student Housing and Commercial Space Post-COVID

By David M. Greenwald I keep seeing people projecting that COVID will have a permanent impact on things l ...

By David M. Greenwald I keep seeing people projecting that COVID will have a permanent impact on things like student housing and UC Davis enrollment. All of this of course is subject to change, but ri ...

September 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Webinar: Economic Development and Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2020
| (1) Comment

Webinar: Economic Development and Davis

Join us on September 29 at noon for a free discussion on the future of Davis Davis has been talking about ...

Join us on September 29 at noon for a free discussion on the future of Davis Davis has been talking about building an innovation center for over a decade. How does a center benefit the community? Will ...

September 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: DISC Opportunity to Reduce Impacts on Region

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 09, 2020
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Guest Commentary: DISC Opportunity to Reduce Impacts on Region

by Kevin Wolf Proposed housing and business projects should be measured by their bioregional and global i ...

by Kevin Wolf Proposed housing and business projects should be measured by their bioregional and global impacts, not just over parochial concerns such as traffic, views, and parking. The DISC business ...

September 09, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Measure B Kicks Off with Rally Featuring Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, Mayor Partida and Others

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2020
| (33) Comments

Measure B Kicks Off with Rally Featuring Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, Mayor Partida and Others

By David M. Greenwald In years past when campaigns have kicked off it was the time for rallies, festiviti ...

By David M. Greenwald In years past when campaigns have kicked off it was the time for rallies, festivities and speeches, but during times of COVID, the Measure B team pushing for the passage of the D ...

September 03, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Yes on Measure B Campaign Kickoff this Wednesday Featuring Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry & Mayor Gloria Partida

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 31, 2020
| (10) Comments

Yes on Measure B Campaign Kickoff this Wednesday Featuring Assemblymember Cecilia Aguiar-Curry & Mayor Gloria Partida

Special to the Vanguard The campaign to approve the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC), Ye ...

Special to the Vanguard The campaign to approve the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC), Yes on Measure B, is hosting their virtual campaign kickoff this Wednesday, September 2nd at 6 PM ...

August 31, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Looking at the Case against DISC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2020
| (21) Comments

Analysis: Looking at the Case against DISC

By David M. Greenwald With the election coming up in just over two months, and ballots dropping in early ...

By David M. Greenwald With the election coming up in just over two months, and ballots dropping in early October, about five weeks away, it is good to start an in-depth look at the issue of the Davis ...

August 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Game-Changing Agtech Innovation Company Myfloradna Opens in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 29, 2020
| (2) Comments

Game-Changing Agtech Innovation Company Myfloradna Opens in Davis

Cutting-edge technology will save breeders time, money and risk to crops Davis’ push for high tech econom ...

Cutting-edge technology will save breeders time, money and risk to crops Davis’ push for high tech economic development got a big boost this week from a company already located in Davis which helped d ...

July 29, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Unanimous Council Puts DISC on the Ballot for November

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2020
| (43) Comments

Unanimous Council Puts DISC on the Ballot for November

There are no guarantees in Davis politics — Nishi learned that in 2016 when a unanimous vote by the Counc ...

There are no guarantees in Davis politics — Nishi learned that in 2016 when a unanimous vote by the Council still ended up with a project rejection. But the Council and developers lifted the Davis In ...

July 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Innovation Center Moves into a Stronger Position

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 02, 2020
| (26) Comments

Commentary: The Innovation Center Moves into a Stronger Position

Last week it seemed that DISC (Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus) would probably face a lot st ...

Last week it seemed that DISC (Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus) would probably face a lot stronger opposition than other recent projects. Now that’s not at all clear. Of the 67 people who ...

July 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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