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Commentary: We Need Economic Development While Addressing Income Inequality Regionally

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2019
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Commentary: We Need Economic Development While Addressing Income Inequality Regionally

When I first started looking into the prospects for economic development, there were several key factors ...

When I first started looking into the prospects for economic development, there were several key factors that attracted me to it as a way to address the city’s revenue generation problems. As a unive ...

July 18, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: City Fiscal Picture More Fixable than Schools

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 01, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: City Fiscal Picture More Fixable than Schools

Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary breaks down the school district’s long term fiscal picture – and based on t ...

Yesterday’s Sunday Commentary breaks down the school district’s long term fiscal picture – and based on that I conclude that, long term, we are in trouble trying to resolve the school district’s finan ...

July 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Where Do Recent Development Projects Stand?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 28, 2019
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Where Do Recent Development Projects Stand?

The city council has approved a number of projects in recent years. Recently Lincoln40 was given a green ...

The city council has approved a number of projects in recent years. Recently Lincoln40 was given a green light to go forward by a court, but the city will have decisions to make on Trackside – whethe ...

June 28, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: The Promise of Economic Development for Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 26, 2019
| (47) Comments

Analysis: The Promise of Economic Development for Davis

It was late 2010, the city of Davis was still reeling from the effects of the Great Recession, but it was ...

It was late 2010, the city of Davis was still reeling from the effects of the Great Recession, but it was about to land a coup. The city of Davis was competing with Chicago for Mori Seiki – a Japanes ...

June 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City or Schools – Who Has the Toughest Road Ahead on Funding?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2019
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Commentary: City or Schools – Who Has the Toughest Road Ahead on Funding?

As I have been talking about for at least the last year, there is a bumpy road ahead for both schools and ...

As I have been talking about for at least the last year, there is a bumpy road ahead for both schools and the city on funding. Longer term, I think it is going to be a real problem to maintain the cu ...

June 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Sacramento’s Emergence in Economic Development Can Only Help Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 25, 2019
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Analysis: Sacramento’s Emergence in Economic Development Can Only Help Davis

The efforts of Sacramento are starting to pay off and the push will only help Davis as the home of UC Dav ...

The efforts of Sacramento are starting to pay off and the push will only help Davis as the home of UC Davis makes its push for high tech economic development. As the Bee put it over the weekend, “Long ...

June 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Addressing Housing Issues at ARC Including the Possibility of Co-Housing Models

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 22, 2019
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My View: Addressing Housing Issues at ARC Including the Possibility of Co-Housing Models

While we still do not have a specific housing proposal, from the Vanguard interview last week with Dan Ra ...

While we still do not have a specific housing proposal, from the Vanguard interview last week with Dan Ramos we have learned a few things about what the housing proposal will and will not have. The in ...

June 22, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Applicant Explains His Thinking on Aggie Research Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2019
| (29) Comments

Applicant Explains His Thinking on Aggie Research Campus

Last week, the applicants for a commercial development east of Mace Boulevard submitted a letter to the c ...

Last week, the applicants for a commercial development east of Mace Boulevard submitted a letter to the city signaling that they will be re-engaging in the process of attempting to entitle the 200 or ...

June 20, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Introducing the Aggie Research Campus

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 16, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Introducing the Aggie Research Campus

by Dan Ramos Several years ago, Ramco Enterprises along with our partners, Buzz Oates and Reynolds & ...

by Dan Ramos Several years ago, Ramco Enterprises along with our partners, Buzz Oates and Reynolds & Brown, submitted a proposal to develop what was then called the Mace Ranch Innovation Center on ...

June 16, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Rebranding MRIC as Aggie Research Campus… with Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 13, 2019
| (36) Comments

Commentary: Rebranding MRIC as Aggie Research Campus… with Housing

After five years and a number of false starts, MRIC (Mace Ranch Innovation Center) needed a rebrand, and ...

After five years and a number of false starts, MRIC (Mace Ranch Innovation Center) needed a rebrand, and thus it comes back as Aggie Research Campus which frankly is probably closer to what it really ...

June 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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MRIC Developers Put Forward New Aggie Research Campus Proposal with Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2019
| (95) Comments

MRIC Developers Put Forward New Aggie Research Campus Proposal with Housing

The city of Davis’ economic development plans suddenly came into focus on Tuesday, as a letter from the M ...

The city of Davis’ economic development plans suddenly came into focus on Tuesday, as a letter from the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC) applicants – Buzz Oates, Reynolds & Brown, and Ramco Ent ...

June 12, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Five Years Later… Why We Still Need Economic Development in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 11, 2019
| (21) Comments

Commentary: Five Years Later… Why We Still Need Economic Development in Davis

The year 2013 was the first time I took seriously the notion of large scale economic development in Davis ...

The year 2013 was the first time I took seriously the notion of large scale economic development in Davis. We were coming off the worst recession since the Great Depression and, unlike other downturn ...

June 11, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Leveraging Core Competencies for Economic Development

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 11, 2019
| 0 comments

Guest Commentary: Leveraging Core Competencies for Economic Development

By Matt Williams Note: This article was originally published in May 2016 and has been re-published by req ...

By Matt Williams Note: This article was originally published in May 2016 and has been re-published by request of the author. Successful economic development starts with a strategy that builds on a com ...

June 11, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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A Look Back At a Discussion on Economic Development in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 08, 2019
| (10) Comments

A Look Back At a Discussion on Economic Development in Davis

In May of 2016, Mace Ranch Innovation Center had made the decision to put its project on hold, Nishi (cir ...

In May of 2016, Mace Ranch Innovation Center had made the decision to put its project on hold, Nishi (circa 2016) was about to go on the ballot with 325,000 square feet of R&D space (unbeknownst t ...

June 08, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Fiscal Caution Is the Right Approach

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2019
| (12) Comments

Commentary: Fiscal Caution Is the Right Approach

When the Vanguard was formed in 2006, one of the problems we cited in city governance was that the fiscal ...

When the Vanguard was formed in 2006, one of the problems we cited in city governance was that the fiscal ramifications of decisions made by council were not properly assessed. The result was that, w ...

June 07, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Cautious Council Asks Staff to Return with Additional Information on Broadband

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 05, 2019
| (19) Comments

Cautious Council Asks Staff to Return with Additional Information on Broadband

The Davis City Council is moving forward with interest on the municipal broadband proposal, asking staff ...

The Davis City Council is moving forward with interest on the municipal broadband proposal, asking staff to come back with additional information regarding the financial and technical options. A numbe ...

June 05, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Broadband is Essential for Economic Development in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2019
| (6) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Broadband is Essential for Economic Development in Davis

There has been some criticism of Dan Carson’s op-ed and his approach, which some might argue are overly c ...

There has been some criticism of Dan Carson’s op-ed and his approach, which some might argue are overly cautious. However, it is important to recognize that, while he views the municipal broadband ne ...

June 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: A Municipal High-Speed Broadband Network Would Be a Huge Financial Risk

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 02, 2019
| (8) Comments

Guest Commentary: A Municipal High-Speed Broadband Network Would Be a Huge Financial Risk

By Dan Carson This Tuesday, the Broadband Advisory Task Force (BATF) will step forward with its final com ...

By Dan Carson This Tuesday, the Broadband Advisory Task Force (BATF) will step forward with its final comments on whether the City of Davis should build and operate a municipal fiber network that coul ...

June 02, 2019
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Fiscal Picture No Brighter for the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 27, 2019
| (41) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Fiscal Picture No Brighter for the City

Last week the city had its first budget presentation for the 2019-20 budget. Past analysis has shown the ...

Last week the city had its first budget presentation for the 2019-20 budget. Past analysis has shown the city has a deficit not in the current fund balance, but rather in long-term infrastructure nee ...

May 27, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Can Housing Work in the Downtown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2019
| (41) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Can Housing Work in the Downtown?

People are asking – why are we pushing for housing in the Davis Downtown? That’s a good question. There ...

People are asking – why are we pushing for housing in the Davis Downtown? That’s a good question. There are several answers to that. The first is that a lot of people think that housing is a critic ...

May 26, 2019
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

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