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The Opportunity is Ours

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 17, 2014
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The Opportunity is Ours

By Doby Fleeman Even as a relatively new member of a family with 100-plus-year-old roots in the Davis bus ...

By Doby Fleeman Even as a relatively new member of a family with 100-plus-year-old roots in the Davis business community, I tend to take the long view. Having investments and a business in Davis bring ...

September 17, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Disconnect Between Bicycling Priorities and Infrastructure on East Covell

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 16, 2014
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Disconnect Between Bicycling Priorities and Infrastructure on East Covell

The city of Davis, concurrent with the Cannery development project, commissioned a $25,000 East Covell ...

The city of Davis, concurrent with the Cannery development project, commissioned a $25,000 East Covell Corridor Plan (ECCP) in late 2012. Interestingly enough, East Covell is probably the least “Dav ...

September 16, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: City Budget Could Become Greatest Threat to Open Space, Environment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2014
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Sunday Commentary: City Budget Could Become Greatest Threat to Open Space, Environment

For the past several weeks, I have been reading about concerns that people have regarding city greenbelts ...

For the past several weeks, I have been reading about concerns that people have regarding city greenbelts and whether the development at Paso Fino will set a precedent for the city – which currently l ...

September 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Transitions – New Leadership Creates Opportunities

Posted by Rob White
|Date: September 11, 2014
| (17) Comments

Transitions – New Leadership Creates Opportunities

by Rob White As the City moves forward on finding the next City Manager, there have been several other l ...

by Rob White As the City moves forward on finding the next City Manager, there have been several other local and regional leadership positions facing transitions over the past few months. These trans ...

September 11, 2014
| by Rob White

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Analysis: Why Didn’t the City Poll on Innovation Parks?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2014
| (27) Comments

Analysis: Why Didn’t the City Poll on Innovation Parks?

In retrospect, given that the city had already sent out its RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) re ...

In retrospect, given that the city had already sent out its RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) requests, it seems strange that the city did not poll or ask a single question to ascertain the p ...

September 09, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: The Courage to Kill a Bad Proposed Innovation Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2014
| (45) Comments

My View: The Courage to Kill a Bad Proposed Innovation Park

A lot of people have talked about a concept of demolition by neglect, where there are buildings on a parc ...

A lot of people have talked about a concept of demolition by neglect, where there are buildings on a parcel where the developer wishes to propose a project that gains a large amount of controversy and ...

September 06, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Missed Opportunities Redux: Davis Still Reeling From Loss of Bayer

Posted by Rob White
|Date: September 04, 2014
| (71) Comments

Missed Opportunities Redux: Davis Still Reeling From Loss of Bayer

By Rob White A few months ago I listed several Davis companies that had received new investments or were ...

By Rob White A few months ago I listed several Davis companies that had received new investments or were expanding in to new facilities. These included Marrone Bio Innovations, BioConsortia, Inc. and ...

September 04, 2014
| by Rob White

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Commentary: Katehi Cannot Explain Away World Food Center, Third Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2014
| (80) Comments

Commentary: Katehi Cannot Explain Away World Food Center, Third Campus

On Tuesday at the Davis Chamber’s lunch, the presence of UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi may have been o ...

On Tuesday at the Davis Chamber’s lunch, the presence of UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi may have been overshadowed by the departure of Chamber CEO Kemble Pope and his steady transition to Matt Yance ...

September 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Proposed Davis Innovation Center (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2014
| (1) Comment

Proposed Davis Innovation Center (Video)

Last week, developers from the Davis Innovation Center came to the community chambers to provide an overv ...

Last week, developers from the Davis Innovation Center came to the community chambers to provide an overview of the proposed innovation park that would be located at the Northwest Quadrant near Covell ...

September 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Choices Ahead For Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2014
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Commentary: The Choices Ahead For Davis

On Saturday, Rob White and I wrote what were really inadvertent companion pieces – even though we had not ...

On Saturday, Rob White and I wrote what were really inadvertent companion pieces – even though we had not discussed what each other was writing. My piece, Time to Reengage the Public, focused on the c ...

September 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Striking a Balance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2014
| (81) Comments

Striking a Balance

By Rob White In the time that I have been working in Davis (about a year and a half), the discussion abou ...

By Rob White In the time that I have been working in Davis (about a year and a half), the discussion about the concept of innovation parks has evolved considerably. Though not a new subject – the city ...

August 30, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Time to Reengage the Public

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2014
| (29) Comments

My View: Time to Reengage the Public

One of the interesting things about the MRAP controversy is that it reengaged the public as we were about ...

One of the interesting things about the MRAP controversy is that it reengaged the public as we were about to head into Labor Day weekend, which typically marks the transition from summer to fall. It h ...

August 30, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Creating a Positive Image of Davis

Posted by Rob White
|Date: August 28, 2014
| (44) Comments

Creating a Positive Image of Davis

by Rob White An article titled “Rancho Cordova Looks Into Innovation Center Idea” ran in the Sacramento B ...

by Rob White An article titled “Rancho Cordova Looks Into Innovation Center Idea” ran in the Sacramento Business Journal on August 25th. The author, Ben van der Meer, outlined that officials in Rancho ...

August 28, 2014
| by Rob White

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Davis Innovation Center Outreach Meeting on August 28

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 26, 2014
| (1) Comment

Davis Innovation Center Outreach Meeting on August 28

The Davis Innovation Center team has scheduled several meetings in the next few weeks to seek community i ...

The Davis Innovation Center team has scheduled several meetings in the next few weeks to seek community input. They plan to submit their application to the City of Davis in mid-September and want to h ...

August 26, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Community Outreach on Innovation Parks and Shared Fire Management

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2014
| 0 comments

Community Outreach on Innovation Parks and Shared Fire Management

Today: Community Invited to Preview Concepts for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center Information Open House ...

Today: Community Invited to Preview Concepts for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center Information Open House to be held Saturday, August 23, 2014 The community is invited to attend an Information Open Hou ...

August 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Emerges From Break with a Lot of Work to Do

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 22, 2014
| (8) Comments

Council Emerges From Break with a Lot of Work to Do

One might excuse newly-installed Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis if he feels like he’s on a roller coaster ride. ...

One might excuse newly-installed Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis if he feels like he’s on a roller coaster ride. After all, Mr. Davis was elected by the voters on June 3, four weeks later he was thrown into ...

August 22, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Are College Grads Really Moving Away?

Posted by Rob White
|Date: August 21, 2014
| (3) Comments

Are College Grads Really Moving Away?

by Rob White Turns out our graduates may not be moving away at nearly the rate as we may have previously ...

by Rob White Turns out our graduates may not be moving away at nearly the rate as we may have previously thought. In a recent article by Aaron M. Renn posted on the e-magazine New Geography, the autho ...

August 21, 2014
| by Rob White

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New Chamber Director Talks to the Vanguard

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 18, 2014
| (1) Comment

New Chamber Director Talks to the Vanguard

It has been only a week since the announcement that the Davis Chamber had hired Matt Yancey as its new CE ...

It has been only a week since the announcement that the Davis Chamber had hired Matt Yancey as its new CEO to succeed Kemble Pope, who was at the helm for three years. Mr. Yancey arrives with an exten ...

August 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (1) Comment

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Build an Improved Two-Way Communication Venue Between the City and UC Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 18, 2014
| (5) Comments

Build an Improved Two-Way Communication Venue Between the City and UC Davis

By Dan Carson As the newly constituted City Council returns soon from its summer break and begins to craf ...

By Dan Carson As the newly constituted City Council returns soon from its summer break and begins to craft plans for its upcoming two-year term, here’s one idea that I think belongs on their agenda: F ...

August 18, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Join the Conversation on Nishi-Gateway – Part Three

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2014
| (10) Comments

Join the Conversation on Nishi-Gateway – Part Three

The City of Davis is asking the public to participate in a community based planning process for the Downt ...

The City of Davis is asking the public to participate in a community based planning process for the Downtown University Gateway District. From August 1 to September 15, if you join the conversation, y ...

August 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (10) Comments

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