Next Steps on Innovation Centers
By Rob White Last night, the Davis City Council made several decisions regarding the process for next…
Developer Backs Off Request For Expedited Measure R Process
Recognizing that pushing for an expedited Measure R process would potentially derail the process, the Mace Innovation…
Commentary: The Way Forward Toward a Business Park
When I first heard the idea of a peripheral business park, I thought it was crazy to…
The Region is Watching to See What Davis Does
A source late last week laid out to the Vanguard a doomsday scenario suggesting that the regional…
Sunday Commentary: Doing Things the Davis Way, The Hard Way
On Friday, we went to the PayPal Campus in San Jose for a seminar on internet marketing….
My View: Failure Is Not An Option for Business Park
Vanguard Favors Citizen’s Initiative in Spring 2015 – It is understandable that the developers of Mace 200…
Proposed Measure R Changes Already Drawing Controversy
The Davis City Council on Tuesday night, during their long range calendar discussion, agreed to agendize a…
Analysis: RFEI Process Pays Off in the Form of Three Submittals
In April of this year, in hopes of bringing forth some ideas for innovation centers, the city’s…
What an Incredible Problem to Have
By Rob White As you know, on Monday, June 23rd the City received three different concepts for…
Council To Hear Proposed Changes to Measure R
On the long range calendar, the Davis City Council by a 4-1 vote agreed to agendize a…
City Receives Three Proposals in RFEI Process: Part 3 Davis Ranch
The city’s RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) process yielded three proposals in documents released by the…
City Receives Three Proposals in RFEI Process: Part 2 Northwest Quadrant
The city’s RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) process yielded three proposals in documents released by the…
City Receives Three Proposals in RFEI Process: Part 1 Mace 200
The city’s RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) process yielded three proposals in documents released by the…
UCD Moves Further on Third Campus, Will WFC Follow?
Late last week, Chancellor Linda Katehi announced that Steve Currall, Dean of the Graduate School of Management…
Another Giant Council Mistake?
by Jeff Boone Most of us agree that previous City Councils made big mistakes over-expanding and over-compensating…
Investments and Missed Opportunities
by Rob White This week was an interesting dichotomy of news. On one hand, three Davis companies…
Pope to Leave Davis Chamber on September 1 (Updated)
The Vanguard has received a press release that Kemble Pope, CEO of the Davis Chamber of Commerce…
Current Research on Innovation Parks
By Rob White The community has had a fair amount of public dialogue over the last few…
News Briefs: City Gets Grant for Gateway Project; Meet the New City Council
Davis Receives Grant for Downtown University Gateway Plan The State of California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) has…
Davis in Demand
I wrote last week about a set of articles published a few weeks ago in the Xconomy…