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Train Shutdown of Downtown Demonstrates Urgency of Rail Relocation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 22, 2014
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Train Shutdown of Downtown Demonstrates Urgency of Rail Relocation

Monday, 8:54 am, it is a normal commute into the downtown, headed westbound on Fifth Street. Up ahead I s ...

Monday, 8:54 am, it is a normal commute into the downtown, headed westbound on Fifth Street. Up ahead I see the flashing lights and the gates down but no train yet. I head down to Third Street where I ...

April 22, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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If You’re Not Part of the Solution…

Posted by Rob White
|Date: April 17, 2014
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If You’re Not Part of the Solution…

by Rob White Over the past few months, the City Manager and other key staff have been presenting informat ...

by Rob White Over the past few months, the City Manager and other key staff have been presenting information to various community groups regarding the City’s structural budget shortfall over the next ...

April 17, 2014
| by Rob White

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Vanguard Commentary: Why the Rush to Stifle Debate on Minimum Wage Ordinance?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2014
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Vanguard Commentary: Why the Rush to Stifle Debate on Minimum Wage Ordinance?

In the past few weeks there has been some considerable pushback, on the issue of a local minimum wage ord ...

In the past few weeks there has been some considerable pushback, on the issue of a local minimum wage ordinance, from the business community and the Davis Enterprise. The Enterprise this weekend in an ...

April 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Fiscal Sustainability – Investing in Our Community

Posted by Rob White
|Date: April 10, 2014
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Fiscal Sustainability – Investing in Our Community

by Rob White Over the last several weeks, I have been having discussions with various parts of our commun ...

by Rob White Over the last several weeks, I have been having discussions with various parts of our community (both locally and regionally) about some of the investment activities needed to achieve fin ...

April 10, 2014
| by Rob White

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Analysis: Downtown Survey Gives Us a Guide to Fiscal Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2014
| (1) Comment

Analysis: Downtown Survey Gives Us a Guide to Fiscal Crisis

A few weeks ago Vanguard readers were asked to participate in the Davis Downtown’s Fiscal Crisis Survey D ...

A few weeks ago Vanguard readers were asked to participate in the Davis Downtown’s Fiscal Crisis Survey Data. You can see the results for yourself by clicking here: http://davisdowntown.com/fiscal-c ...

April 08, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Davis City Council Candidates Question 2

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 04, 2014
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Davis City Council Candidates Question 2

Editor’s Note: Every week on Friday the Vanguard will send all five of the candidates a question that the ...

Editor’s Note: Every week on Friday the Vanguard will send all five of the candidates a question that they will be asked to respond to by the end of the day on Thursday for a Friday publication. The a ...

April 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Social Sustainability – Encouraging the Next Generation

Posted by Rob White
|Date: April 03, 2014
| (7) Comments

Social Sustainability – Encouraging the Next Generation

by Rob White Sarah Worley and I had the privilege of attending the Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge yes ...

by Rob White Sarah Worley and I had the privilege of attending the Sierra Nevada Innovation Challenge yesterday hosted by the Innovate North State iHub on the Chico State campus. You can learn more ab ...

April 03, 2014
| by Rob White

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The Davis Economy – Moving in to the Next Cycle

Posted by Rob White
|Date: March 27, 2014
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The Davis Economy – Moving in to the Next Cycle

By Rob White As you might imagine, I do a fair amount of pondering about how to increase the economic vit ...

By Rob White As you might imagine, I do a fair amount of pondering about how to increase the economic vitality of Davis. And I often wonder what other cities and towns in America (and the world) are d ...

March 27, 2014
| by Rob White

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Davis Roots Brings in Third Class of Start Ups

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 22, 2014
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Davis Roots Brings in Third Class of Start Ups

by Alex Rossbach Davis Roots is bringing in our third class on April 1st. Davis Roots is a non-profit sta ...

by Alex Rossbach Davis Roots is bringing in our third class on April 1st. Davis Roots is a non-profit startup accelerator in downtown Davis. Our mission is to foster the development of high-growth ven ...

March 22, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Economic Development in Davis – It’s Both an Art and a Science

Posted by Rob White
|Date: March 20, 2014
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Economic Development in Davis – It’s Both an Art and a Science

by Rob White Yesterday, the Vanguard posted an article outlining several projects that had been proposed ...

by Rob White Yesterday, the Vanguard posted an article outlining several projects that had been proposed for the coming years that might help spur on economic development, and more importantly, revenu ...

March 20, 2014
| by Rob White

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Analysis: Economic Development Critical Component for Fiscal Sustainability

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 19, 2014
| (75) Comments

Analysis: Economic Development Critical Component for Fiscal Sustainability

It was last spring when the city of Davis finally rolled out the proposal for Mace 391. But almost from ...

It was last spring when the city of Davis finally rolled out the proposal for Mace 391. But almost from the start there were problems with that proposal. For one thing, the land was already designat ...

March 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Reclaiming Our Leadership Position

Posted by Rob White
|Date: March 13, 2014
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Reclaiming Our Leadership Position

by Rob White I had the privilege of leading a team yesterday for the Sacramento Metro Chamber’s annual St ...

by Rob White I had the privilege of leading a team yesterday for the Sacramento Metro Chamber’s annual State Legislative Summit. The summit is a day long effort with morning panel discussions, a lunch ...

March 13, 2014
| by Rob White

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Application Filed for Hotel Conference Center in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2014
| (31) Comments

Application Filed for Hotel Conference Center in Davis

On Thursday, the Vanguard learned that earlier in the week, a formal planning application has been submit ...

On Thursday, the Vanguard learned that earlier in the week, a formal planning application has been submitted for the Richards Hotel/Conference Center at 1111 Richards Blvd. The project proposes a sev ...

March 07, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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The Next 10 Years

Posted by Rob White
|Date: March 06, 2014
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The Next 10 Years

by Rob White I was recently reading an article by Brian Solis, Principal Analyst at the Altimeter Group a ...

by Rob White I was recently reading an article by Brian Solis, Principal Analyst at the Altimeter Group and author of What’s the Future of Business. You can find Solis on both the webpage for Altimete ...

March 06, 2014
| by Rob White

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Improvements to Richards Underpass from Olive Drive to First Street

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 05, 2014
| (21) Comments

Improvements to Richards Underpass from Olive Drive to First Street

The Davis Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday sent out a press release for a public meeting on Saturday, March ...

The Davis Chamber of Commerce on Tuesday sent out a press release for a public meeting on Saturday, March 15, from 1 to 3 pm. The community meeting will discuss “The Davis Arch,” billed as “comprehen ...

March 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (21) Comments

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Creative Class and Jobs Growth

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2014
| (11) Comments

Creative Class and Jobs Growth

by Rob White One of my favorite authors on policy topics in economic development and the growth of the in ...

by Rob White One of my favorite authors on policy topics in economic development and the growth of the innovation economy is Richard Florida. His books on the “Creative Class” and their role in shapin ...

February 27, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Presentation on the Nishi-Gateway Project (Multimedia)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2014
| (5) Comments

Presentation on the Nishi-Gateway Project (Multimedia)

Back in November, 2012, the Davis City Council approved a “Pre-Development Cost Funding and Negotiation A ...

Back in November, 2012, the Davis City Council approved a “Pre-Development Cost Funding and Negotiation Agreement for the Nishi Property.” The goal was planning the site as a mix of university-relate ...

February 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Innovation Parks – Looking for Examples

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 20, 2014
| (42) Comments

Innovation Parks – Looking for Examples

by Rob White This article is meant to be a broad illustration of innovation parks across the United State ...

by Rob White This article is meant to be a broad illustration of innovation parks across the United States that may have similar context to one in Davis. To be clear, no specific project has yet been ...

February 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (42) Comments

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A Look Into the Work of Davis Roots

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2014
| (11) Comments

A Look Into the Work of Davis Roots

by Alex Rossbach Davis Roots is a non-profit startup accelerator in downtown Davis. Our mission is to fos ...

by Alex Rossbach Davis Roots is a non-profit startup accelerator in downtown Davis. Our mission is to foster the development of high-growth ventures in Davis. One of the big issues we see in Davis, an ...

February 19, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (11) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Misconceptions to Guide the Tax Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 16, 2014
| (40) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Misconceptions to Guide the Tax Discussion

It is going to be an interesting three and a half months between now and the June 3 election on taxes. W ...

It is going to be an interesting three and a half months between now and the June 3 election on taxes. What will make this endeavor most frustrating is that the public has not been paying attention t ...

February 16, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (40) Comments

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