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Commentary: We Need to Heavily Scrutinize the Innovation Center Fiscal Analysis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 26, 2020
| (3) Comments

Commentary: We Need to Heavily Scrutinize the Innovation Center Fiscal Analysis

At the last Finance and Budget Commission hearing, they examined the then-Aggie Research Campus, since re ...

At the last Finance and Budget Commission hearing, they examined the then-Aggie Research Campus, since renamed the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus. A subcommittee was assigned to look at t ...

May 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Illustrating Why Davis Needs Jobs

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 21, 2020
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Commentary: Illustrating Why Davis Needs Jobs

One of the key questions that the economic development project, formerly known as Aggie Research Campus ( ...

One of the key questions that the economic development project, formerly known as Aggie Research Campus (ARC) and now renamed Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus (DISC), has to address is the h ...

May 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Aggie Research Campus Name Changed to Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 20, 2020
| (40) Comments

Aggie Research Campus Name Changed to Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus

New name more clearly reflects project vision Just under a year after the Mace Ranch Innovation Center ...

New name more clearly reflects project vision Just under a year after the Mace Ranch Innovation Center relaunched as the Aggie Research Center, the name is changing again—this time bringing back bot ...

May 20, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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ARC Plans for Most Affordable Housing to Be on Site

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 17, 2020
| (14) Comments

ARC Plans for Most Affordable Housing to Be on Site

Among the concerns that some critics of the Aggie Research Campus project had was that the applicant left ...

Among the concerns that some critics of the Aggie Research Campus project had was that the applicant left open the possibility that affordable housing for the project would be off-site, funded through ...

May 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: ARC Must Integrate Our City’s Exceptional Transportation System

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 15, 2020
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: ARC Must Integrate Our City’s Exceptional Transportation System

By Joe Bolte The Aggie Research Campus SEIR forecasts that travel to the site will be overwhelmingly by c ...

By Joe Bolte The Aggie Research Campus SEIR forecasts that travel to the site will be overwhelmingly by car. It includes an unsustainable transportation plan that focuses on adding general traffic lan ...

May 15, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Letter: Davis Downtown Supports ARC

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 14, 2020
| (8) Comments

Letter: Davis Downtown Supports ARC

By Brett Maresca On behalf of the Davis Downtown Business Association/ Davis Downtown, representing over ...

By Brett Maresca On behalf of the Davis Downtown Business Association/ Davis Downtown, representing over 700 businesses and community leaders in our city, we're writing to you in support of the propos ...

May 14, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Finance and Budget Begins Their Process of Evaluating ARC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 12, 2020
| (15) Comments

Finance and Budget Begins Their Process of Evaluating ARC

The Finance and Budget Commission met for over three and a half hours on the Aggie Research Campus (ARC) ...

The Finance and Budget Commission met for over three and a half hours on the Aggie Research Campus (ARC) on Monday night, listening to a consultant presentation, asking dozens of questions and taking ...

May 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Letter: Davis Chamber of Commerce Supports the Aggie Research Campus

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 11, 2020
| 0 comments

Letter: Davis Chamber of Commerce Supports the Aggie Research Campus

by the Davis Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors At the Chamber of Commerce, we are aware of the econo ...

by the Davis Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors At the Chamber of Commerce, we are aware of the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the damage being done to virtually all busi ...

May 11, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Fiscal Analysis is Solid, But Probably Still on the Conservative Side

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 04, 2020
| (25) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: ARC Fiscal Analysis is Solid, But Probably Still on the Conservative Side

I have been a bit surprised that the fiscal analysis by EPS is not generating more pushback. However, wh ...

I have been a bit surprised that the fiscal analysis by EPS is not generating more pushback. However, what becomes pretty clear is that the reason that the numbers shift from a $2.2 million revenue g ...

May 04, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Independent Fiscal Analysis Shows Great Promise for Davis in Aggie Research Campus

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 03, 2020
| (1) Comment

Guest Commentary: Independent Fiscal Analysis Shows Great Promise for Davis in Aggie Research Campus

By Dan Ramos As one of the partners behind the Aggie Research Campus (ARC), I’ve been proud since its ...

By Dan Ramos As one of the partners behind the Aggie Research Campus (ARC), I’ve been proud since its inception of our vision for the project and the benefits it would provide for Davis, but we alw ...

May 03, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Fiscal Analysis by EPS Shows Substantial Benefit to the City by ARC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 30, 2020
| (8) Comments

Fiscal Analysis by EPS Shows Substantial Benefit to the City by ARC

When the Aggie Research Campus (ARC) project goes to the polls in November—if council approves it in July ...

When the Aggie Research Campus (ARC) project goes to the polls in November—if council approves it in July—the voters will have to weigh the benefits of the project against the potential impacts, like ...

April 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Planning Commission Focuses on Areas of Improvement for the ARC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 24, 2020
| (23) Comments

Commentary: Planning Commission Focuses on Areas of Improvement for the ARC

There are two ways to look at the planning commission meeting—and keep in mind that in the past the plann ...

There are two ways to look at the planning commission meeting—and keep in mind that in the past the planning commission has gone so far as not to recommend certification of EIRs only to have the counc ...

April 24, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission Makes Comments ahead of Final Subsequent EIR

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 23, 2020
| (35) Comments

Planning Commission Makes Comments ahead of Final Subsequent EIR

In advance of the end of the comment period to the Draft Subsequent EIR for the Aggie Research Campus, th ...

In advance of the end of the comment period to the Draft Subsequent EIR for the Aggie Research Campus, the Planning Commission listened to 29 public comments and then many of its members made critical ...

April 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission to Evaluate and Provide Comments on ARC Supplemental EIR

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 20, 2020
| (41) Comments

Planning Commission to Evaluate and Provide Comments on ARC Supplemental EIR

The deadline to submit comments on the ARC (Aggie Research Campus) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impac ...

The deadline to submit comments on the ARC (Aggie Research Campus) Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Report (DSEIR) is April 27—a week from today. On Wednesday, the Planning Commission will hol ...

April 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Will ARC Be an Urban Forest Breakthrough or Another Proven Self-Regulatory Failure?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 17, 2020
| (12) Comments

Guest Commentary: Will ARC Be an Urban Forest Breakthrough or Another Proven Self-Regulatory Failure?

ARC 2050: Propaganda or Vision? This is a picture of what the developer says a tree-fille ...

ARC 2050: Propaganda or Vision? This is a picture of what the developer says a tree-filled Aggie Research Campus will look like in 2050. If history holds, it is just propaganda, just ...

April 17, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Why Are We Rushing Aggie Research Campus?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 14, 2020
| (24) Comments

Commentary: Why Are We Rushing Aggie Research Campus?

Answer: I don't believe that we are. Opponents of the Aggie Research Campus have found some fellow travel ...

Answer: I don't believe that we are. Opponents of the Aggie Research Campus have found some fellow travelers among people who are more inclined to support the project—concerned that the ability of the ...

April 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Public Comment to the BTSSC – “The ARC SEIR Transportation Impact Analysis is neither adequate nor complete”

Posted by Matt Williams
|Date: April 13, 2020
| (11) Comments

Guest Commentary: Public Comment to the BTSSC – “The ARC SEIR Transportation Impact Analysis is neither adequate nor complete”

The following written public comment to the Bicycle, Transportation & Street Safety Commission (BTSSC ...

The following written public comment to the Bicycle, Transportation & Street Safety Commission (BTSSC) was delivered by Matt Williams to the Commission members and the City the day before the BTSS ...

April 13, 2020
| by Matt Williams

| (11) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Ways to Improve the ARC Proposal

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 12, 2020
| (63) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Ways to Improve the ARC Proposal

We Need Commercial Space and an Innovation Center—That Doesn't Mean We Don't Need to Make Sure This Is ...

We Need Commercial Space and an Innovation Center—That Doesn't Mean We Don't Need to Make Sure This Is the Best Possible Project There was a lot of confusion—at least by one commenter—on the differe ...

April 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (63) Comments

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BTSSC Recommends Certification of EIR for Aggie Research Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2020
| (36) Comments

BTSSC Recommends Certification of EIR for Aggie Research Campus

Twice Todd Edelman made motions to push discussion of the Aggie Research Campus to a second meeting for m ...

Twice Todd Edelman made motions to push discussion of the Aggie Research Campus to a second meeting for more discussion—neither time did his motion, once at the beginning and once at the end of the me ...

April 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (36) Comments

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Council Agrees to Allow More Discussion of ARC by Commissions – But Not Push Back the Deadline for EIR Comments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 08, 2020
| (57) Comments

Council Agrees to Allow More Discussion of ARC by Commissions – But Not Push Back the Deadline for EIR Comments

One of the big questions during the middle of the COVID-19 crisis is to what extent can and should the ci ...

One of the big questions during the middle of the COVID-19 crisis is to what extent can and should the city continue to conduct business as usual, and conduct a public process for the consideration of ...

April 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (57) Comments

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