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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 18, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking

We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking – the new meeting will b ...

We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking – the new meeting will be held as a continuation on Monday, March 25, at 6:30 pm. A key question will be whether a com ...

March 18, 2019
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Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 13, 2019
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Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting ...

At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has been interesting to watch the shift in these addresses over time. Dan Wolk during his time as mayor offered an ...

March 13, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 07, 2019
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Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad

How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial item, go late ...

How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial item, go late into the evening passing midnight, one, and on a very few occasions, even three? I have seen t ...

March 07, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2019
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Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking

By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regard ...

By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regarding how and where we park our cars in Downtown Davis. By virtue of my wife and I owning a busin ...

March 05, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Editorial Opposes Paid Parking in the Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 04, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Editorial Opposes Paid Parking in the Downtown

The Enterprise editorial basically argues that the parking issue while it has been about the availability ...

The Enterprise editorial basically argues that the parking issue while it has been about the availability of spaces, will become about revenue. It is an interesting argument, the problem I think is t ...

March 04, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: If Businesses Don’t Want Paid Parking Downtown They Have an Alternative

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: If Businesses Don’t Want Paid Parking Downtown They Have an Alternative

In a letter to the mayor in late January, the Davis Chamber came out against the paid parking proposal, a ...

In a letter to the mayor in late January, the Davis Chamber came out against the paid parking proposal, arguing they do not “believe the proposal will enhance the unique character of the City or enhan ...

March 03, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Will Council Impose Paid Parking over Community Opposition?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 01, 2019
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Will Council Impose Paid Parking over Community Opposition?

On Tuesday the Davis City Council will be asked to make a determination on one of the longer standing iss ...

On Tuesday the Davis City Council will be asked to make a determination on one of the longer standing issues of controversy in this community – the issue of paid parking. Among other things, staff is ...

March 01, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mayor Lee Talks Downtown Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2019
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Mayor Lee Talks Downtown Parking

One of the hottest issues around town has been one of whether to bring paid parking into town. Back in 2 ...

One of the hottest issues around town has been one of whether to bring paid parking into town. Back in 2017, now-Mayor Brett Lee said of the situation, “We don’t have a supply issue, we have a parkin ...

February 19, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Paid Parking is Controversial but Also Misunderstood

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 17, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Paid Parking is Controversial but Also Misunderstood

There are a lot of misconceptions about the nature of the parking problem in the Davis Downtown. I fully ...

There are a lot of misconceptions about the nature of the parking problem in the Davis Downtown. I fully agree with the comment made back in 2017 by now-Mayor Brett Lee: “We don’t have a supply issue ...

February 17, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Slow Down on Talk of More Parking Structures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 06, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Slow Down on Talk of More Parking Structures

I read with some fascination this morning the column from Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning quoting ...

I read with some fascination this morning the column from Davis Enterprise Columnist Bob Dunning quoting from a reader who argued for a new parking structure in the Davis Downtown. Here are a few of t ...

January 06, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Report Finds Davis Has a Number of Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Region

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 28, 2018
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Report Finds Davis Has a Number of Most Walkable Neighborhoods in Region

An article that originally ran in late August, was re-run this week in the Sacramento Bee. “Want a walka ...

An article that originally ran in late August, was re-run this week in the Sacramento Bee. “Want a walkable neighborhood? These rank highest for amenities in the Sacramento region.” They note that “n ...

December 28, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Change Will Happen in This Community, We Need to Figure Out the Best Way to Direct It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2018
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Commentary: Change Will Happen in This Community, We Need to Figure Out the Best Way to Direct It

In the middle of the debate over policies, a bigger point has emerged which is what is your vision for Da ...

In the middle of the debate over policies, a bigger point has emerged which is what is your vision for Davis. I actually believe that’s a secondary point although I think have an answer to that. The ...

December 12, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Make “Sustainable Food” the Economic Engine of Downtown Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 19, 2018
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Guest Commentary: Make “Sustainable Food” the Economic Engine of Downtown Davis

By Anya & Richard McCann, Cool Cuisine Many communities around the region, such as Sacramento and Woo ...

By Anya & Richard McCann, Cool Cuisine Many communities around the region, such as Sacramento and Woodland, have jumped on the “farm to fork” bandwagon to promote their relationships with agricult ...

October 19, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: Why a Smart Growth Approach to Downtown Redevelopment Is the Wise Course

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 22, 2018
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My View: Why a Smart Growth Approach to Downtown Redevelopment Is the Wise Course

The city of Davis is suffering from a number of simultaneous challenges. Over the last few years, it has ...

The city of Davis is suffering from a number of simultaneous challenges. Over the last few years, it has worked hard to address a student housing shortfall. But, while the city has approved housing ...

September 22, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Why City Is Looking at Densification of the Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2018
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Commentary: Why City Is Looking at Densification of the Downtown

Reading a letter in the local paper seems to require some response. The letter, presumably in response t ...

Reading a letter in the local paper seems to require some response. The letter, presumably in response to Dan Urazandi’s op-ed on downtown parking, is entitled, somewhat confusingly, “City Council’s ...

September 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Where Does the Davis Downtown Need Improvement?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 20, 2018
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Analysis: Where Does the Davis Downtown Need Improvement?

As the discussion about the Davis Downtown has gone on, there seems to be emerging a variety of viewpoint ...

As the discussion about the Davis Downtown has gone on, there seems to be emerging a variety of viewpoints on the future. One sees the need to redevelop the downtown – proponents see a declining reta ...

September 20, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Impact of Paid Parking – A Look at the E Street Parking Lot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 19, 2018
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Analysis: Impact of Paid Parking – A Look at the E Street Parking Lot

My observation has been that, at least during peak hours, the E Street Plaza paid parking lot is fairly f ...

My observation has been that, at least during peak hours, the E Street Plaza paid parking lot is fairly full. However, after Dan Urazandi published his piece with different observations, it seemed li ...

September 19, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Another View on Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2018
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Another View on Parking

On Saturday, we ran a piece arguing for paid parking and citing the usage at the E Street parking lot as ...

On Saturday, we ran a piece arguing for paid parking and citing the usage at the E Street parking lot as evidence for it. As Don Shor noted in his comment, “I thought the issue of whether or not to im ...

September 17, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Will Paid Parking Really Deter People in the Downtown?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2018
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My View: Will Paid Parking Really Deter People in the Downtown?

Maybe it is because I grew up in a town that always had parking meters in the downtown that I have never ...

Maybe it is because I grew up in a town that always had parking meters in the downtown that I have never believed this was going to be a huge problem. Embedded within the discussion of the future of ...

September 15, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Residential and Mixed Use Seem to Be the Direction for Downtown – but Will the Community Back It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 13, 2018
| (7) Comments

Commentary: Residential and Mixed Use Seem to Be the Direction for Downtown – but Will the Community Back It?

What we saw emerge on Tuesday night with the first check in by the council on the Downtown Plan was a con ...

What we saw emerge on Tuesday night with the first check in by the council on the Downtown Plan was a consensus on a few points – but the key question going forward is going to be how practical a visi ...

September 13, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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