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Commentary: Has Davis Lost Its Vibrancy?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 13, 2023
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Commentary: Has Davis Lost Its Vibrancy?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, in my commentary, I noted the evolution of ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – On Tuesday, in my commentary, I noted the evolution of my thinking on Davis in the column, “The Small Town Character of Davis.” In my closing thought ...

July 13, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Weigh Options on G St

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 14, 2023
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Council to Weigh Options on G St

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In the days following the state of emergency in the pa ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In the days following the state of emergency in the pandemic, the city closed G Street—utilizing downtown parking spaces and sidewalks for outdoor di ...

January 14, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Battles Over Building Heights and Process Concerns, But Didn’t Blink in the End

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 16, 2022
| (20) Comments

Commentary: Council Battles Over Building Heights and Process Concerns, But Didn’t Blink in the End

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – If Tuesday was a look toward the future of this commun ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – If Tuesday was a look toward the future of this community, I was disappointed to see people getting hung up on battles over building heights. We are ...

December 16, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: The City Needs to Revitalize the Downtown

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 12, 2022
| (11) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: The City Needs to Revitalize the Downtown

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Walk around the downtown when the students are gone an ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Walk around the downtown when the students are gone and you get a better sense of what the community is up against. Restaurants, coffee shops, bars, ...

December 12, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Banking on Mixed Use to Save the Downtown – That Might Be a Mistake

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Banking on Mixed Use to Save the Downtown – That Might Be a Mistake

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In recent years we have seen the retail portion of the ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In recent years we have seen the retail portion of the Davis Downtown precipitously decline. Increasingly, the downtown has focused on food and ente ...

December 11, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: City Is Counting on the Downtown Plan for Housing – Here’s Why That Could Be Challenging

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2022
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Commentary: City Is Counting on the Downtown Plan for Housing – Here’s Why That Could Be Challenging

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Next Tuesday, the Downtown Specific Plan will go back ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Next Tuesday, the Downtown Specific Plan will go back to the Planning Commission as the process finally is moving forward again after a lengthy pause ...

November 22, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Letter Calls For Public Reconsideration on G Street

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 29, 2022
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Letter Calls For Public Reconsideration on G Street

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – The Council previously deadlocked 2-2 in November on the issue of whe ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – The Council previously deadlocked 2-2 in November on the issue of whether to re-open G St. This following letter was signed by 12 businesses on G St calling for it ...

June 29, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Downtown Measure H Forum – Clash of the Opening Arguments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2022
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Davis Downtown Measure H Forum – Clash of the Opening Arguments

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The Davis Downtown held a forum on Measure H last week ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - The Davis Downtown held a forum on Measure H last week. Yes on H panelists included Nate Yngvanitsait from University of Beer, NH Mvondo from the Hu ...

May 31, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Will This Change by DiSC Reassure Downtown Businesses?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 06, 2022
| (39) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Will This Change by DiSC Reassure Downtown Businesses?

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I never bought the idea that a small amount of support ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – I never bought the idea that a small amount of supportive retail at DiSC would somehow cannibalize the downtown. That never seemed to be a realistic ...

February 06, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Council Sends DiSC 2022 to the Voters – Part I – Applicants Responds to Critics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 02, 2022
| (29) Comments

Council Sends DiSC 2022 to the Voters – Part I – Applicants Responds to Critics

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – DiSC 2022 is heading back to the voters as the council ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – DiSC 2022 is heading back to the voters as the council voted 5-0 to put the measure on the ballot for June 7, 2022. The original project was defeate ...

February 02, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Examine the G Street Closure, Downtown Improvements

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2021
| (30) Comments

Council to Examine the G Street Closure, Downtown Improvements

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As the city once again starts to emerge out of the pan ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As the city once again starts to emerge out of the pandemic one question that the council will grapple with is what to do with changes to the downtow ...

October 31, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: No Surprise with the Chamber – Important Discussions Loom for DiSC-2022

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 17, 2021
| (29) Comments

Sunday Commentary: No Surprise with the Chamber – Important Discussions Loom for DiSC-2022

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yeah okay, this year’s least surprising news came out ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Yeah okay, this year’s least surprising news came out on Friday. The Davis Chamber is backing the DiSC-2022 project. No surprise here. Got largely ...

October 17, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: G Street Was a Lifeline to Businesses

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 04, 2021
| (23) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: G Street Was a Lifeline to Businesses

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As I wrote earlier this year, the city ought to consid ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As I wrote earlier this year, the city ought to consider making the closure of G Street between Second and Third permanent and create a permanent out ...

October 04, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The City Could Do More to Make Redevelopment and Infill Viable

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 13, 2021
| (26) Comments

Commentary: The City Could Do More to Make Redevelopment and Infill Viable

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - My columns this week have taken a rather dim view on the Housing Elemen ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - My columns this week have taken a rather dim view on the Housing Element and the future prospect for infill development in Davis, given that the difficulty of develop ...

May 13, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Retail Vacancies – Ominous Sign or Just an Artifact of the Pandemic?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2021
| (29) Comments

Commentary: Retail Vacancies – Ominous Sign or Just an Artifact of the Pandemic?

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Someone shared with me a CoStar Analytics report that looked at Davis’ ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Someone shared with me a CoStar Analytics report that looked at Davis’ retail vacancy rate compared to the Sacramento average. It shows the retail vacancy rate, whic ...

March 24, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: A New Council Comes In – Here’s What They Will Need To Address

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 09, 2020
| (29) Comments

Commentary: A New Council Comes In – Here’s What They Will Need To Address

By David M. Greenwald Four of the five members of the Davis City Council will be returning, with Brett Le ...

By David M. Greenwald Four of the five members of the Davis City Council will be returning, with Brett Lee leaving the council and Josh Chapman joining it. The council is going to have to address ser ...

December 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Webinar: Davis Downtown Plan Discussion (Video) and Additional Thoughts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2020
| (3) Comments

Webinar: Davis Downtown Plan Discussion (Video) and Additional Thoughts

On October 29, the city of Davis will hold a digital public scoping meeting and seek input and comments f ...

On October 29, the city of Davis will hold a digital public scoping meeting and seek input and comments from the public about a proposed EIR for the Downtown Davis Specific Plan and Associated Form-Ba ...

October 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Four Reasons We Should Vote No on Measure B, the Ruinous DISC Plan

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 15, 2020
| (37) Comments

Guest Commentary: Four Reasons We Should Vote No on Measure B, the Ruinous DISC Plan

By Heather Caswell As the founder of Save Davis and owner of downtown Davis’ Wardrobe for the past 33 yea ...

By Heather Caswell As the founder of Save Davis and owner of downtown Davis’ Wardrobe for the past 33 years, I feel it is important that citizens stand up for our community and local businesses by vot ...

October 15, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Davis City Council Candidates and the Growth Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2020
| 0 comments

Analysis: Davis City Council Candidates and the Growth Issue

By David Greenwald Wanted to start with some appreciation for the efforts of the Sierra Club—they have ma ...

By David Greenwald Wanted to start with some appreciation for the efforts of the Sierra Club—they have made their candidate and issue recommendations and we can agree or disagree with them, but their ...

October 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: 30 Downtown Business Sign Petition Opposing Measure B

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 14, 2020
| (18) Comments

Guest Commentary: 30 Downtown Business Sign Petition Opposing Measure B

by Heather Caswell The following signed petition was sent to the Davis Downtown Business Association (DDB ...

by Heather Caswell The following signed petition was sent to the Davis Downtown Business Association (DDBA) by a group of downtown business owners expressing concern that the DDBA issued a statement i ...

October 14, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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