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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Commentary: Most Important Planning Issues Facing Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 14, 2020
| (78) Comments

Commentary: Most Important Planning Issues Facing Davis

In a comment yesterday, someone asked a great question—identify the three most important topics for futur ...

In a comment yesterday, someone asked a great question—identify the three most important topics for future planning needs and priorities facing the Davis Community. It is really hard to get to only t ...

August 14, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Even Before COVID Struck, Paid Parking Was Going to Be Off the Table

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 02, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: Even Before COVID Struck, Paid Parking Was Going to Be Off the Table

As someone who drives downtown to work every day—even now—I have a lot of frustration with the way things ...

As someone who drives downtown to work every day—even now—I have a lot of frustration with the way things were handled by the city and the community with regard to paid parking in the downtown area. U ...

August 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Chapman Throws Himself in the Davis City Council Race for District Five

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2020
| (9) Comments

Chapman Throws Himself in the Davis City Council Race for District Five

It is a new world in Davis with district elections, and over the next few weeks we will how interesting t ...

It is a new world in Davis with district elections, and over the next few weeks we will how interesting that new world becomes. This week, Josh Chapman announced he would run for District 5—he will f ...

July 16, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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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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Commentary: Mayor Misses Opportunity on Call to Action on Critical Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2020
| (8) Comments

Commentary: Mayor Misses Opportunity on Call to Action on Critical Issues

We can debate over whether the city is headed in the right or wrong direction, I suppose. The mayor pres ...

We can debate over whether the city is headed in the right or wrong direction, I suppose. The mayor presented what I would consider an overly rosy view of the city. He did offer the caveat that “it’ ...

February 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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My View: But Was It Legal?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 11, 2020
| (9) Comments

My View: But Was It Legal?

As we reported earlier this week, the so-called “Freedom to Park” initiative fell short of the required 3 ...

As we reported earlier this week, the so-called “Freedom to Park” initiative fell short of the required 3938 signatures needed to qualify. A statement from the organizers indicated “we are going to r ...

January 11, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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