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Commentary: If We Only Had a Vision…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 01, 2023
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Commentary: If We Only Had a Vision…

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The argument has been made (and not just on here) that ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The argument has been made (and not just on here) that Davis is a community that doesn’t know what it wants to be in five years let alone 25 years. ...

August 01, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Stronger Than Expected Support for a Vehicle-Free Area

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 23, 2023
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Stronger Than Expected Support for a Vehicle-Free Area

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When G Street came up last week before council, I was ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – When G Street came up last week before council, I was half expecting a repeat of the parking debate from a few years ago, where people overwhelmingly ...

January 23, 2023
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Commentary: Opportunity Not Fear with G St

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2023
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Commentary: Opportunity Not Fear with G St

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA –I heard complaints this Tuesday about the configuration ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA –I heard complaints this Tuesday about the configuration of G Street and people finding vomit and other things in front of their stores. If anything, ...

January 20, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Council Commits To Car-Free G St; Permanent Features

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2023
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Council Commits To Car-Free G St; Permanent Features

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A large number of business owners and community member ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A large number of business owners and community members showed up on Tuesday to offer their views on the future of G St, and while there were diverge ...

January 18, 2023
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Has Some Good Features, but It Won’t Solve Our Housing Crisis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 18, 2022
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Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Has Some Good Features, but It Won’t Solve Our Housing Crisis

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - This week the Davis City Council finally—emphasis on f ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - This week the Davis City Council finally—emphasis on finally—approved the Downtown Plan. Even taking into consideration the pandemic, this is a proc ...

December 18, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Still Sorting Out the Impact of Pandemic on Real Estate and Downtowns

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 27, 2021
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Commentary: Still Sorting Out the Impact of Pandemic on Real Estate and Downtowns

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the things we are watching are emerging trends during the p ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor One of the things we are watching are emerging trends during the pandemic that are likely to impact the overall landscape—particularly as it impacts Davis’ housi ...

October 27, 2021
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Ace Sale Not about Parking Policies

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 25, 2019
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Ace Sale Not about Parking Policies

This past week, the owners of Davis Ace announced that they would be selling their longtime store. This ...

This past week, the owners of Davis Ace announced that they would be selling their longtime store. This is of course a big deal in Davis. In the article in the Enterprise, local Jennifer Anderson sa ...

March 25, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Majority of Council Candidates Opposed to Building Downtown Parking Structures

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 25, 2018
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Analysis: Majority of Council Candidates Opposed to Building Downtown Parking Structures

There is an overlap with several different schools of thought which converge to create opposition to buil ...

There is an overlap with several different schools of thought which converge to create opposition to building a downtown parking structure – environmental concerns and transportation models merge with ...

April 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

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City’s DT Transportation Consultant to Suggest How Tech Innovation Can Affect Downtown Planning

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 01, 2017
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City’s DT Transportation Consultant to Suggest How Tech Innovation Can Affect Downtown Planning

By Judy Corbett Jeff Tumlin, Internationally Recognized Transportation Expert, Speaking Wednesday Dec. 6 ...

By Judy Corbett Jeff Tumlin, Internationally Recognized Transportation Expert, Speaking Wednesday Dec. 6 at 7 PM in the Davis City Council Chambers. Jeff Tumlin is a member of the consulting team for ...

December 01, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Council Should Consider Peak-Hour Only Alternative on Paid Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 06, 2017
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Council Should Consider Peak-Hour Only Alternative on Paid Parking

Paid parking is a controversial issue, both inside downtown as well as in the community. On the one hand ...

Paid parking is a controversial issue, both inside downtown as well as in the community. On the one hand, I don’t think the council should fear paid parking. As someone who works in the downtown, I ...

November 06, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Conclave Features Discussion on Homelessness (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 28, 2017
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Vanguard Conclave Features Discussion on Homelessness (Video)

On Wednesday evening, the Davis Vanguard held its fourth conclave, this time on "Addressing Homelessness ...

On Wednesday evening, the Davis Vanguard held its fourth conclave, this time on "Addressing Homelessness in Davis." Our discussion featured: Mayor Robb Davis, Pastor Bill Habicht, Michael Bisch from D ...

July 28, 2017
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Council Allows Ace Parking Project to Move Forward

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 21, 2017
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Council Allows Ace Parking Project to Move Forward

It spawned a far broader and far more important debate than the decision over a simple project that would ...

It spawned a far broader and far more important debate than the decision over a simple project that would create a parking lot with a 2000-square-foot shade structure at 815 Third Street for Davis Ace ...

June 21, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Thoughts on Parking and Core Area Specific Planning

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2017
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Commentary: Thoughts on Parking and Core Area Specific Planning

For the last several weeks a council item on in-lieu parking fees, and now an appeal of an approval on th ...

For the last several weeks a council item on in-lieu parking fees, and now an appeal of an approval on the Davis Ace Hardware parking lot, has triggered a series of Vanguard articles and much discussi ...

June 20, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Please Support Davis Ace, Property Rights and the Freedom to Pursue Economic Vitality

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 19, 2017
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Please Support Davis Ace, Property Rights and the Freedom to Pursue Economic Vitality

By Jason Taormino It feels like an affront to common sense that anyone would try to stop Davis Ace from p ...

By Jason Taormino It feels like an affront to common sense that anyone would try to stop Davis Ace from parking cars on their own property. They have a disused area where their old lumber mill stands ...

June 19, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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In Defense of Parking Lots

Posted by Don Shor
|Date: June 17, 2017
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In Defense of Parking Lots

By Don Shor Over the last few days we’ve been treated to some discussion of basic principles of urban pla ...

By Don Shor Over the last few days we’ve been treated to some discussion of basic principles of urban planning. We’ve seen great illustrations of how to make a downtown area more walkable and more acc ...

June 17, 2017
| by Don Shor

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Yogi Berra: “It’s A Permanent Placeholder”

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 17, 2017
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Yogi Berra: “It’s A Permanent Placeholder”

By Michael Bisch Commissioner Rutherford to applicant (57:00): “And then as for allowing this use [parkin ...

By Michael Bisch Commissioner Rutherford to applicant (57:00): “And then as for allowing this use [parking lot] to go forward today then, what does that mean for long term? Applicant response (57:10): ...

June 17, 2017
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When East Is West and North Is South

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 16, 2017
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When East Is West and North Is South

By Michael Bisch “On-site parking shall not be placed in front of buildings along sidewalks; there shall ...

By Michael Bisch “On-site parking shall not be placed in front of buildings along sidewalks; there shall be unbroken pedestrian walks and short walking distances between uses. This facilitates window ...

June 16, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Parking As a Generational Issue?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 15, 2017
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Commentary: Parking As a Generational Issue?

For much of the last week or so, key Vanguard discussions have focused around the issue of parking. What ...

For much of the last week or so, key Vanguard discussions have focused around the issue of parking. What I find fascinating about this discussion is that here we are in supposed progressive Davis – a ...

June 15, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Rethinking Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2017
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Rethinking Parking

“We don’t want developers to build surface lots. And our zoning, still to this day, is based on parking m ...

“We don’t want developers to build surface lots. And our zoning, still to this day, is based on parking minimums…The only reason we are going into the CASP [Core Area Specific Plan] update at all is w ...

June 12, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Starry-Eyed Utopian Greenies

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 11, 2017
| (65) Comments

Starry-Eyed Utopian Greenies

by Michael Bisch ““Parking craters”: The latest terminology used by some to abdicate responsibilities as ...

by Michael Bisch ““Parking craters”: The latest terminology used by some to abdicate responsibilities associated with development.” – Ron (anonymous Vanguard poster) The negative impact of curb-cuts, ...

June 11, 2017
| by Vanguard Administrator

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