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A Downtown Perspective on Parking In-Lieu Fees

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|Date: June 05, 2017
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A Downtown Perspective on Parking In-Lieu Fees

By Michael Bisch “Public parking spaces serving multiple uses can be expected to be better utilized, and ...

By Michael Bisch “Public parking spaces serving multiple uses can be expected to be better utilized, and serve more drivers, than private parking spaces serving a single building or business, which of ...

June 05, 2017
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Urban Retail: Towards a Balanced Approach

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|Date: May 23, 2017
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Urban Retail: Towards a Balanced Approach

By Dan Zack The city of Davis is about to embark on redoing its downtown plan and revitalizing retailing. ...

By Dan Zack The city of Davis is about to embark on redoing its downtown plan and revitalizing retailing. City Planner Dan Zack will share his experience at 7pm at City Council Chambers. This is a p ...

May 23, 2017
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What is Davis’ Missing Ingredient?

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|Date: March 14, 2017
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What is Davis’ Missing Ingredient?

Speaker shares Lessons from Downtown Portland. by Alan Hirsch In the 1970’s downtown Portland was dying: ...

Speaker shares Lessons from Downtown Portland. by Alan Hirsch In the 1970’s downtown Portland was dying: poor air quality, empty store fronts, competition from suburban malls and office buildings with ...

March 14, 2017
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City Council Approves Expansion of Paid Parking to Downtown Surface Lots

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|Date: December 22, 2016
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City Council Approves Expansion of Paid Parking to Downtown Surface Lots

(From Press Release) - On December 20th, the Davis City Council directed staff to expand paid parking int ...

(From Press Release) - On December 20th, the Davis City Council directed staff to expand paid parking into four city-owned downtown surface lots. After consideration of several on-street and off-stree ...

December 22, 2016
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City Will Begin Enforcing Double-Parking Restrictions

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|Date: August 25, 2016
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City Will Begin Enforcing Double-Parking Restrictions

While the lunch hour in downtown is notably congested, one of the problems that makes things worse is tha ...

While the lunch hour in downtown is notably congested, one of the problems that makes things worse is that delivery and other commercial vehicles will simply double-park to unload. This causes huge b ...

August 25, 2016
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Economic Development: Speaker to Share New Planning Tool for Boosting Downtown Vitality

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|Date: April 28, 2016
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Economic Development: Speaker to Share New Planning Tool for Boosting Downtown Vitality

By Alan Hirsch Zoning codes were designed to protect both neighborhoods and downtowns, and have enjoyed p ...

By Alan Hirsch Zoning codes were designed to protect both neighborhoods and downtowns, and have enjoyed past success in doing this. However, many zoning codes have become frozen in place, failing to ...

April 28, 2016
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Commentary: Count Me Off the Renewal Bus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 11, 2016
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Commentary: Count Me Off the Renewal Bus

At Dan Wolk’s State of the City Address in early January, and again in his most recent column on January ...

At Dan Wolk’s State of the City Address in early January, and again in his most recent column on January 31, he called 2015, “A Year of ‘Renewal.’” While I agree that some things have improved for the ...

February 11, 2016
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Minicozzi Tells Audience To Allow Their Biases To Melt Away with Regard to Land Use and Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2015
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Minicozzi Tells Audience To Allow Their Biases To Melt Away with Regard to Land Use and Development

Before a large crowd at the Veteran's Memorial Theater, Joe Minicozzi came to Davis yesterday to do two t ...

Before a large crowd at the Veteran's Memorial Theater, Joe Minicozzi came to Davis yesterday to do two talks in a program called “Dollars and Sense.” One of his central points was to show how land us ...

September 30, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Move Marks Shift of Power to the County in Economic Development Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 31, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Move Marks Shift of Power to the County in Economic Development Discussion

It was just a year ago, when departing Chief Innovation Officer Rob White presented a staff report for th ...

It was just a year ago, when departing Chief Innovation Officer Rob White presented a staff report for the council to act on for a proposed Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI) on the Innovation ...

May 31, 2015
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New Set of Goals and Objectives Nearing Council Approval

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|Date: March 26, 2015
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New Set of Goals and Objectives Nearing Council Approval

By Dan Carson I always take political campaigns for public office with a grain of salt. They tend to focu ...

By Dan Carson I always take political campaigns for public office with a grain of salt. They tend to focus on what everyone thinks are the issues of the day. Time and again, though, after the election ...

March 26, 2015
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Davis City Council Candidates Question 3 – Downtown Parking

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 11, 2014
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Davis City Council Candidates Question 3 – Downtown Parking

Editor’s Note: Every week on Friday the Vanguard will send all five of the candidates a question that t ...

Editor’s Note: Every week on Friday the Vanguard will send all five of the candidates a question that they will be asked to respond to by the end of the day on Thursday for a Friday publication. The ...

April 11, 2014
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Sunday Commentary II: Addressing the Parking Problem

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2014
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Sunday Commentary II: Addressing the Parking Problem

The parking problem in the Davis Downtown is a difficult proposition. We can question whether city staff ...

The parking problem in the Davis Downtown is a difficult proposition. We can question whether city staff really needed to develop a parking advisory task force and we can perhaps question some of the ...

March 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Achieving the Vision – Multimedia Presentation

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 14, 2014
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Achieving the Vision – Multimedia Presentation

On Tuesday night, City of Davis Chief Innovation Officer Rob White laid out his draft of the city's propo ...

On Tuesday night, City of Davis Chief Innovation Officer Rob White laid out his draft of the city's proposed Innovation and Economic Vitality work program for 2014 to 2016. As the staff report noted: ...

February 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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“Achieving the Vision” – The Davis Economic Development Paradigm

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 13, 2014
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“Achieving the Vision” – The Davis Economic Development Paradigm

by Rob White The City of Davis and UC Davis have evolved together sharing similar sustainability goals an ...

by Rob White The City of Davis and UC Davis have evolved together sharing similar sustainability goals and values, community assets and attributes. Each is now poised to take deliberate, intentional ...

February 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Further Illustration Provided about the Challenges for Davis to Dig Out of Housing Crisis

Activists Decry Governor’s Veto of HOME Act

Group Finds Newsom’s Brief in SF Homeless Case ‘Profoundly Disappointing’

Two UC Davis-Connected Jurists – Cantil-Sakauye and Reynoso – Have California Courthouses Named for Them

NEW DATA: Count of Youth in Confinement Fell Again in 2021

Report to Reduce Intergenerational Poverty Released by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine

Commentary: Bomb Threats Are a Form of Terrorism, but WILL NOT Succeed

Guest Commentary: RICO and Domestic Terrorism Charges against Cop City Activists Send a Chilling Message

City Claims Successful Start to ‘Inclusive Parks, Inclusive Hearts’ Program

Internal Los Angeles Police Report Finds Officers Misusing Body Cameras More than LAPD Admitted

A Downtown Perspective on Parking In-Lieu Fees

A Downtown Perspective on Parking In-Lieu Fees

Urban Retail: Towards a Balanced Approach

Urban Retail: Towards a Balanced Approach

What is Davis’ Missing Ingredient?

What is Davis’ Missing Ingredient?

City Council Approves Expansion of Paid Parking to Downtown Surface Lots

City Council Approves Expansion of Paid Parking to Downtown Surface Lots

City Will Begin Enforcing Double-Parking Restrictions

City Will Begin Enforcing Double-Parking Restrictions

Economic Development: Speaker to Share New Planning Tool for Boosting Downtown Vitality

Economic Development: Speaker to Share New Planning Tool for Boosting Downtown Vitality

Commentary: Count Me Off the Renewal Bus

Commentary: Count Me Off the Renewal Bus

Minicozzi Tells Audience To Allow Their Biases To Melt Away with Regard to Land Use and Development

Minicozzi Tells Audience To Allow Their Biases To Melt Away with Regard to Land Use and Development

Sunday Commentary: Move Marks Shift of Power to the County in Economic Development Discussion

Sunday Commentary: Move Marks Shift of Power to the County in Economic Development Discussion

New Set of Goals and Objectives Nearing Council Approval

New Set of Goals and Objectives Nearing Council Approval

Davis City Council Candidates Question 3 – Downtown Parking

Davis City Council Candidates Question 3 – Downtown Parking

Sunday Commentary II: Addressing the Parking Problem

Sunday Commentary II: Addressing the Parking Problem

Achieving the Vision – Multimedia Presentation

Achieving the Vision – Multimedia Presentation

“Achieving the Vision” – The Davis Economic Development Paradigm

“Achieving the Vision” – The Davis Economic Development Paradigm

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