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My View: DISC Goes Down to Defeat, Comes Down to Traffic?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 21, 2020
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My View: DISC Goes Down to Defeat, Comes Down to Traffic?

By David M. Greenwald This is not going to be a deep dive yet into the data, but I do find the results in ...

By David M. Greenwald This is not going to be a deep dive yet into the data, but I do find the results interesting. Overall the project lost relatively narrowly by about 1300 votes, or 4.5 percent. ...

November 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Supports Expansion of Business Incubator Inventopia

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 20, 2020
| (12) Comments

Council Supports Expansion of Business Incubator Inventopia

The City of Davis announced Thursday that the Davis City Council will grant a loan of up to $100,000 to l ...

The City of Davis announced Thursday that the Davis City Council will grant a loan of up to $100,000 to local business incubator Inventopia to allow it to add specialized space needed by local entrepr ...

November 20, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 05, 2020
| (19) Comments

Commentary: DISC – What Went Wrong? Pretty Much Everything

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out wit ...

By David M. Greenwald In Davis, if you look at some of the private polls, most developments start out with between 35 and 40 percent of the people automatically opposed to the project and they are pre ...

November 05, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: No, Davis Can’t Meet Its Economic Development Needs Through Infill

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 02, 2020
| (22) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: No, Davis Can’t Meet Its Economic Development Needs Through Infill

By David M. Greenwald A guest commentary on Saturday advanced the idea that Davis can meet its commercia ...

By David M. Greenwald A guest commentary on Saturday advanced the idea that Davis can meet its commercial needs without DISC, at least for now. And they put forward the idea that infill is the bette ...

November 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Solar Company Interested in DISC – If Voters Approve It

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2020
| (15) Comments

Solar Company Interested in DISC – If Voters Approve It

By David M. Greenwald One of the questions many have asked is if the voters approve DISC next week, what ...

By David M. Greenwald One of the questions many have asked is if the voters approve DISC next week, what companies would have an interest of locating there. One company with interest is PV Evolution ...

October 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Council Unanimously Approves Mixed-Use Project in South Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2020
| (18) Comments

Council Unanimously Approves Mixed-Use Project in South Davis

By David M. Greenwald One commenter apparently was anticipating a long night for the University Research ...

By David M. Greenwald One commenter apparently was anticipating a long night for the University Research Park Mixed-Use Project agenda item, and called in to complain about a midnight vote after lengt ...

October 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Thoughts on the Proposed Downtown Specific Plan, the Pandemic, and Attracting Needed Investment

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 27, 2020
| (29) Comments

Guest Commentary: Thoughts on the Proposed Downtown Specific Plan, the Pandemic, and Attracting Needed Investment

by Jim Gray The City of Davis and the Citizens of Davis are re-engaging in an effort to review and adopt ...

by Jim Gray The City of Davis and the Citizens of Davis are re-engaging in an effort to review and adopt a Downtown Specific Plan. This effort has been underway for nearly 4 years; on January 10, 2017 ...

October 27, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Mixed-Use Project at University Research Park Goes to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2020
| (2) Comments

Mixed-Use Project at University Research Park Goes to Council

Two years ago, representatives from the University Research Park told the Vanguard that as the then-newly ...

Two years ago, representatives from the University Research Park told the Vanguard that as the then-newly purchased business park by Fulcrum looked to redevelop, one of the key needs was to generate h ...

October 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Vacaville Goes for It – $2B Biomanufacturing Center, 10K Jobs – What Does This Mean for Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2020
| (46) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Vacaville Goes for It – $2B Biomanufacturing Center, 10K Jobs – What Does This Mean for Davis?

By David M. Greenwald Late last week, Vacaville put their foot in the big time game—300 acres, a world cl ...

By David M. Greenwald Late last week, Vacaville put their foot in the big time game—300 acres, a world class biomanufacturing center that could produce 10,000 jobs. The city also announced the creatio ...

October 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Why I Started to Change My View on the Need for Economic Development in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2020
| (64) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Why I Started to Change My View on the Need for Economic Development in Davis

By David M. Greenwald Think globally, act locally. That has been the rallying call of the environmental ...

By David M. Greenwald Think globally, act locally. That has been the rallying call of the environmental movement for the last 50 years. And, for the most part, I have supported the idea. How do we ...

October 25, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Davis Voters Have Opportunity to Empower Sustainable Future Technologies

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 24, 2020
| (3) Comments

Guest Commentary: Davis Voters Have Opportunity to Empower Sustainable Future Technologies

By Barry Broome and Justin Siegel The Sacramento region is working diligently to regain its footing after ...

By Barry Broome and Justin Siegel The Sacramento region is working diligently to regain its footing after COVID-19 swept the nation. One of the key projects to our regional recovery is the Davis Innov ...

October 24, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: The Measure J Dilemma

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2020
| (5) Comments

Commentary: The Measure J Dilemma

By David M. Greenwald I will start this piece by disclosing that I have already voted and I indeed voted ...

By David M. Greenwald I will start this piece by disclosing that I have already voted and I indeed voted yes on Measure D (the renewal of Measure J), as I have said I would. But here I am going to arg ...

October 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Why It Is Too Soon to Entitle the DISC

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 18, 2020
| (28) Comments

Guest Commentary: Why It Is Too Soon to Entitle the DISC

By George Heubeck One obvious question for voters is, if the developers have been working on this project ...

By George Heubeck One obvious question for voters is, if the developers have been working on this project for nine years, where is the anchor tenant? It is way to premature for the City of Davis to c ...

October 18, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: DISC Will Bring Sustainable Jobs to Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 08, 2020
| 0 comments

Guest Commentary: DISC Will Bring Sustainable Jobs to Davis

by Maynard Skinner I am writing in support of the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus as someone w ...

by Maynard Skinner I am writing in support of the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus as someone who has been an active and involved member of Davis local governance and policy making during fo ...

October 08, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Guest Commentary: DISC Is Our Chance at Environmental and Fiscal Sustainability

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 04, 2020
| (42) Comments

Guest Commentary: DISC Is Our Chance at Environmental and Fiscal Sustainability

By Dan Carson Every community faces certain events that, in retrospect, turn out to be big turning points ...

By Dan Carson Every community faces certain events that, in retrospect, turn out to be big turning points for their residents. The decision we face as City of Davis voters on November 3 on Measure B ...

October 04, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Webinar: Economic Development and Davis featuring Barry Broome (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2020
| (2) Comments

Webinar: Economic Development and Davis featuring Barry Broome (Video)

Davis has been talking about building an innovation center for over a decade. How does a center benefit t ...

Davis has been talking about building an innovation center for over a decade. How does a center benefit the community? Will startups, technology transfer, spinoffs and other companies come to Davis if ...

September 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: DISC Gains Enterprise Endorsement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2020
| (53) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: DISC Gains Enterprise Endorsement

by David M. Greenwald The question with these things is always how much of an impact does a newspaper end ...

by David M. Greenwald The question with these things is always how much of an impact does a newspaper endorsement have for a project before the voters? Under the best of circumstances, probably not m ...

September 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Student Housing and Commercial Space Post-COVID

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2020
| (18) Comments

Commentary: Student Housing and Commercial Space Post-COVID

By David M. Greenwald I keep seeing people projecting that COVID will have a permanent impact on things l ...

By David M. Greenwald I keep seeing people projecting that COVID will have a permanent impact on things like student housing and UC Davis enrollment. All of this of course is subject to change, but ri ...

September 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (18) Comments

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AgStart’s Woodland Incubator Will Provide Region with Desperately Needed Wet Lab Space

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 15, 2020
| (26) Comments

AgStart’s Woodland Incubator Will Provide Region with Desperately Needed Wet Lab Space

One of the biggest shortcoming in the Sacramento region in terms of economic development is a lack of wet ...

One of the biggest shortcoming in the Sacramento region in terms of economic development is a lack of wet lab space in the region. This shortcoming has prevented companies from moving to the region a ...

September 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (26) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: These Are Troubled Times and We Need to Get Real about Our Community’s Challenges

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2020
| (103) Comments

Sunday Commentary: These Are Troubled Times and We Need to Get Real about Our Community’s Challenges

This week, former Davis Mayor Mike Corbett submitted a letter to the Editor of the Enterprise that genera ...

This week, former Davis Mayor Mike Corbett submitted a letter to the Editor of the Enterprise that generated a good amount of controversy and has generated some discussion as well. Don’t get me wrong ...

September 06, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (103) Comments

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