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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

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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

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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

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Measure B Kicks Off with Rally Featuring Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, Mayor Partida and Others

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2020
| (33) Comments

Measure B Kicks Off with Rally Featuring Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry, Mayor Partida and Others

By David M. Greenwald In years past when campaigns have kicked off it was the time for rallies, festiviti ...

By David M. Greenwald In years past when campaigns have kicked off it was the time for rallies, festivities and speeches, but during times of COVID, the Measure B team pushing for the passage of the D ...

September 03, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission Very Divided on URP Proposal, but Does Barely Support Approval

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 29, 2020
| (41) Comments

Planning Commission Very Divided on URP Proposal, but Does Barely Support Approval

By David M. Greenwald How divided was the Planning Commission on Wednesday over the University Research P ...

By David M. Greenwald How divided was the Planning Commission on Wednesday over the University Research Park Mixed-Use project? They recommended approval by a 4-3 vote, after pulling out the affordabl ...

August 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Looking at the Case against DISC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 28, 2020
| (21) Comments

Analysis: Looking at the Case against DISC

By David M. Greenwald With the election coming up in just over two months, and ballots dropping in early ...

By David M. Greenwald With the election coming up in just over two months, and ballots dropping in early October, about five weeks away, it is good to start an in-depth look at the issue of the Davis ...

August 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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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: Spiraling Greenhouse Gas Emissions at DISC?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 09, 2020
| (5) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Spiraling Greenhouse Gas Emissions at DISC?

Think globally, act locally. That has been the rallying cry of the environmental movement for decades an ...

Think globally, act locally. That has been the rallying cry of the environmental movement for decades and as we have seen the failure of leadership at the national level, state and local communities ...

August 09, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Game-Changing Agtech Innovation Company Myfloradna Opens in Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 29, 2020
| (2) Comments

Game-Changing Agtech Innovation Company Myfloradna Opens in Davis

Cutting-edge technology will save breeders time, money and risk to crops Davis’ push for high tech econom ...

Cutting-edge technology will save breeders time, money and risk to crops Davis’ push for high tech economic development got a big boost this week from a company already located in Davis which helped d ...

July 29, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Can DISC Gain Approval in Measure R Vote?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2020
| (29) Comments

Analysis: Can DISC Gain Approval in Measure R Vote?

Unprecedented is probably an overused term in politics. But the local political scene this year probably ...

Unprecedented is probably an overused term in politics. But the local political scene this year probably fits that notion to a tee. We have district elections, we have November city council races with ...

July 10, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (29) Comments

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Unanimous Council Puts DISC on the Ballot for November

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2020
| (43) Comments

Unanimous Council Puts DISC on the Ballot for November

There are no guarantees in Davis politics — Nishi learned that in 2016 when a unanimous vote by the Counc ...

There are no guarantees in Davis politics — Nishi learned that in 2016 when a unanimous vote by the Council still ended up with a project rejection. But the Council and developers lifted the Davis In ...

July 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (43) Comments

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Commentary: The Innovation Center Moves into a Stronger Position

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 02, 2020
| (26) Comments

Commentary: The Innovation Center Moves into a Stronger Position

Last week it seemed that DISC (Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus) would probably face a lot st ...

Last week it seemed that DISC (Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus) would probably face a lot stronger opposition than other recent projects. Now that’s not at all clear. Of the 67 people who ...

July 02, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (26) Comments

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Opposition to the Innovation Campus Dries Up, Council to Vote Next Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 01, 2020
| (4) Comments

Opposition to the Innovation Campus Dries Up, Council to Vote Next Week

If public comment were a match between two prized fighters, they would have stopped it long before we got ...

If public comment were a match between two prized fighters, they would have stopped it long before we got to the end of it. In the end, 67 people spoke about the Davis Innovation & Sustainability ...

July 01, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (4) Comments

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Commentary: Tonight Is the Night for DISC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2020
| (12) Comments

Commentary: Tonight Is the Night for DISC

Ten days ago, in our Saturday column “My View,” I argued that the council needed to get as many thorny is ...

Ten days ago, in our Saturday column “My View,” I argued that the council needed to get as many thorny issues off the table as possible. Since then, the city staff and developer have moved the projec ...

June 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus Will Go Before the Council on Tuesday

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 27, 2020
| (2) Comments

Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus Will Go Before the Council on Tuesday

Davis: It has been a long and time a contentious process, but on Tuesday, the council will get to weigh i ...

Davis: It has been a long and time a contentious process, but on Tuesday, the council will get to weigh in on the DISC (Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus) project in what figures to be the ...

June 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

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My View: Council Needs to Get As Many Thorny Issues Off the Table on DISC As Possible

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 20, 2020
| (33) Comments

My View: Council Needs to Get As Many Thorny Issues Off the Table on DISC As Possible

Davis – In 2016, the Davis City Council put Nishi on the ballot. It was a good project that would add st ...

Davis – In 2016, the Davis City Council put Nishi on the ballot. It was a good project that would add student housing while at the same time add 300,000 square feet of R&D space that the city des ...

June 20, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (33) Comments

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Commissioner Rowe’s Comments on DISC at the Planning Commission Meeting

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 19, 2020
| (23) Comments

Commissioner Rowe’s Comments on DISC at the Planning Commission Meeting

(Editor’s note: these are the comments from Greg Rowe on Wednesday night, speaking about the Davis Innova ...

(Editor’s note: these are the comments from Greg Rowe on Wednesday night, speaking about the Davis Innovation and Sustainability Campus). This is a really challenging project, it’s not like the others ...

June 19, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (23) Comments

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Planning Commission Unanimously Moves DISC Forward to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2020
| (2) Comments

Planning Commission Unanimously Moves DISC Forward to Council

Despite concerns about a truncated policy, planning commissioners remarked that they had actually spent s ...

Despite concerns about a truncated policy, planning commissioners remarked that they had actually spent so much time on what is now known as the Davis Innovation & Sustainability Campus that they ...

June 18, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Greater Sacramento Backs DISC As a Key to Regional Growth

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 16, 2020
| (7) Comments

Guest Commentary: Greater Sacramento Backs DISC As a Key to Regional Growth

By Barry Broome Few things help an economy recover faster than construction projects and the creation of ...

By Barry Broome Few things help an economy recover faster than construction projects and the creation of high wage jobs in a tradable industry sector. The residents of Davis can act as leaders in the ...

June 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (7) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Is Proposed DISC Project a Land-Use Dinosaur Before It Is Even Approved to be Put on the Ballot?

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: June 15, 2020
| (2) Comments

Guest Commentary: Is Proposed DISC Project a Land-Use Dinosaur Before It Is Even Approved to be Put on the Ballot?

Is it a "Field of Schemes"? By Alan Pryor EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The COVID-pandemic has accelerated and likely ...

Is it a "Field of Schemes"? By Alan Pryor EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The COVID-pandemic has accelerated and likely made permanent huge increases in home-based, work-related remote telecommuting. This trend wou ...

June 15, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (2) Comments

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