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Sustainable Demographics: Challenge and Opportunity for the Davis Economy

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 29, 2014
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Sustainable Demographics: Challenge and Opportunity for the Davis Economy

By Doby Fleeman I read with interest the recent Davis Enterprise coverage of Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada ...

By Doby Fleeman I read with interest the recent Davis Enterprise coverage of Assemblywoman Mariko Yamada and her cautionary observations regarding the rising tide of senior citizens in the Yolo County ...

October 29, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Innovation Park Forum Part II – Economic Development and Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 23, 2014
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Innovation Park Forum Part II – Economic Development and Housing

Last Thursday, the Vanguard hosted its Innovation Park Discussion Forum at DMG Mori in Davis. At least 50 ...

Last Thursday, the Vanguard hosted its Innovation Park Discussion Forum at DMG Mori in Davis. At least 50 people from the community came out to hear an early discussion on the innovation parks. The pa ...

October 23, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Davis Innovation Center Application Submitted

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 22, 2014
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Davis Innovation Center Application Submitted

While a lot of focus has been placed on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center, much of that focusing on city h ...

While a lot of focus has been placed on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center, much of that focusing on city hopes to keep Schilling Robotics in Davis, there are now two proposed innovation parks. One of t ...

October 22, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Innovation Park Discussion Part One: Why is This Park Different From All Other Parks?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2014
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Vanguard Innovation Park Discussion Part One: Why is This Park Different From All Other Parks?

Last Thursday, the Vanguard hosted its Innovation Park Discussion Forum at DMG Mori in Davis. At least 50 ...

Last Thursday, the Vanguard hosted its Innovation Park Discussion Forum at DMG Mori in Davis. At least 50 people from the community came out to hear an early discussion on the innovation parks. The pa ...

October 21, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Does Success Look Like In A New Era in Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2014
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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Does Success Look Like In A New Era in Davis?

(This may be a new regular column. My weekend commentaries “My View” and “Sunday Commentary” often wrap u ...

(This may be a new regular column. My weekend commentaries “My View” and “Sunday Commentary” often wrap up the week. This one, if it catches on, may pose some thoughts at the beginning of the week). D ...

October 20, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Discussion: Housing and the Innovation Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 18, 2014
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Discussion: Housing and the Innovation Park

On Thursday evening, the Vanguard hosted a discussion on Innovation Parks, and over the next several days ...

On Thursday evening, the Vanguard hosted a discussion on Innovation Parks, and over the next several days, we will have some coverage of what the panelists said. We also took in nearly 30 questions fr ...

October 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Should Davis Push For More Density at Mace Ranch Innovation Center?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2014
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Analysis: Should Davis Push For More Density at Mace Ranch Innovation Center?

As the official applications – first by the Mace Ranch Innovation Center and today by the Davis Innovatio ...

As the official applications – first by the Mace Ranch Innovation Center and today by the Davis Innovation Center – come in, we are able to start evaluating the actual proposals rather than the innova ...

October 16, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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An Attitude of Abundance

Posted by Rob White
|Date: October 16, 2014
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An Attitude of Abundance

by Rob White During my time writing for the Davis Vanguard, I have mentioned several times the idea of ab ...

by Rob White During my time writing for the Davis Vanguard, I have mentioned several times the idea of abundance. And rightfully so, commenters and readers alike have asked me (both on and off the blo ...

October 16, 2014
| by Rob White

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Davis Vanguard Hosts Innovation Park Informational Forum This Evening

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2014
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Davis Vanguard Hosts Innovation Park Informational Forum This Evening

The Davis Vanguard will host an Innovation Park Informational Forum at the DMG Mori Seiki Conference Cent ...

The Davis Vanguard will host an Innovation Park Informational Forum at the DMG Mori Seiki Conference Center located at 3805 Faraday Ave. in Davis, on Thursday, October 16 from 6:30pm to 8:00pm. The fo ...

October 16, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Asking the tough questions: “Why so few technology employers?” and “At what cost?”

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 15, 2014
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Asking the tough questions: “Why so few technology employers?” and “At what cost?”

By Doby Fleeman This week's column focuses on two of the cities featured in the previous comparison matri ...

By Doby Fleeman This week's column focuses on two of the cities featured in the previous comparison matrix - Palo Alto and Boulder - both of which share a number of core community values with Davis. M ...

October 15, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Mace Ranch Innovation Center Application Filed; Polling Shows Strong Early Support

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 14, 2014
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Mace Ranch Innovation Center Application Filed; Polling Shows Strong Early Support

The developers have formally filed their application for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center, but the bigger ...

The developers have formally filed their application for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center, but the bigger news may be polling data released from an April poll conducted by JMM Research that shows stro ...

October 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Most Unaware of the Innovation Park Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2014
| (28) Comments

Analysis: Most Unaware of the Innovation Park Issue

On Thursday, we will have an Innovation Park Discussion forum at DMG Mori at 6:30. In planning the event, ...

On Thursday, we will have an Innovation Park Discussion forum at DMG Mori at 6:30. In planning the event, putting it out at DMG seemed like an intriguing idea. First, it showcases economic development ...

October 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Low Point in the State of the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 10, 2014
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Commentary: Low Point in the State of the City

The special agenda for 8 pm on Monday night, in closed session, once again suggests that the end of the c ...

The special agenda for 8 pm on Monday night, in closed session, once again suggests that the end of the city manager search could be near, as once again the council is set to discuss the city manager ...

October 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Waiting for Perfection While Losing a Perfect Opportunity

Posted by Rob White
|Date: October 09, 2014
| (19) Comments

Waiting for Perfection While Losing a Perfect Opportunity

by Rob White Since arriving in Davis, I have heard the saying “perfection is the enemy of good” or some v ...

by Rob White Since arriving in Davis, I have heard the saying “perfection is the enemy of good” or some variation on that theme many times. It has been used by city council members at council meetings ...

October 09, 2014
| by Rob White

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Granville Island – A Different Vision for Davis?

Posted by Tia Will
|Date: October 07, 2014
| (36) Comments

Granville Island – A Different Vision for Davis?

by Tia Will During this time when Davis is clearly in need of additional funding for maintenance of city ...

by Tia Will During this time when Davis is clearly in need of additional funding for maintenance of city infrastructure and discussion will be heating up on the proposals for “innovation parks” I had ...

October 07, 2014
| by Tia Will

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Analysis: Revenue Potential Remains a Huge Issue

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 06, 2014
| (54) Comments

Analysis: Revenue Potential Remains a Huge Issue

If the centerpiece of an innovation park campaign will be the ability for the parks to generate sorely-ne ...

If the centerpiece of an innovation park campaign will be the ability for the parks to generate sorely-needed tax revenue, the push back will be the attempt to question the revenue potential. Just las ...

October 06, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Paying the Price For Lack of Planning on Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2014
| (26) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Paying the Price For Lack of Planning on Housing

For years the city has refused to do any real long-term planning in terms of residential housing. It is b ...

For years the city has refused to do any real long-term planning in terms of residential housing. It is bad policy and it may come back to bite the city in more ways than one. As we get further and fu ...

October 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Taking Stock

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 01, 2014
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Taking Stock

by Doby Fleeman Over the past decade, the city has largely ignored the need for additional revenues nece ...

by Doby Fleeman Over the past decade, the city has largely ignored the need for additional revenues necessary to support expanded infrastructure and public service programs from the past several deca ...

October 01, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Analysis: Impasse on City Manager?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2014
| (15) Comments

Analysis: Impasse on City Manager?

On September 6, we knew that the Davis City Council conducted interviews of potential city manager hires. ...

On September 6, we knew that the Davis City Council conducted interviews of potential city manager hires. The interview process was noticed through a meeting agenda, but we only know the identities of ...

September 30, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Where Do We End Up?

Posted by Rob White
|Date: September 25, 2014
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Where Do We End Up?

by Rob White Over the last few weeks I have been doing a lot of serious reflection on what will happen in ...

by Rob White Over the last few weeks I have been doing a lot of serious reflection on what will happen in Davis in the coming weeks, months and years. I know we are all thinking about this to some deg ...

September 25, 2014
| by Rob White

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