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Analysis: Impasse on City Manager?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2014
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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
| (20) Comments

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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Sunday Commentary: Why Rail Relocation Makes Sense For Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 21, 2014
| (23) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Why Rail Relocation Makes Sense For Davis

In his weekly column last Thursday, City of Davis Chief Innovation Officer Rob White discussed the issue ...

In his weekly column last Thursday, City of Davis Chief Innovation Officer Rob White discussed the issue of the grant that will be awarded “for the first tangible step in many years on the Yolo Freigh ...

September 21, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Why is Davis Working on Yolo Freight Rail Relocation?

Posted by Rob White
|Date: September 18, 2014
| (25) Comments

Why is Davis Working on Yolo Freight Rail Relocation?

by Rob White Yesterday, it was announced that a federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant w ...

by Rob White Yesterday, it was announced that a federal Economic Development Administration (EDA) grant will be awarded for the first tangible step in many years on the Yolo Freight Rail Relocation pr ...

September 18, 2014
| by Rob White

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Analysis: Mars Donates $40M to WFC; Marrone in Deep Trouble

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2014
| (7) Comments

Analysis: Mars Donates $40M to WFC; Marrone in Deep Trouble

UC Davis, through its World Food Center, and Mars, Inc. (the candy manufacturer) announced on Wednesday t ...

UC Davis, through its World Food Center, and Mars, Inc. (the candy manufacturer) announced on Wednesday that they “have agreed to pursue the establishment of a new institute designed to deliver big-im ...

September 18, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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City Receives Grant for Rail Relocation Study

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 17, 2014
| (94) Comments

City Receives Grant for Rail Relocation Study

There has been a lot of talk in the past year or so about the possibility of relocating the north-south r ...

There has been a lot of talk in the past year or so about the possibility of relocating the north-south rail line that currently crosses through the city of Davis and runs up to Woodland. Talks have b ...

September 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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The Opportunity is Ours

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 17, 2014
| (43) Comments

The Opportunity is Ours

By Doby Fleeman Even as a relatively new member of a family with 100-plus-year-old roots in the Davis bus ...

By Doby Fleeman Even as a relatively new member of a family with 100-plus-year-old roots in the Davis business community, I tend to take the long view. Having investments and a business in Davis bring ...

September 17, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Sunday Commentary: City Budget Could Become Greatest Threat to Open Space, Environment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 14, 2014
| (60) Comments

Sunday Commentary: City Budget Could Become Greatest Threat to Open Space, Environment

For the past several weeks, I have been reading about concerns that people have regarding city greenbelts ...

For the past several weeks, I have been reading about concerns that people have regarding city greenbelts and whether the development at Paso Fino will set a precedent for the city – which currently l ...

September 14, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Transitions – New Leadership Creates Opportunities

Posted by Rob White
|Date: September 11, 2014
| (17) Comments

Transitions – New Leadership Creates Opportunities

by Rob White As the City moves forward on finding the next City Manager, there have been several other l ...

by Rob White As the City moves forward on finding the next City Manager, there have been several other local and regional leadership positions facing transitions over the past few months. These trans ...

September 11, 2014
| by Rob White

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Analysis: Why Didn’t the City Poll on Innovation Parks?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2014
| (27) Comments

Analysis: Why Didn’t the City Poll on Innovation Parks?

In retrospect, given that the city had already sent out its RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) re ...

In retrospect, given that the city had already sent out its RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) requests, it seems strange that the city did not poll or ask a single question to ascertain the p ...

September 09, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Biggest Challenge the City Faces?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 08, 2014
| (99) Comments

Commentary: The Biggest Challenge the City Faces?

With all of the complaints about the city using public resources to fund a poll, the poll lays out one cl ...

With all of the complaints about the city using public resources to fund a poll, the poll lays out one clear and unmistakable fact – that the public really does not have a good grasp of the challenges ...

September 08, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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My View: The Courage to Kill a Bad Proposed Innovation Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 06, 2014
| (45) Comments

My View: The Courage to Kill a Bad Proposed Innovation Park

A lot of people have talked about a concept of demolition by neglect, where there are buildings on a parc ...

A lot of people have talked about a concept of demolition by neglect, where there are buildings on a parcel where the developer wishes to propose a project that gains a large amount of controversy and ...

September 06, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Katehi Cannot Explain Away World Food Center, Third Campus

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2014
| (80) Comments

Commentary: Katehi Cannot Explain Away World Food Center, Third Campus

On Tuesday at the Davis Chamber’s lunch, the presence of UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi may have been o ...

On Tuesday at the Davis Chamber’s lunch, the presence of UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi may have been overshadowed by the departure of Chamber CEO Kemble Pope and his steady transition to Matt Yance ...

September 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Proposed Davis Innovation Center (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2014
| (1) Comment

Proposed Davis Innovation Center (Video)

Last week, developers from the Davis Innovation Center came to the community chambers to provide an overv ...

Last week, developers from the Davis Innovation Center came to the community chambers to provide an overview of the proposed innovation park that would be located at the Northwest Quadrant near Covell ...

September 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Choices Ahead For Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2014
| (61) Comments

Commentary: The Choices Ahead For Davis

On Saturday, Rob White and I wrote what were really inadvertent companion pieces – even though we had not ...

On Saturday, Rob White and I wrote what were really inadvertent companion pieces – even though we had not discussed what each other was writing. My piece, Time to Reengage the Public, focused on the c ...

September 01, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Striking a Balance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 30, 2014
| (81) Comments

Striking a Balance

By Rob White In the time that I have been working in Davis (about a year and a half), the discussion abou ...

By Rob White In the time that I have been working in Davis (about a year and a half), the discussion about the concept of innovation parks has evolved considerably. Though not a new subject – the city ...

August 30, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Creating a Positive Image of Davis

Posted by Rob White
|Date: August 28, 2014
| (44) Comments

Creating a Positive Image of Davis

by Rob White An article titled “Rancho Cordova Looks Into Innovation Center Idea” ran in the Sacramento B ...

by Rob White An article titled “Rancho Cordova Looks Into Innovation Center Idea” ran in the Sacramento Business Journal on August 25th. The author, Ben van der Meer, outlined that officials in Rancho ...

August 28, 2014
| by Rob White

| (44) Comments

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Davis Innovation Center Outreach Meeting on August 28

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 26, 2014
| (1) Comment

Davis Innovation Center Outreach Meeting on August 28

The Davis Innovation Center team has scheduled several meetings in the next few weeks to seek community i ...

The Davis Innovation Center team has scheduled several meetings in the next few weeks to seek community input. They plan to submit their application to the City of Davis in mid-September and want to h ...

August 26, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Mayor’s Corner

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 25, 2014
| (7) Comments

Mayor’s Corner

by Dan Wolk This is the first installment of a monthly column I am calling the “Mayor’s Corner.” It will ...

by Dan Wolk This is the first installment of a monthly column I am calling the “Mayor’s Corner.” It will appear toward the end of each month and is intended to provide an update of what’s happening at ...

August 25, 2014
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (7) Comments

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Council Emerges From Break with a Lot of Work to Do

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 22, 2014
| (8) Comments

Council Emerges From Break with a Lot of Work to Do

One might excuse newly-installed Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis if he feels like he’s on a roller coaster ride. ...

One might excuse newly-installed Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis if he feels like he’s on a roller coaster ride. After all, Mr. Davis was elected by the voters on June 3, four weeks later he was thrown into ...

August 22, 2014
| by David Greenwald

| (8) Comments

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