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Missed Opportunities Redux: Davis Still Reeling From Loss of Bayer

Posted by Rob White
|Date: September 04, 2014
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Missed Opportunities Redux: Davis Still Reeling From Loss of Bayer

By Rob White A few months ago I listed several Davis companies that had received new investments or were ...

By Rob White A few months ago I listed several Davis companies that had received new investments or were expanding in to new facilities. These included Marrone Bio Innovations, BioConsortia, Inc. and ...

September 04, 2014
| by Rob White

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Creating a Positive Image of Davis

Posted by Rob White
|Date: August 28, 2014
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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

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Davis Innovation Center Outreach Meeting on August 28

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 26, 2014
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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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Are College Grads Really Moving Away?

Posted by Rob White
|Date: August 21, 2014
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Are College Grads Really Moving Away?

by Rob White Turns out our graduates may not be moving away at nearly the rate as we may have previously ...

by Rob White Turns out our graduates may not be moving away at nearly the rate as we may have previously thought. In a recent article by Aaron M. Renn posted on the e-magazine New Geography, the autho ...

August 21, 2014
| by Rob White

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Update on Economic Development Objectives

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 13, 2014
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Update on Economic Development Objectives

Last week during our discussion of the proposed innovation parks, it was brought up that insufficient att ...

Last week during our discussion of the proposed innovation parks, it was brought up that insufficient attention was being paid to other parts of the city’s economic development plan. Last August, the ...

August 13, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Toward a Community Consensus Model of Economic Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2014
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Toward a Community Consensus Model of Economic Development

In an effort to move the discussion away from a polarized no-growth/ go-growth dichotomy this weekend, I ...

In an effort to move the discussion away from a polarized no-growth/ go-growth dichotomy this weekend, I introduced the notion that Davis’ electorate does not fall into a simple two-part model where o ...

August 06, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Proposed Mace Innovation Center Presentation (Video)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 05, 2014
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Proposed Mace Innovation Center Presentation (Video)

Last week, the Vanguard covered the presentation by Dan Ramos and Prakosh Pinto of the Mace Innovation Ce ...

Last week, the Vanguard covered the presentation by Dan Ramos and Prakosh Pinto of the Mace Innovation Center. You can read the Vanguard synopsis - here. To watch the video of the presentation - see ...

August 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Mace Innovation Park Does First Public Outreach

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 29, 2014
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Mace Innovation Park Does First Public Outreach

It was a reasonably-sized gathering for a Monday in late July, and it marked a big starting point for the ...

It was a reasonably-sized gathering for a Monday in late July, and it marked a big starting point for the outreach on the first of the RFEI Innovation Parks to go forward. Dan Ramos of RAMCO, one of t ...

July 29, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: City Needs to Educate Public on Revenue from Business Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2014
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Analysis: City Needs to Educate Public on Revenue from Business Parks

Once again, we can learn a lot from reading letters to the editor about the failure of the city to educat ...

Once again, we can learn a lot from reading letters to the editor about the failure of the city to educate the public on the revenue drivers behind the city’s push for a business park. Today a residen ...

July 22, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The Perfect, the Enemy of the Good?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2014
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Commentary: The Perfect, the Enemy of the Good?

The phrase, as far as I can tell, comes from Voltaire, and the literal translation is “the best is the en ...

The phrase, as far as I can tell, comes from Voltaire, and the literal translation is “the best is the enemy of the good.” For our purposes, the origins and meanings are less important than the lesson ...

July 17, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Quashes Advisory Vote, Appoints Subcommittee, Prepares to Move Forward on Innovation Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2014
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Council Quashes Advisory Vote, Appoints Subcommittee, Prepares to Move Forward on Innovation Parks

Council moved quickly on Tuesday to rescind efforts to put an advisory vote on the ballot following the l ...

Council moved quickly on Tuesday to rescind efforts to put an advisory vote on the ballot following the letter from RAMCO withdrawing their request for an advisory vote. The council appointed Rochelle ...

July 16, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council to Ponder Next Moves on Innovation Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2014
| (18) Comments

Council to Ponder Next Moves on Innovation Parks

At the last council meeting, the Davis City Council, responding to a request from the Mace Ranch Innovati ...

At the last council meeting, the Davis City Council, responding to a request from the Mace Ranch Innovation Team, agreed to consider putting an advisory measure on the ballot about the acceptability o ...

July 12, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Once Again, Wiser Heads Prevail on Innovation Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 11, 2014
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Commentary: Once Again, Wiser Heads Prevail on Innovation Park

For the second time in ten days, wiser heads have prevailed in terms of the process by which the voters w ...

For the second time in ten days, wiser heads have prevailed in terms of the process by which the voters will vet the innovations parks. Last week, Dan Ramos pulled back from requesting an expedited Me ...

July 11, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Developers Pull Back on November Advisory Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 10, 2014
| (82) Comments

Developers Pull Back on November Advisory Vote

It appears there will not be a November advisory vote after all, as the group heading up the Mace Ranch I ...

It appears there will not be a November advisory vote after all, as the group heading up the Mace Ranch Innovation Center led by Dan Ramos sent a letter on Wednesday to the city, pulling back. The let ...

July 10, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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It Takes a Village

Posted by Uptown Studios
|Date: July 10, 2014
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It Takes a Village

by Rob White Though many of you will recognize this article’s title as a briefer version of the title of ...

by Rob White Though many of you will recognize this article’s title as a briefer version of the title of the book It Takes a Village: And Other Lessons Children Teach Us written by then First Lady Hil ...

July 10, 2014
| by Uptown Studios

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Council Subcommittee Created to Move Forward Business Park Proposals

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 05, 2014
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Council Subcommittee Created to Move Forward Business Park Proposals

Much of the results coming out of Wednesday night’s meeting on the business parks has focused on the main ...

Much of the results coming out of Wednesday night’s meeting on the business parks has focused on the main council direction allowing for an advisory vote. But Mayor Pro Tem Robb Davis put a motion to ...

July 05, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Commentary: Council Avoids Disaster, But Advisory Vote Perilous

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 04, 2014
| (74) Comments

Vanguard Commentary: Council Avoids Disaster, But Advisory Vote Perilous

A lot of people played a hand at bringing this process back from the precipice. Messing with Measure R wo ...

A lot of people played a hand at bringing this process back from the precipice. Messing with Measure R would have been disastrous to this process, and so, when Dan Ramos came forward on Tuesday night ...

July 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Developers for Davis Innovation Center Submit Pre-Application

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 04, 2014
| (14) Comments

Developers for Davis Innovation Center Submit Pre-Application

Spokespersons for the Northwest Quadrant proposal on Wednesday night made it clear to the council that, ...

Spokespersons for the Northwest Quadrant proposal on Wednesday night made it clear to the council that, while they question both the advisory vote and the need for a November election, they are prepa ...

July 04, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Council Reluctant, But Unanimous in Support of Advisory Vote on Innovation Parks

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 03, 2014
| (60) Comments

Council Reluctant, But Unanimous in Support of Advisory Vote on Innovation Parks

The ultimate 5-0 vote on Councilmember Rochelle Swanson’s motion belies the vast difference in viewpoints ...

The ultimate 5-0 vote on Councilmember Rochelle Swanson’s motion belies the vast difference in viewpoints each councilmember has on the process. However, the council did vote 5-0 to bring back languag ...

July 03, 2014
| by David Greenwald

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Next Steps on Innovation Centers

Posted by Uptown Studios
|Date: July 03, 2014
| (16) Comments

Next Steps on Innovation Centers

By Rob White Last night, the Davis City Council made several decisions regarding the process for next ste ...

By Rob White Last night, the Davis City Council made several decisions regarding the process for next steps on discussing the Innovation Center concepts near Davis. These decisions came after a two-da ...

July 03, 2014
| by Uptown Studios

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