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Webinar: Davis Downtown Plan Discussion (Video) and Additional Thoughts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 29, 2020
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Webinar: Davis Downtown Plan Discussion (Video) and Additional Thoughts

On October 29, the city of Davis will hold a digital public scoping meeting and seek input and comments f ...

On October 29, the city of Davis will hold a digital public scoping meeting and seek input and comments from the public about a proposed EIR for the Downtown Davis Specific Plan and Associated Form-Ba ...

October 29, 2020
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Council Unanimously Approves Mixed-Use Project in South Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 28, 2020
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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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Mixed-Use Project at University Research Park Goes to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 26, 2020
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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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Downtown Planning Notice of Preparation and Scoping Period Begins

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 08, 2020
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Downtown Planning Notice of Preparation and Scoping Period Begins

By David M. Greenwald The city’s Downtown Davis Specific Plan and the associated Form-Based Code has prog ...

By David M. Greenwald The city’s Downtown Davis Specific Plan and the associated Form-Based Code has progressed to the point of an EIR, with the city issuing a notice of preparation as they develop th ...

October 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Preservation As an Illusion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 31, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: Preservation As an Illusion

By David M. Greenwald There are reasons why we all live in Davis. For me, it’s about two things primaril ...

By David M. Greenwald There are reasons why we all live in Davis. For me, it’s about two things primarily—maybe three. First, the schools. I have told my stories too many times on here, but we are ...

August 31, 2020
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Planning Commission Very Divided on URP Proposal, but Does Barely Support Approval

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 29, 2020
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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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Sunday Commentary: We Have a Chance to Close the Housing Gap

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: We Have a Chance to Close the Housing Gap

By David M. Greenwald Measure J has sometimes become a rather convenient target for the housing problems ...

By David M. Greenwald Measure J has sometimes become a rather convenient target for the housing problems in Davis. Leaving aside the fact that housing is an issue statewide, including most places wher ...

August 23, 2020
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URP Mixed-Use Project Finally Comes Before Planning Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 22, 2020
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URP Mixed-Use Project Finally Comes Before Planning Commission

By David M. Greenwald While it has taken a few years, a project that figures to serve the University Rese ...

By David M. Greenwald While it has taken a few years, a project that figures to serve the University Research Park and provide Davis with critically needed workforce housing is going to the Planning C ...

August 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Pushes Back on Anti-Student Rhetoric Among the Remarkable Features of University Commons Debate

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2020
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Commentary: Council Pushes Back on Anti-Student Rhetoric Among the Remarkable Features of University Commons Debate

by David M. Greenwald How deep does the pushback against University Commons go, I asked on Tuesday night. ...

by David M. Greenwald How deep does the pushback against University Commons go, I asked on Tuesday night. Pretty deep was the answer—hundreds of emails, door-to-door leaflets in multiple neighborhood ...

August 20, 2020
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Modified University Commons Project Approved on a 3-2 Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2020
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Modified University Commons Project Approved on a 3-2 Vote

By David Greenwald The council, which prides itself on its ability to find consensus, found itself split ...

By David Greenwald The council, which prides itself on its ability to find consensus, found itself split on University Commons. In the initial round, they found themselves with only two supporters—Da ...

August 19, 2020
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Commentary: Casting a Shadow on the University Commons…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2020
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Commentary: Casting a Shadow on the University Commons…

The purpose of Sunday’s column on the University Commons was to put the claim that there will be a “wall” ...

The purpose of Sunday’s column on the University Commons was to put the claim that there will be a “wall” into some perspective. Perspective is important because it seems like the CGI of the large an ...

July 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: The University Commons ‘Wall’ Impact Has Been Greatly Overstated

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 26, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: The University Commons ‘Wall’ Impact Has Been Greatly Overstated

One of the biggest complaints about the University Commons project has been “size, scale, and height of t ...

One of the biggest complaints about the University Commons project has been “size, scale, and height of the project.” Critics have a point here—the project is projected to have three stories of parki ...

July 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Where Is the City Going to Go with University Commons?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 23, 2020
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Commentary: Where Is the City Going to Go with University Commons?

This project really hasn’t gotten as much focus as some others over the years—Nishi, Trackside, the varyi ...

This project really hasn’t gotten as much focus as some others over the years—Nishi, Trackside, the varying versions of DISC—but University Commons may end up being the most polarized of them all. The ...

July 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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University Commons Discussion Draws a Boatload of Comments, Continued to August 18

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 22, 2020
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University Commons Discussion Draws a Boatload of Comments, Continued to August 18

As expected, the University Commons Redevelopment project drew a huge amount of public comments—which ran ...

As expected, the University Commons Redevelopment project drew a huge amount of public comments—which ran roughly two to one in favor of the project. But the council expressed serious concerns, and wi ...

July 22, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: The U-Mall is Dying – How Can We Save It?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2020
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Commentary: The U-Mall is Dying – How Can We Save It?

In all of this discussion over University Commons, there is not sufficient recognition of a very simple f ...

In all of this discussion over University Commons, there is not sufficient recognition of a very simple fact—the University Mall is dying. It has actually been dying for a very long period of time, b ...

July 21, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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After Unanimous Rejection by Planning Commission, University Commons Project Goes to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2020
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After Unanimous Rejection by Planning Commission, University Commons Project Goes to Council

It has been a month and a half since the Planning Commission rejected the proposed University Commons Red ...

It has been a month and a half since the Planning Commission rejected the proposed University Commons Redevelopment Project by a unanimous 7-0 vote. The proposed project will demolish the majority of ...

July 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Unanimous Council Puts DISC on the Ballot for November

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 08, 2020
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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

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Commentary: Tonight Is the Night for DISC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 30, 2020
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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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Planning Commission Unanimously Moves DISC Forward to Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 18, 2020
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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

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Commentary: DISC Remains a Commercial Project with Housing, Not the Other Way Around

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 12, 2020
| (6) Comments

Commentary: DISC Remains a Commercial Project with Housing, Not the Other Way Around

When the city first issued its RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) for innovation centers way back ...

When the city first issued its RFEI (Request for Expressions of Interest) for innovation centers way back in 2013, we were living in a very different time. We had just come out of the Great Recessio ...

June 12, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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