Senior Housing Archives | Davis Vanguard

Grid
List

Senior Commission to Review Bretton Woods Senior Affordable Apartments

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 08, 2023
| (2) Comments

Senior Commission to Review Bretton Woods Senior Affordable Apartments

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week, the Senior Citizen Commission will receive ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – This week, the Senior Citizen Commission will receive an informational presentation on the Bretton Woods Senior Affordable Housing Project. In 2018, ...

February 08, 2023
| by David Greenwald

| (2) Comments

Read more
First Davis Voter-Approved Residential Neighborhood in 20 Years Breaks Ground

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 22, 2022
| (2) Comments

First Davis Voter-Approved Residential Neighborhood in 20 Years Breaks Ground

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA — Family-owned homebuilder, DeNova Homes of Concord, CA, has purchased ...

Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA — Family-owned homebuilder, DeNova Homes of Concord, CA, has purchased 247 lots at the new Bretton Woods neighborhood. A groundbreaking celebration is scheduled at th ...

July 22, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (2) Comments

Read more
Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 03, 2022
| (25) Comments

Council Finds Baseline Features Have Not Changed in Bretton Woods; Applicant Maintains URC Will Purchase the Property

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the council pulled the item on Bretton Woods off ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – While the council pulled the item on Bretton Woods off the consent calendar and had a roughly 20-minute discussion, the general consensus was that th ...

March 03, 2022
| by David Greenwald

| (25) Comments

Read more
Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 02, 2022
| (13) Comments

Letter: Responding to Inaccurate Public Commentary

By Matthew Keasling In a "Guest Commentary" published in the The Davis Vanguard today, Mr. Alan Pryor mak ...

By Matthew Keasling In a "Guest Commentary" published in the The Davis Vanguard today, Mr. Alan Pryor makes several rather salacious assertions about numerous issues about which he has no direct knowl ...

March 02, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (13) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: How Ongoing Complacency by the Davis City Council Allowed the Bretton Woods Developer to Renege on Election Commitments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 01, 2022
| (36) Comments

Guest Commentary: How Ongoing Complacency by the Davis City Council Allowed the Bretton Woods Developer to Renege on Election Commitments

By Alan Pryor The Bretton Woods project violates the project's supposedly unchangeable Baseline Features. ...

By Alan Pryor The Bretton Woods project violates the project's supposedly unchangeable Baseline Features. These Baseline Features were contained in ballot language presented to voters and upon which t ...

March 01, 2022
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (36) Comments

Read more
California Capitol Watch: Making Senior Housing More Inclusive — Affordable Intergenerational Housing

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 20, 2021
| 0 comments

California Capitol Watch: Making Senior Housing More Inclusive — Affordable Intergenerational Housing

By Eric Gelber In Davis, a local developer continues to grapple with the details of a program designed to ...

By Eric Gelber In Davis, a local developer continues to grapple with the details of a program designed to exclude non “Davis-connected” buyers from moving into an age-restricted senior housing develop ...

May 20, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| 0 comments

Read more
Letter: Taormino Responds to Vanguard Comments

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 30, 2021
| (33) Comments

Letter: Taormino Responds to Vanguard Comments

By David Taormino Only in Davis are you guilty of a “crime” (breaking a promise) before you commit it. N ...

By David Taormino Only in Davis are you guilty of a “crime” (breaking a promise) before you commit it. Not only are you presumed guilty of yet to occur offense; there is talk of your punishment. No ...

April 30, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (33) Comments

Read more
Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 14, 2021
| (14) Comments

Letter: David Taormino Is Trying to Run a ‘Bait and Switch’ on Davis Seniors by You

This was a letter sent by Alan Pryor on April 13 to the Davis Planning Commission Dear Planning Commissio ...

This was a letter sent by Alan Pryor on April 13 to the Davis Planning Commission Dear Planning Commissioners - At the upcoming Planning Commission meeting this Wednesday you will be presented with th ...

April 14, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (14) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: Letter to Planning Commission Urges Scrutiny of Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: April 13, 2021
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: Letter to Planning Commission Urges Scrutiny of Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program

By Eric Gelber Below is the text of my letter submitted to the Davis Planning Commission for its April 14 ...

By Eric Gelber Below is the text of my letter submitted to the Davis Planning Commission for its April 14th meeting expressing issues and concerns with the Bretton Woods Davis-Connected Buyers Program ...

April 13, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (5) Comments

Read more
Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: April 10, 2021
| (7) Comments

Planning Commission to Review Davis-Connected Buyers Program

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing develop ...

By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA - The most controversial part of the Bretton Woods Senior Housing development is what is now being referred to as the Davis-Connected Buyers Program, which has restrict ...

April 10, 2021
| by David Greenwald

| (7) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 28, 2021
| (30) Comments

Guest Commentary: Bretton Woods Attempts Another Bait and Switch with Its Davis Based Buyers Program

by Alan Pryor - Protections Will Weaken for Prospective Davis Senior Buyers. The Bretton Wood developer, ...

by Alan Pryor - Protections Will Weaken for Prospective Davis Senior Buyers. The Bretton Wood developer, David Taormino, is attempting to pull another bait and switch ...

March 28, 2021
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (30) Comments

Read more
Bretton Woods Project Looks for Final Approvals to Move Forward

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 08, 2020
| (15) Comments

Bretton Woods Project Looks for Final Approvals to Move Forward

By David M. Greenwald Nearly two years after the voters approved the West Davis Active Adult Community, B ...

By David M. Greenwald Nearly two years after the voters approved the West Davis Active Adult Community, Bretton Woods—the name given to the project development—looks to gain approval from the Planning ...

September 08, 2020
| by David Greenwald

| (15) Comments

Read more
Analysis: Why WDAAC Was Able to Win and Win Overwhelmingly

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2018
| (43) Comments

Analysis: Why WDAAC Was Able to Win and Win Overwhelmingly

A year ago, the question on everyone’s mind was whether any Measure R project could pass a vote – ever. ...

A year ago, the question on everyone’s mind was whether any Measure R project could pass a vote – ever. That answer has been resoundingly answered this year as first Nishi and now WDAAC now only pass ...

November 07, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (43) Comments

Read more
WDAAC Cruises to an Easy Approval (Updated)

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 07, 2018
| (27) Comments

WDAAC Cruises to an Easy Approval (Updated)

For the second straight time, the voters of Davis, who rejected the first three Measure J/ R projects, ha ...

For the second straight time, the voters of Davis, who rejected the first three Measure J/ R projects, have approved a project via a Measure R vote. For the second straight time, the vote wasn’t part ...

November 07, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (27) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: What Yes Does

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 04, 2018
| (27) Comments

Guest Commentary: What Yes Does

by David Thompson With your YES vote for Measure L, these low income seniors will get to stay and live in ...

by David Thompson With your YES vote for Measure L, these low income seniors will get to stay and live in Davis. Otherwise, there are few places for them to go. Davis Low Income Seniors are People by ...

November 04, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (27) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: WDAAC Is the Right Project at the Right Location, at the Right Time

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 03, 2018
| (5) Comments

Guest Commentary: WDAAC Is the Right Project at the Right Location, at the Right Time

by Mary Jo Bryan Measure L is coming before the voters this November. A YES on Measure L will result in ...

by Mary Jo Bryan Measure L is coming before the voters this November. A YES on Measure L will result in the construction of greatly needed senior housing, including smaller, single-story homes and 15 ...

November 03, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (5) Comments

Read more
Letter: Why We Need Measure L

Posted by Dan Carson
|Date: November 01, 2018
| (32) Comments

Letter: Why We Need Measure L

by Councilmember Dan Carson The data is startling: Between 2000 and 2010, the U.S. census shows, the num ...

by Councilmember Dan Carson The data is startling: Between 2000 and 2010, the U.S. census shows, the number of elderly households in Davis increased by almost 53%, compared to a 3.6% increase in the ...

November 01, 2018
| by Dan Carson

| (32) Comments

Read more
Analysis: No on Measure L Gets the Affordable Requirements Wrong

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 31, 2018
| (21) Comments

Analysis: No on Measure L Gets the Affordable Requirements Wrong

The No on Measure L crowd has repeatedly claimed that West Davis Active Adult Community's Affordable Hous ...

The No on Measure L crowd has repeatedly claimed that West Davis Active Adult Community's Affordable Housing Program is in violation of the city ordinance. However, according to the city manager and ...

October 31, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (21) Comments

Read more
Guest Commentary: Send the West Davis Active Adult Community Plan Back to the Drawing Board

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 30, 2018
| (16) Comments

Guest Commentary: Send the West Davis Active Adult Community Plan Back to the Drawing Board

Let’s Meet the City’s Real Internal Housing Needs, Including for Low-Income Seniors By Nancy and Don Pric ...

Let’s Meet the City’s Real Internal Housing Needs, Including for Low-Income Seniors By Nancy and Don Price In October 2002, the City Council appointed a subcommittee to study housing needs in Davis. I ...

October 30, 2018
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (16) Comments

Read more
Commentary: A Strange Letter Punctuates the Moment in the Measure L Campaign

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 25, 2018
| (41) Comments

Commentary: A Strange Letter Punctuates the Moment in the Measure L Campaign

There was a moment in the Nishi campaign during the candidates forum during an exchange between opponent ...

There was a moment in the Nishi campaign during the candidates forum during an exchange between opponent Colin Walsh and Sandy Whitcombe, representing the applicant team where weeks of absurd nitpicki ...

October 25, 2018
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

Read more

12 3 4 5

Newsletter Sign-Up

Monthly Subscriber Sign-Up