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Vanguard Survey Finds Most Attending Forum Undecided on Nishi

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 01, 2016
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Vanguard Survey Finds Most Attending Forum Undecided on Nishi

It is the most unscientific poll you can find, with only 18 of the roughly 50 people who attended Saturda ...

It is the most unscientific poll you can find, with only 18 of the roughly 50 people who attended Saturday’s forum discussion on Nishi filling out the Vanguard survey. So the results should be taken f ...

February 01, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Can Council Resolve Nishi Baseline Features in Time For a June Election?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 29, 2016
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Can Council Resolve Nishi Baseline Features in Time For a June Election?

Once again, the Davis City Council will hear the latest proposal on Nishi this coming Tuesday. Previously ...

Once again, the Davis City Council will hear the latest proposal on Nishi this coming Tuesday. Previously, the council had a January 12 workshop followed by a public hearing on January 19. The council ...

January 29, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Tuesday Was Council’s Finest Moment

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 21, 2016
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Commentary: Tuesday Was Council’s Finest Moment

As they say, the devil is in the details, but for those who believed that the Nishi vote should be delaye ...

As they say, the devil is in the details, but for those who believed that the Nishi vote should be delayed until November, the Davis City Council had a resounding response on Tuesday night, putting th ...

January 21, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Council Moves Closer To Putting Nishi on June Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2016
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Council Moves Closer To Putting Nishi on June Ballot

There is a lot of work still to be done between now and February 2, the next city council meeting. It is ...

There is a lot of work still to be done between now and February 2, the next city council meeting. It is possible that the council will need beyond that to nail down all of the details on Nishi before ...

January 20, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Vanguard Mace Ranch Innovation Center Forum and Discussion, Part 2

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 20, 2016
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Vanguard Mace Ranch Innovation Center Forum and Discussion, Part 2

Wednesday evening, January 13, about 60 people attended a two-hour presentation and at times vigorous dis ...

Wednesday evening, January 13, about 60 people attended a two-hour presentation and at times vigorous discussion of the Mace Ranch Innovation Center. In part one, Dan Ramos and two of the members of ...

January 20, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Council Moving Toward February Decision on Putting Nishi on the Ballot

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 15, 2016
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Council Moving Toward February Decision on Putting Nishi on the Ballot

Last week, the Davis City Council heard a lengthy presentation, some public comment, and then had some di ...

Last week, the Davis City Council heard a lengthy presentation, some public comment, and then had some discussion on Nishi. Next Tuesday, the council will hold a public hearing on the project applicat ...

January 15, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Developer Makes Firm Commitments on Nishi, Vowing Two Access Points Among Other Considerations

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 19, 2015
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Developer Makes Firm Commitments on Nishi, Vowing Two Access Points Among Other Considerations

This week, the city released the Final Environmental Impact Report on Nishi (you can read it here). Howev ...

This week, the city released the Final Environmental Impact Report on Nishi (you can read it here). However, the questions going forward have concerned a number of critical issues facing the site, whi ...

December 19, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Time to Re-think Zero Net Energy?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 05, 2015
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Time to Re-think Zero Net Energy?

Last week, UC Davis released a report tracking the West Village progress toward zero net energy. The repo ...

Last week, UC Davis released a report tracking the West Village progress toward zero net energy. The report put the good face on it, stating that it “continues to work toward its goal of producing 100 ...

October 05, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Speaker To Address Dollars and Sense of Land Use

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 28, 2015
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Speaker To Address Dollars and Sense of Land Use

How can Davis use its land use entitlement power to grow our tax base? The Enterprise has published dozen ...

How can Davis use its land use entitlement power to grow our tax base? The Enterprise has published dozens of articles on this subject for many years now. What’s driving the push—and the core argument ...

September 28, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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City Releases Draft EIR of Nishi, Touted As Model for Sustainable Low-Carbon Land Use Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 11, 2015
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City Releases Draft EIR of Nishi, Touted As Model for Sustainable Low-Carbon Land Use Development

The city of Davis has released its third major report following last month's release of the Mace Ranch In ...

The city of Davis has released its third major report following last month's release of the Mace Ranch Innovation Center Draft EIR. The city released its Economic Impact Report earlier this week and, ...

September 11, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Nishi Touts Sustainability Implementation Plan Ahead of Draft EIR Release

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 09, 2015
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Nishi Touts Sustainability Implementation Plan Ahead of Draft EIR Release

In a press release from the Nishi developers, ahead of Thursday’s release of the Nishi Draft EIR, the dev ...

In a press release from the Nishi developers, ahead of Thursday’s release of the Nishi Draft EIR, the developers are touting their “Sustainability Implementation Plan,” that they say was developed in ...

September 09, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Public Comments from Tuesday’s Discussion on the Hotel Conference Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2015
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Public Comments from Tuesday’s Discussion on the Hotel Conference Center

The city council, despite some concerns, unanimously approved the Hotel Conference Center project. Howeve ...

The city council, despite some concerns, unanimously approved the Hotel Conference Center project. However, they heard from a large number and wide variety of residents on a number of issues, from tra ...

August 27, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Council Unanimously Approves Hotel Conference Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2015
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Council Unanimously Approves Hotel Conference Center

Council Acknowledges Details Need to Be Worked Out on Core Elements: Traffic, Sustainability and Labor Wi ...

Council Acknowledges Details Need to Be Worked Out on Core Elements: Traffic, Sustainability and Labor With most of the council wanting to send the message of approval for the project, and none of the ...

August 26, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: What Do We Learn From Brett Lee’s Take on Innovation Parks?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 06, 2015
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Analysis: What Do We Learn From Brett Lee’s Take on Innovation Parks?

This weekend, Councilmember Brett Lee wrote a column in the local paper entitled, “The devil is in the de ...

This weekend, Councilmember Brett Lee wrote a column in the local paper entitled, “The devil is in the details for innovation parks,” which presented his thoughts on the proposed innovation parks. Fir ...

August 06, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part II

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 10, 2015
| (6) Comments

The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part II

On Sunday, I published a column, “The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part I.” In it, I argued that the city of D ...

On Sunday, I published a column, “The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part I.” In it, I argued that the city of Davis lacks a clear vision and goals for the future. Instead, I see a patchwork of goals and pol ...

March 10, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary II: The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part I

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 08, 2015
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Sunday Commentary II: The Lack of Vision Paradox, Part I

In her debut column with the Vanguard, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi put forth a vision: “UC Davis can ...

In her debut column with the Vanguard, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi put forth a vision: “UC Davis can spearhead the transformation of our region to take its place as one of the top four regional e ...

March 08, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Dietary Guidelines Committee Proposes That Americans Choose Foods Based on Sustainability

Posted by Leanna Sweha
|Date: March 05, 2015
| (42) Comments

Dietary Guidelines Committee Proposes That Americans Choose Foods Based on Sustainability

By Leanna M Sweha The U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee - experts in nutrition and public health ...

By Leanna M Sweha The U.S. Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee - experts in nutrition and public health - recently released its Scientific Report for the 2015 update to the Dietary Guidelines for Am ...

March 05, 2015
| by Leanna Sweha

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Design Innovation Centers for the 21st Century

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 03, 2015
| (13) Comments

Design Innovation Centers for the 21st Century

by Susan Rainier, AIA The city of Davis is reviewing and analyzing three innovation center proposals. The ...

by Susan Rainier, AIA The city of Davis is reviewing and analyzing three innovation center proposals. The Gateway/Nishi property along Interstate 80 from Olive Drive west is about 44 acres, the Davis ...

March 03, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Monday Morning Thoughts Part I: Mayors Lead, World Follows

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 23, 2015
| (32) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts Part I: Mayors Lead, World Follows

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separat ...

(Editor's note: our readers asked me last week to segment the Monday Morning Thoughts column into separate parts, and I have obliged) In the late 1960s, a phrase emerged, “Think globally, act locally, ...

February 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Vision to Ensure Innovation Centers Are Truly Innovative

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: January 20, 2015
| (35) Comments

Vision to Ensure Innovation Centers Are Truly Innovative

By James Zanetto and Stephen Wheeler The city of Davis is moving forward with three proposals for “innova ...

By James Zanetto and Stephen Wheeler The city of Davis is moving forward with three proposals for “innovation centers” — business parks oriented toward innovative, high-tech companies — in an attempt ...

January 20, 2015
| by Vanguard Administrator

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