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Key Questions that Trackside Raises about Design Guidelines and Core Area Specific Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2017
| (24) Comments

Key Questions that Trackside Raises about Design Guidelines and Core Area Specific Plan

Tonight the latest iteration of Trackside goes before the Davis Planning Commission. The Planning Commis ...

Tonight the latest iteration of Trackside goes before the Davis Planning Commission. The Planning Commission will not have the final say over the project, however, it has the capacity to forge a numb ...

August 23, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (24) Comments

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Trackside Goes Back to Planning Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 21, 2017
| (3) Comments

Trackside Goes Back to Planning Commission

Back in July, the Davis Planning Commission was set to hear and make a recommendation on the Sustainable ...

Back in July, the Davis Planning Commission was set to hear and make a recommendation on the Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment/Initial Study as well as the planning application for the ...

August 21, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: What Do Trackside and Davis Ace Have in Common?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2017
| (27) Comments

Sunday Commentary: What Do Trackside and Davis Ace Have in Common?

Back in June there was a lengthy discussion over a proposed parking project by Davis Ace Hardware. The d ...

Back in June there was a lengthy discussion over a proposed parking project by Davis Ace Hardware. The discussion over Davis Ace’s parking highlighted the need for more extensive examination of the i ...

August 20, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: What Are Realistic Housing Options for Davis?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2017
| (7) Comments

Sunday Commentary: What Are Realistic Housing Options for Davis?

I missed the Planning Commission meeting this week due to the Vanguard event on homelessness – ironic bec ...

I missed the Planning Commission meeting this week due to the Vanguard event on homelessness – ironic because one of the points Mayor Robb Davis made is that, while there are visible homeless in the c ...

July 30, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should We Do about Trackside?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 24, 2017
| (14) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: What Should We Do about Trackside?

From the start, Trackside has been a lightning rod for criticism. The initial project was seen as far to ...

From the start, Trackside has been a lightning rod for criticism. The initial project was seen as far too large for the space it occupied. The approach of the developers seemed to alienate the neigh ...

July 24, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: B St Project Paints Troubling Future for Infill Discussion

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 21, 2017
| (37) Comments

Commentary: B St Project Paints Troubling Future for Infill Discussion

In many ways the discussion that occurred on Tuesday was a familiar one for council – an infill project i ...

In many ways the discussion that occurred on Tuesday was a familiar one for council – an infill project is proposed, the existing neighbors push back against it. But there was one difference – most i ...

July 21, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Trackside Hearing Was Postponed, Reset for August

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 20, 2017
| 0 comments

Trackside Hearing Was Postponed, Reset for August

The Old East Davis Neighborhood Association in mid-afternoon requested a rescheduling of the Trackside Ce ...

The Old East Davis Neighborhood Association in mid-afternoon requested a rescheduling of the Trackside Center Mixed Use Project hearing after learning that one Planning Commission member would be recu ...

July 20, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: More on Trackside and the Core Area Specific Plan

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 17, 2017
| (5) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: More on Trackside and the Core Area Specific Plan

Yesterday’s column argued that the city may need to update its Core Area Specific Plan (CASP) before exam ...

Yesterday’s column argued that the city may need to update its Core Area Specific Plan (CASP) before examining the new Trackside development proposal. It was pointed out that the current plan was adop ...

July 17, 2017
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Trackside Debate Illustrates Need for CASP Update

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 16, 2017
| (67) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Trackside Debate Illustrates Need for CASP Update

I have mixed feelings on the need to do a new General Plan. Or at least a full new one. An update of th ...

I have mixed feelings on the need to do a new General Plan. Or at least a full new one. An update of the Core Area Specific Plan (CASP) with updates on sustainability goals might be sufficient. But ...

July 16, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (67) Comments

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Trackside to Hold Public Hearing on Initial Study

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 12, 2017
| (41) Comments

Trackside to Hold Public Hearing on Initial Study

Next week, the Davis Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the Trackside Center project, a ...

Next week, the Davis Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing on the Trackside Center project, as the city has prepared a Sustainable Communities Environmental Assessment (SCEA) Initial Study ...

July 12, 2017
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

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Five Things the Council Should Do by the Start of 2017

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 22, 2016
| (55) Comments

Five Things the Council Should Do by the Start of 2017

With the council elections and now the national elections over, it is time for the Davis City Council to ...

With the council elections and now the national elections over, it is time for the Davis City Council to act on priorities that may have changed somewhat in the last few weeks. Here are five things t ...

November 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Neighbors Continue Opposition to Trackside

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: November 13, 2016
| (24) Comments

Analysis: Neighbors Continue Opposition to Trackside

If there was any remaining hope that a compromise might be reached between the neighbors and the Tracksid ...

If there was any remaining hope that a compromise might be reached between the neighbors and the Trackside developers, the letter today in the local paper suggests otherwise. The writer notes, “I’ve b ...

November 13, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (24) Comments

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Monday Morning Thoughts: Density and Location of Growth

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 24, 2016
| (112) Comments

Monday Morning Thoughts: Density and Location of Growth

Last week we had an extended conversation without much resolution about the need for and location of new ...

Last week we had an extended conversation without much resolution about the need for and location of new growth. The conversation emerged out of comments about the revised Trackside proposal, which h ...

October 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (112) Comments

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Commentary: Discussion of How to Meet Housing Needs Remains Vital

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 21, 2016
| (64) Comments

Commentary: Discussion of How to Meet Housing Needs Remains Vital

In yesterday’s column, we put forward the issue of housing needs. As we put it, some have argued that yo ...

In yesterday’s column, we put forward the issue of housing needs. As we put it, some have argued that you should not build up, you need to build out. Others have argued that not being able to build ...

October 21, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (64) Comments

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Commentary: Trackside Raises Critical Issue for the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 20, 2016
| (86) Comments

Commentary: Trackside Raises Critical Issue for the City

The neighbors of Trackside posed the issue of the city’s planning by exception. They wrote that the neig ...

The neighbors of Trackside posed the issue of the city’s planning by exception. They wrote that the neighborhood association “supports development on the Trackside site, as specified by the Design Gu ...

October 20, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (86) Comments

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Guest Commentary: Trackside Developers Respond to Neighbors’ Concerns

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 19, 2016
| (56) Comments

Guest Commentary: Trackside Developers Respond to Neighbors’ Concerns

by Steve Greenfield and Kemble Pope Two years ago, over 40 Davisites decided to invest in our community b ...

by Steve Greenfield and Kemble Pope Two years ago, over 40 Davisites decided to invest in our community by purchasing and proposing privately funded redevelopment of the Trackside Center at 901-919 Th ...

October 19, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (56) Comments

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Neighbors Remain Opposed to Revised Trackside Proposal

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: October 18, 2016
| (105) Comments

Neighbors Remain Opposed to Revised Trackside Proposal

By Rhonda Reed, Cathy Forkas, Alan C. Miller, Mark Grote and Steve Kaltenbach Trackside Partners LLC has ...

By Rhonda Reed, Cathy Forkas, Alan C. Miller, Mark Grote and Steve Kaltenbach Trackside Partners LLC has proposed a redesigned building at the site it purchased in Old East Davis. Though smaller than ...

October 18, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

| (105) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: Optimism Gives Way to Challenging Times for the City

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 16, 2016
| (23) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Optimism Gives Way to Challenging Times for the City

This week in a column that urged the city to recommit to an Economic Development Strategy, we quoted the ...

This week in a column that urged the city to recommit to an Economic Development Strategy, we quoted the mayor listing goals from a recent retreat and noting, “No magic bullets here but these are thin ...

October 16, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (23) Comments

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Davis Chamber Comes Out in Favor of Trackside Project

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 13, 2016
| (20) Comments

Davis Chamber Comes Out in Favor of Trackside Project

The Davis Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday came out in favor of “the updated proposal for the Trackside C ...

The Davis Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday came out in favor of “the updated proposal for the Trackside Center project, submitted by applicant Kemble Pope as a representative of the investor group for ...

October 13, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (20) Comments

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Sunday Commentary: We Live Under a False Sense of Permanency in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 18, 2016
| (87) Comments

Sunday Commentary: We Live Under a False Sense of Permanency in Davis

A city that has been unable to develop on the periphery for two decades, starved for tax and new forms of ...

A city that has been unable to develop on the periphery for two decades, starved for tax and new forms of revenue and short on student housing, is increasingly looking at infill projects that pit new ...

September 18, 2016
| by David Greenwald

| (87) Comments

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