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Commentary: Is University Commons Really Unaffordable?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 27, 2020
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Commentary: Is University Commons Really Unaffordable?

by David M. Greenwald One of the arguments that has been made time and again by opponents of the Universi ...

by David M. Greenwald One of the arguments that has been made time and again by opponents of the University Commons redevelopment project is that the developer's proposal is basically for building una ...

August 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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University Commons Draws Comments from Public and Council

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 26, 2020
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University Commons Draws Comments from Public and Council

By David M. Greenwald Usually the second reading of a project—even a controversial one like University Co ...

By David M. Greenwald Usually the second reading of a project—even a controversial one like University Commons—is routine. But University Commons was anything but, drawing an hour's worth of comments ...

August 26, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Davis Religious Leaders Imagine What Affordable Housing Could Look Like In Davis

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 23, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Davis Religious Leaders Imagine What Affordable Housing Could Look Like In Davis

At the Davis City Council Meeting on Tuesday, August 18, a 3-2 vote approved the University Commons Propo ...

At the Davis City Council Meeting on Tuesday, August 18, a 3-2 vote approved the University Commons Proposal. We, the undersigned faith leaders, express our disappointment at this decision. While we a ...

August 23, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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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
| by David Greenwald

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Modified University Commons Project Approved on a 3-2 Vote

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 19, 2020
| (29) Comments

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
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: University Commons Project Does Need More Affordable Housing, but There Is a Big “But”

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: University Commons Project Does Need More Affordable Housing, but There Is a Big “But”

By David M. Greenwald I appreciate the sentiments of our guest piece from three members of the Social Ser ...

By David M. Greenwald I appreciate the sentiments of our guest piece from three members of the Social Services Commission (who were writing for themselves) when they pushed for more affordable housing ...

August 17, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: University Mall Needs More Affordable Housing (Corrected)

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 16, 2020
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Guest Commentary: University Mall Needs More Affordable Housing (Corrected)

by Georgina Valencia, Bapu Vaitla, Don Kalman We have had the opportunity to review the revised Affordabl ...

by Georgina Valencia, Bapu Vaitla, Don Kalman We have had the opportunity to review the revised Affordable Housing Program proposal from Brixmor Property Group for the University Mall project. Our Soc ...

August 16, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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My View: The Voice of Opposition to University Commons Is Inherently Couched in Anti-Student Terms

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2020
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My View: The Voice of Opposition to University Commons Is Inherently Couched in Anti-Student Terms

The second part of the University Commons item is coming back to the council on Tuesday after a nearly mo ...

The second part of the University Commons item is coming back to the council on Tuesday after a nearly month-long interlude following a whopping 100 public comments in the meeting in July. What is qu ...

August 15, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Troubling Anti-Student Rhetoric in University Commons Debate

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: August 05, 2020
| (34) Comments

Guest Commentary: Troubling Anti-Student Rhetoric in University Commons Debate

By Molly Mermin I spent several hours the night of July 21st tuned into the Davis City Council meeting, l ...

By Molly Mermin I spent several hours the night of July 21st tuned into the Davis City Council meeting, listening to over 100 commenters express their views on the proposed University Commons project. ...

August 05, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Commentary: Casting a Shadow on the University Commons…

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 30, 2020
| (40) Comments

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
| (23) Comments

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
| (21) Comments

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
| (17) Comments

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
| (22) Comments

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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Guest Commentary: Equity Is Needed in Decision Making Process

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 20, 2020
| (7) Comments

Guest Commentary: Equity Is Needed in Decision Making Process

by Mary Martinez My name is, Maria Martinez, and am the External Vice President of ASUCD. Davis is in a d ...

by Mary Martinez My name is, Maria Martinez, and am the External Vice President of ASUCD. Davis is in a desperate housing shortage, making it difficult for students to afford college, find a safe,comf ...

July 20, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 19, 2020
| (32) Comments

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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Sunday Commentary: Why the City Council Will Have to Approve University Commons

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 07, 2020
| (58) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Why the City Council Will Have to Approve University Commons

Pretty much everything went wrong last week at the Planning Commission, but ultimately while there are ve ...

Pretty much everything went wrong last week at the Planning Commission, but ultimately while there are very likely to be some major changes to the University Commons project, the council is going to h ...

June 07, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Students Push Back after University Commons Setback at the Planning Commission

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 03, 2020
| (67) Comments

Students Push Back after University Commons Setback at the Planning Commission

At last week’s Planning Commission meeting where the commission unanimously rejected the University Commo ...

At last week’s Planning Commission meeting where the commission unanimously rejected the University Commons redevelopment proposal, there was a notable element missing from the public comment period. ...

June 03, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Planning Commission Rejects University Commons Proposal, Developer to Decide Next Steps

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 28, 2020
| (45) Comments

Planning Commission Rejects University Commons Proposal, Developer to Decide Next Steps

Neither the public nor the Planning Commission liked the University Commons Redevelopment proposal, as th ...

Neither the public nor the Planning Commission liked the University Commons Redevelopment proposal, as the commission unanimously supported a motion to reject all five staff recommendations. George Ph ...

May 28, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Housing Demand Is Still High, and University Commons Would Provide Relief in a Superb Location

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: May 26, 2020
| (84) Comments

Guest Commentary: Housing Demand Is Still High, and University Commons Would Provide Relief in a Superb Location

By Don Gibson Davis has not solved the housing shortage. The best way to address this shortage, given the ...

By Don Gibson Davis has not solved the housing shortage. The best way to address this shortage, given the community demands for limiting peripheral growth, is to densify the urban corridors such as Ru ...

May 26, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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