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Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 22, 2022
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Commentary: Report from Terner Explores the Benefits and Barriers to Missing Middle Housing

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The “Missing Middle”—some believe this form of housing is the key ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor The “Missing Middle”—some believe this form of housing is the key to unwrapping the current housing crisis. Recently the Terner Center in Berkeley released a pa ...

December 22, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts: DiSC Is Not Creating New GHG Impacts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 07, 2022
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Monday Morning Thoughts: DiSC Is Not Creating New GHG Impacts

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Opponents of the project continue to attempt to make t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Opponents of the project continue to attempt to make the case that DiSC is making “54 million pounds of new GHG emissions” and ignoring the fact that ...

February 07, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Council Sends DiSC 2022 to the Voters – Part I – Applicants Responds to Critics

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 02, 2022
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Council Sends DiSC 2022 to the Voters – Part I – Applicants Responds to Critics

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – DiSC 2022 is heading back to the voters as the council ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – DiSC 2022 is heading back to the voters as the council voted 5-0 to put the measure on the ballot for June 7, 2022. The original project was defeate ...

February 02, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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DiSC 2022 Returns to the Planning Commission This Week

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 09, 2022
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DiSC 2022 Returns to the Planning Commission This Week

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Just 14 months after the initial project came before t ...

By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA - Just 14 months after the initial project came before the voters and lost, DiSC 2022 returns to the Planning Commission for consideration of the reduc ...

January 09, 2022
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Analyzing the Traffic Impacts of DISC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: October 19, 2020
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Analysis: Analyzing the Traffic Impacts of DISC

By David M. Greenwald Critics of the project point to 24,000 additional car trips as a huge impact of the ...

By David M. Greenwald Critics of the project point to 24,000 additional car trips as a huge impact of the project. Proponents of the project note that this is the unmitigated impact. There are clearly ...

October 19, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 29, 2019
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Sunday Commentary: Driving is Trending Down, but Don’t Tell People in Davis

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the ...

Want to raise the hackles of people on this site? Talk about parking. One of the rallying cries of the people opposing the ARC (Aggie Research Campus) is to point out the 4340 parking spots that are ...

December 29, 2019
| by David Greenwald

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Mixed-use Mace Ranch Innovation Center Plan Is the Better Alternative

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

Mixed-use Mace Ranch Innovation Center Plan Is the Better Alternative

By Dan Ramos Our experiences so far on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center project have been much like going ...

By Dan Ramos Our experiences so far on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center project have been much like going on a trip to a new destination. If you’re like me, you want to have a pretty good idea of what ...

February 22, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Staff Believes Mixed Use “Has Merit” At MRIC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 19, 2016
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Staff Believes Mixed Use “Has Merit” At MRIC

Council is receiving an update on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC). Among other things, the staff ...

Council is receiving an update on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC). Among other things, the staff is requesting direction regarding how to treat the Mixed Use alternative throughout the remaind ...

February 19, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Should There Be Housing at MRIC?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: January 18, 2016
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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Should There Be Housing at MRIC?

On Wednesday evening, the biggest pushback on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center seemed to be over the issu ...

On Wednesday evening, the biggest pushback on the Mace Ranch Innovation Center seemed to be over the issue of whether it should be a research park-only site or whether there should be a mixed-use comp ...

January 18, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Commentary: Council Deals with Draft EIR, Now Needs to Take Housing Off Table

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 03, 2015
| (39) Comments

Commentary: Council Deals with Draft EIR, Now Needs to Take Housing Off Table

The Davis City Council on Tuesday made the decision to extend the EIR deadline for the Mace Ranch Innovat ...

The Davis City Council on Tuesday made the decision to extend the EIR deadline for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center by 45 days. In doing so, they acknowledged that they were pushing the Measure R vote ...

September 03, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Two Issues Loom on Mace Ranch Innovation Center

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 01, 2015
| (34) Comments

Analysis: Two Issues Loom on Mace Ranch Innovation Center

Responding to feedback from the public last week, the Davis City Council will take up the issue of the ti ...

Responding to feedback from the public last week, the Davis City Council will take up the issue of the timing of the EIR. Several members of the public spoke during public comment time to ask for an e ...

September 01, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Why a Slow-Growther Should Consider the Mace Ranch Innovation Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 23, 2015
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Sunday Commentary: Why a Slow-Growther Should Consider the Mace Ranch Innovation Park

In the last few days I have seen a wave of emails and letters calling for an additional period of environ ...

In the last few days I have seen a wave of emails and letters calling for an additional period of environmental review for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center EIR (Environmental Impact Report). I get it, ...

August 23, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Time to Think Beyond the Simple Local Issues

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 22, 2015
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My View: Time to Think Beyond the Simple Local Issues

Council is just about to crank up again – I know some on the council will not like my saying this, but in ...

Council is just about to crank up again – I know some on the council will not like my saying this, but in the nine years on the Vanguard, the period from August 2014 to July 2015 has been the quietest ...

August 22, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: Where Does Housing Issue Go on Mace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 20, 2015
| (5) Comments

Analysis: Where Does Housing Issue Go on Mace

Councilmember Brett Lee believes that the draft EIR’s housing analysis for the Mace project is flawed. Th ...

Councilmember Brett Lee believes that the draft EIR’s housing analysis for the Mace project is flawed. The Vanguard’s analysis from last week showed ways around the impact of vehicle miles and greenho ...

August 20, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Monday Morning Thoughts II: Returning to Basics on the Community Discussions on the Innovation Park

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 17, 2015
| (1) Comment

Monday Morning Thoughts II: Returning to Basics on the Community Discussions on the Innovation Park

In case you were out of town and missed it, the draft EIR from the Mace Ranch Innovation Center was relea ...

In case you were out of town and missed it, the draft EIR from the Mace Ranch Innovation Center was released late on Thursday. The developer’s press release focused on the housing alternative, leading ...

August 17, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Housing Not Needed for MRIC

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 16, 2015
| (5) Comments

Sunday Commentary: Housing Not Needed for MRIC

There have been missteps before on the path towards a June 2016 Measure R vote. Early on, the developer h ...

There have been missteps before on the path towards a June 2016 Measure R vote. Early on, the developer had asked for council to consider an exemption to Measure R and then an advisory vote on their p ...

August 16, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Why is Mace Developer Leading on Housing?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 15, 2015
| (22) Comments

My View: Why is Mace Developer Leading on Housing?

When the city of Davis in May of 2014 issued its Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI), one of the g ...

When the city of Davis in May of 2014 issued its Request for Expressions of Interest (RFEI), one of the guiding attributes was “Acknowledgement of community's current desire for no residential to be i ...

August 15, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Innovation Center Draft EIR Concludes Housing Alternative Greatly Reduces Environmental Impacts

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: August 14, 2015
| (20) Comments

Innovation Center Draft EIR Concludes Housing Alternative Greatly Reduces Environmental Impacts

On Thursday, the city of Davis released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Mace Ranch I ...

On Thursday, the city of Davis released the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC), which begins the statutory 47-day comment period extending from August ...

August 14, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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My View: Is Housing at Innovation Parks a Non-Starter?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: July 18, 2015
| (50) Comments

My View: Is Housing at Innovation Parks a Non-Starter?

In the EPS (Economic and Planning Systems, Inc.) report that came out this week, one of the key issues fo ...

In the EPS (Economic and Planning Systems, Inc.) report that came out this week, one of the key issues for ongoing consideration is to “consider housing,” noting, “This use may help reduce trips, lowe ...

July 18, 2015
| by David Greenwald

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Analysis: The Counter-Narrative on Retail and Big Box Development

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: June 04, 2015
| (41) Comments

Analysis: The Counter-Narrative on Retail and Big Box Development

Since the early days of the Vanguard, these pages have been fiercely critical of the notion of big box re ...

Since the early days of the Vanguard, these pages have been fiercely critical of the notion of big box retail, concerned that investment into large, distant companies will undermine local business pro ...

June 04, 2015
| by David Greenwald

| (41) Comments

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