Today, on Picnic Day, thousands of memories are being created. Community bonds are being formed, and for some new to Davis, a long lasting fondness for our great City has been sparked. What is YOUR first memory of Davis?
Davis is a great community, because generations of Davis residents have proactively shaped our future: from the bike paths to the greenbelts to the Arboretum, from our centralized downtown to our inspiring advanced manufacturing businesses to our close partnership with the University. This June, we have a chance to once again proactively shape our future by voting Yes on Measure A.
Yes on Measure A approves construction of the Nishi Gateway, a 325,000 square foot innovation park and 650-unit neighborhood that has been molded by eight years of feedback and collaboration from the community, city, county, and university. Situated between the campus and downtown, it’s designed to meet the internal needs of our City, capturing our community’s high standards for environmental leadership and university partnership.
Nishi will help us retain businesses that emerge from tech transfer on campus. It will also house approximately 1,500 students who will no longer have to commute from other cities. It invests millions into our schools, city services, parks, and roads. It fulfills important Davis needs and prepares us for many of the challenges ahead.
It’s the people who live in the community that cherish the values we share in our University town. It’s the University, shaping future California leaders, making discoveries that can change the world and create jobs in our backyard. It’s the students and professors and faculty and families that support our downtown businesses and contribute to our way of life.
Vote Yes on Measure A to continue planning for our future together. It’s smart and sustainable.
It was very hard to get to Picnic Day with the heavy traffic, lack of traffic lights, lack of traffic control along B Street and 1st street.
It’s also very difficult to find parking within a few blocks of the Farmers’ Markets. The bank parking lot between E and F was all choked up Saturday morning with Market parking.
Unless and until there’s a plan for downtown, increasing traffic is not a sensible idea.
Well all of this congestion has happened without any significant peripheral growth.
Traffic is increasing already despite the lack of a plan.
And it will continue to increase.
So this is a phony excuse.