Monday Morning Thoughts: The City Needs to Revitalize the Downtown
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Walk around the downtown when the students are…
Guest Commentary: Adopt the Downtown Specific Plan – Hibbert Site Is One of the Best Sites for Mixed-Use Housing!
by Jim Gray Here is a letter which we submitted to the Davis City Council regarding…
Sunday Commentary: Downtown Plan Banking on Mixed Use to Save the Downtown – That Might Be a Mistake
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – In recent years we have seen the retail…
Downtown Plan Now Goes to the Council
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Last week, at a special meeting, the Davis…
Commentary: University About to Deal Another Blow to Davis, Moving Commencements to Sac
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – At a recent meeting with the city and…
Downtown Specific Plan Goes to Planning Commission Tonight
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA -After long delays, the CEQA approval will go before…
Commentary: City Is Counting on the Downtown Plan for Housing – Here’s Why That Could Be Challenging
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – Next Tuesday, the Downtown Specific Plan will go…
Vanguard 2022 Council Candidate Questions – Question 5
Every Monday from here until the election, the Vanguard will ask all five of the council candidates…
City Opens Downtown Plan EIR Comment Period
Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – The City of Davis announced that the comment period is…
Downtown Davis Specific Plan Draft EIR Review Period Underway
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – The city is finally restarting the process for…
Letter Calls For Public Reconsideration on G Street
Special to the Vanguard Davis, CA – The Council previously deadlocked 2-2 in November on the issue…
Bay Area Based Local Kitchens Opening New Location in Davis
By Aleeza Khan DAVIS, CA — Local Kitchens has announced plans to open its newest…
Davis’ Potential Russell Blvd Plan Unveiled
By Aleeza Khan DAVIS, CA – Once known as the Avenue of Trees, Russell…
Sunday Commentary: A Look Ahead to Some Burning Issues in Davis
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – A I head into my 16th year of…
Council to Examine the G Street Closure, Downtown Improvements
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As the city once again starts to emerge…
Monday Morning Thoughts: G Street Was a Lifeline to Businesses
By David M. Greenwald Executive Editor Davis, CA – As I wrote earlier this year, the city…
Davis Planning Commission Discusses Downtown Form Based Code
By Flor Sanchez and Renee Applegate DAVIS — The City of Davis Planning Commission met Wednesday evening…
Commentary: Retail Vacancies – Ominous Sign or Just an Artifact of the Pandemic?
By David M. Greenwald Davis, CA – Someone shared with me a CoStar Analytics report that looked…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Creating Public Spaces in Downtown
By David M. Greenwald While the densification and added residential housing in the downtown plan has gotten…
Davis Ace Hardware: Corporate Owners Change Store and President Weighs In, Part 2
by Jordan Varney and Emily Dill DAVIS — For 105 years, the Anderson family owned part or…