Joint Commission Hears Fiscal Analysis of Davis Downtown Development
Matt Kowta presented his fiscal analysis of whether development in the downtown is viable to a joint…
Commentary: How Our Downtown Plan Measures Up
Davis has been moving closer to a draft Downtown Plan that figures to transform the downtown –…
Commentary: Can the Community Support Dense Residential and Mixed-Use in the Downtown?
Last week the Davis Downtown Plan Advisory Committee (DPAC) met to consider a number of recommendations that…
Downtown Committee Meets to Consider Options for New Downtown Specific Plan
One of the big questions facing the community as we draw to the end of the current…
Commentary: Parking, Fluoridation, Green Waste – What Davis Can’t Seem to Get Right
When I started the Vanguard – 13 years ago this coming July – I had the premise…
Council Finds Middle Ground Adding Paid Parking in Lots, but Not on Surface Streets
It turned out that none of the four members of the Davis City Council were ready to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Does Davis Believe in Science?
As we move toward a decision on paid parking, it is disconcerting the extent to which Davis,…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis Ace Sale Not about Parking Policies
This past week, the owners of Davis Ace announced that they would be selling their longtime store. …
Sunday Commentary: Is Now the Time to Implement Paid Parking?
One of the big questions we asked back during the Trackside debate was – even if you…
Guest Commentary: Downtown Entreats Council to Reject Parking Meters
by Dan Urazandi The history of paid parking in Davis has unfolded outside my store window. From…
Monday Morning Thoughts: A Week Out, Perhaps Signs of Possible Ways to Compromise on Paid Parking
We are a week a way from the continuation of the March 5 meeting on paid parking…
Commentary: Today Mayor Lee Gives the State of the City Address, What Does It Look Like?
At midday today, Mayor Brett Lee will give his first state of the city address. It has…
Sunday Commentary: Council’s Dilemma – Do They Listen to Stakeholders or the Experts on Parking?
Given the time of night it was on Tuesday and where they were in the meeting, delay…
Commentary: Council’s Decision to Delay Decision on Parking – the Good and the Bad
How many times have we seen council, in their desire to make a decision on a controversial…
Council Does Not Make a Decision as Tensions Rise about Paid Parking Proposal
By Linnea Patterson and David Greenwald City Hall was packed on Tuesday night to hear the city…
Guest Commentary: Thoughts on Paid Parking
By Will Arnold This Tuesday, my City Council colleagues will discuss, and potentially take action, regarding how…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Editorial Opposes Paid Parking in the Downtown
The Enterprise editorial basically argues that the parking issue while it has been about the availability of…
Sunday Commentary: If Businesses Don’t Want Paid Parking Downtown They Have an Alternative
In a letter to the mayor in late January, the Davis Chamber came out against the paid…
Will Council Impose Paid Parking over Community Opposition?
On Tuesday the Davis City Council will be asked to make a determination on one of the…
Mayor Lee Talks Downtown Parking
One of the hottest issues around town has been one of whether to bring paid parking into…