Monday Morning Thoughts: Woodland Takes Advantage of Davis’ Shortcomings
Over the summer, the Vanguard reported that the Davis Innovation Center, which officially “paused” its development process…
Sunday Commentary: How Can Davis Restore Its Retail Base?
As the city of Davis looks to generate revenue to pay for unfunded infrastructure and to continue…
My View: We Don’t Need Radical Change, but We Do Need to Break Paralysis
Contrary to some, I don’t see Davis in a renaissance, I see it in a slow and…
Guest Commentary: New Ownership Brings Changes to the Downtown
By Jason Taormino The Davis Chamber welcomes Browman Development to Davis and we are pleased they chose…
Analysis: Can We Cut Our Way to Prosperity?
In 2008, the Vanguard was ahead of the curve, warning of unsustainable spending practices by the city,…
What Does the City’s Comprehensive Annual Financial Report Tell Us about the Health of the Hotel Market in Davis?
By Matt Williams In all of the Vanguard dialogue about the Hyatt House project, to date there…
Sunday Commentary: The Davis Dilemma
The Hyatt House hotel is only the most recent example of the difficulty of doing infill in…
Sunday Commentary: Can We Forge Community Consensus to Solve Our Revenue Crisis?
We live in a beautiful community that we cannot afford to pay for with existing revenues. We…
My View: No Easy Answers for City Revenue
Bottom Line: To Remain The Community We Love, We Must Give a Little, On Something San Luis…
A Tale of Two Cities on Sales Tax
Last week, the Vanguard presented data on per capita retail revenue, and it was not completely surprising…
Commentary: What Can We Do to Close the Revenue Gap?
Yesterday’s article, that showed Davis lagging well behind both regional comparable cities as well as other college…
Davis Roots Draws in Psynthesys from Bay Area
(From press release) – Davis-based startup incubator Davis Roots is proud to announce that a new medical…
Analysis: Davis Lags in Per Capita Retail Sales
As we noted earlier this week, Davis, probably not surprisingly, is near the bottom in terms of…
Commentary: Why is Davis’ Sales Tax Per Capita So Low?
It comes as little surprise to the informed observer that Davis’ sales tax per capita is much…
Monday Morning Thoughts III: The Nexus of Ag-Tech and Davis
Josette Lewis, the associated director of the World Food Center at UC Davis, in a piece that…
Commentary: UC Davis Holds the Key to the Future, Stop Focusing on the Salacious Past
The Sacramento Bee once again airs the dirty laundry from the Katehi scandal, this time airing a…
Monday Morning Thoughts III: Revisiting Innovation Centers
The discussion on the Purdue Innovation District got off track from where I hoped it will go,…
Commentary: More Missed Opportunities for Davis
Prior to Nishi being placed on the ballot, the Vanguard made the point that we needed to…
Commentary: Should We Just Forget about Development Issues for Another 10 to 15 Years?
Yesterday’s suggestion for a path forward toward community consensus triggered some interesting discussions, but one of the…
Commentary: Measure R Isn’t Going to Go Away, but Neither Are Measure R Projects
The ink was barely dry on the apparent defeat of Measure A a few weeks ago when…
