It’s Official: Davis Innovation Center Now Moves to Woodland
It was the spring of 2014 when the city of Davis put out a Request for Expressions…
Sunday Commentary: The Davis Dilemma
The Hyatt House hotel is only the most recent example of the difficulty of doing infill in…
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…
Economic Development Series: Future of Economic Development in Davis
By Robb Davis (Editor’s note: following the decision by Mace Ranch Innovation Center to put its pending…
Sunday Commentary: What If Economic Development Bypasses Davis?
In yesterday’s column, the Vanguard noted that the city of Davis faces $655 million in unfunded and…
Sunday Commentary: City’s Economic Development Is Crumbling
A month ago we warned that “Cascading System’s Failure in Planning May Doom Economic Development in Davis”…
Commentary: Cascading System’s Failure in Planning May Doom Economic Development in Davis
It was just over a year ago when the residents of the Binning Tract were gearing up…
Report: Will the Proposed Innovation Centers Yield the Type of Return Anticipated?
In May, the Economic & Planning Systems, Inc. (EPS), “prepared an Administrative Draft Report evaluating economic and…
Where Do Mace and Nishi Stand?
It has been a tumultuous few weeks. First, nearly three weeks ago, the city received notice from…
Vanguard Analysis: The Exit of Rob White Likely Means the End of Davis as a Regional Economic Development Player
For some time, the Vanguard was aware that Chief Innovation Officer Rob White would be leaving the…
Anti-Development Efforts Pick Up
While for the most part it has been fairly quiet, there are signs that the forces that…
Commentary: Somehow the Progressive Community Needs to Be Re-Engaged
Last spring there was a series of meetings of the Innovation Park Task Force and, at several…
Davis, Let’s Be Resilient And “Double-Down” On Economic Development!!
By Jim Gray I was disappointed to read that the Davis Innovation Center near Sutter Davis has…
Sunday Commentary: Can We Salvage the Promise of Davis?
This was not a good week for Davis. The loss of the Davis Innovation Center by itself…
Commentary: City Looking in the Wrong Place For Demise of Davis Innovation Center Proposal
It is understandable that the first reaction by the city of Davis, upon hearing the news that…
Study Shows Potential Economic Impact, Benefits of Innovation Centers
On Monday, the consultant A. Plescia & Co. Economic and Planning Systems (EPS) made a presentation to…
Mace Innovation Center In It For the Long Haul
On Tuesday came the surprise announcement from the Davis Innovation Center that they were pulling out of…
Davis Innovation Center Pulls Out
Davis City Manager Dirk Brazil told the Vanguard late on Tuesday afternoon that the Davis Innovation Center…
What Should the Davis Innovation Ecoystem Look Like?
In her column on Monday, UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi wrote, “To continue making progress, we must…
