UC Davis Selects Development Partner for Aggie Square
By David Wescott After an extensive selection process, the University of California, Davis, has selected the team…
Social Services Recommends ARC Be Bound by Affordable Housing Policies at the Time of Proposals
The first step in a long string of advisory board hearings for the Aggie Research Campus, found…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Innovation Can Work in Davis
Last week the New York Times ran an article that highlighted a report documenting “the concentration of…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Traffic or Housing and Economic Development?
When people were polled last spring, the issue that most concerned them was cost of housing. When…
Council to Discuss and Formulate 2020 Goals and Focus Items
Back in September 2018, the Davis City Council met to discuss overall goals for the 2018-20 legislative…
Commentary: 4340 Parking Spaces Is a Rallying Point for Opposition to ARC; Applicants Need to Take the Issue Away
In 2016, when the developers of Nishi put forward their project to the voters, there were two…
Mayor’s Monthly Podcast, Episode 1: Brett Lee Talks about Davis Issues
The Vanguard hosts its first monthly podcast with Davis Mayor Brett Lee. We talk about critical issues…
Council Approves Supplemental EIR to Study ARC
On Tuesday, council pulled a consent item that authorized the city to spend around a quarter million…
Monday Morning Thoughts: What’s Appropriate for Consent
Last month some community members complained that an item which authorized the council to hire EPS to…
Walls Titled at the Offices @ Mace Ranch in Davis
– Colliers International is representing the Buzz Oates/Ramos ownership group, in the leasing of two 16,200…
My View: Reality Hits Home with the Impending Loss of Schilling Robotics
The reality is that Tyler Schilling warned us – he warned us back in 2014 that they…
Downtown Plan Lays Out Development Strategy – Part Two
The City of Davis has released the Draft Davis Downtown Plan this week. Yesterday’s article (City Releases…
City Releases Draft of Downtown Plan and Code
This week the city released a draft of the Downtown Davis Specific Plan and a Draft Downtown…
Schilling Robotics Plans to Leave Davis, Open New Facility in Port of West Sacramento
By Danielle Silva Schilling Robotics is planning a manufacturing project in the Port of West Sacramento, which…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Five Early Thoughts on the Aggie Research Campus
We have been talking about Aggie Research Campus (ARC) for months already, but until this past week…
Sunday Commentary: If We Lose Schilling or Other Major Companies, This Time We Were Warned
In 2013, as Davis was dealt a blow from losing Bayer Crop Science, formerly AgraQuest, Commercial Real…
Analysis: Details Emerge in Aggie Research Campus Application
When the team of developers led by Project Manager Dan Ramos sent a letter to the city…
Accusations Fly in Precursor to ARC Discussion
They were supposed to be two basic items which were rightly placed on the consent calendar –…
Sunday Commentary: Davis Teeters with an Unsustainable Economic and Fiscal Situation
The data is a few years old – 2014-2015 – but it paints us a picture that…
Council to Finalize Food and Economic Development Report
In May, the city council endorsed the objectives of the “Food and Economic Development in Davis” report…
