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…
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…
Sunday Commentary II: Questions We Should Be Asking about Our Future
While the council largely made it clear that they would like some different questions asked in the…
Commentary: Thoughts on a New General Plan
The last time we started talking about a new general plan in Davis, I was opposed to…
Guest Commentary: Let’s Embrace a New General Plan—Some Thoughts and Suggestions
by Jim Gray 1. I am glad that the City Council and professional planners are considering updating…
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…
LRDP Remains a Critical Issue for the Community and Council
An item about the formation of a council subcommittee on UC Davis’ Long Range Development Plan (LRDP)…
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: 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: How to Move Forward as a Community
A few years ago, I was sitting in a meeting of the Innovation Parks Task Force, and,…
My View: Always No? I’m Afraid So
Colin Walsh, one of the leaders of the No on Measure A campaign, responds to the Davis…