Mayor Wolk Hits the High Notes During State of the City Address
Mayor Dan Wolk opened his remarks during the Davis Chamber’s State of the City Address citing Led…
Final EIR Released on Nishi
The city of Davis has released the Final Environmental Impact Report on Nishi (you can read it…
Letter from SACOG on the Proposed Plan for the MRIC
The following is a letter dated November 17 to Davis City Manager Dirk Brazil from Mike McKeever,…
MRIC Applicant Pushes For Sole Consideration of Mixed Use Housing Proposal
Last week, Dan Ramos, representing the Mace Race Innovation Center (MRIC) project applicant, requested consideration of a…
Council to Receive Update on Nishi
This fall, the city of Davis released a draft EIR for the Nishi Gateway Center where the…
City Seeks Input on Mace Innovation Center Via Virtual Workshop
The City of Davis launched a virtual community workshop for the Mace Ranch Innovation Center (MRIC) project. …
UC Davis Launches 13 New Startups
The University of California, Davis, continues to foster discovery and innovation, enabling 13 startup companies in the…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Davis and Regional Economic Development
Last week, we noted that on Tuesday Night, UC Davis Assistant Vice Chancellor for Campus Planning and…
Commentary: Top Issue and Most Elusive Goal in This Community is Fiscal Sustainability
This is probably not a fair indictment, but in the last 12 to 18 months, it seems…
Brett Lee Announces Re-Election Run
by Brett Lee When I first ran for City Council in 2012, one of my chief motivations…
Minicozzi’s Model Applied to Davis
Before a large crowd at the Veteran’s Memorial Theater, Joe Minicozzi came to Davis Tuesday to do…
Minicozzi Tells Audience To Allow Their Biases To Melt Away with Regard to Land Use and Development
Before a large crowd at the Veteran’s Memorial Theater, Joe Minicozzi came to Davis yesterday to do…
Chamber Names Current President Blackman As New CEO
It was a move that caught many off guard. Exactly a month after the surprise announcement that…
Speaker To Address Dollars and Sense of Land Use
How can Davis use its land use entitlement power to grow our tax base? The Enterprise has…
The Cost Side of the Net Revenue Equation Also Important at MRIC
The Vanguard has been critical of the fiscal analysis, questioning whether the $2.2 million in net revenue…
Analysis: Is There a Way to Move Forward on Economic Development?
I read a recent letter to the local paper which started out, “We seem to be at…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Why Nishi Doesn’t Go Far Enough
Nishi is an interesting project from one perspective – it seems people either love it or they…
Long Awaited Fiscal Impact Report Shows MRIC with Potential $2.2 Million in Revenue at Buildout
Both the city and the Mace Ranch Innovation Center Developers were touting the findings of the long-awaited…
Analysis: A Look at the Future of Economic Development in Davis
This week we asked the question of how Davis is benefiting from entrepreneurs, startups, and tech transfer….
Commentary: Council’s Move Allows Us to Engage in Further Discussion
Last night the Davis City Council voted to grant an extension to the comment period for the…
