Council Reluctant, But Unanimous in Support of Advisory Vote on Innovation Parks
The ultimate 5-0 vote on Councilmember Rochelle Swanson’s motion belies the vast difference in viewpoints each councilmember…
Next Steps on Innovation Centers
By Rob White Last night, the Davis City Council made several decisions regarding the process for next…
Developer Backs Off Request For Expedited Measure R Process
Recognizing that pushing for an expedited Measure R process would potentially derail the process, the Mace Innovation…
Commentary: The Way Forward Toward a Business Park
When I first heard the idea of a peripheral business park, I thought it was crazy to…
The Region is Watching to See What Davis Does
A source late last week laid out to the Vanguard a doomsday scenario suggesting that the regional…
UCD Moves Further on Third Campus, Will WFC Follow?
Late last week, Chancellor Linda Katehi announced that Steve Currall, Dean of the Graduate School of Management…
Another Giant Council Mistake?
by Jeff Boone Most of us agree that previous City Councils made big mistakes over-expanding and over-compensating…
A 6-Month Plan to Meet Our Challenges
by Dan Wolk and Robb Davis A week from this Tuesday, a new City Council and Mayor…
Investments and Missed Opportunities
by Rob White This week was an interesting dichotomy of news. On one hand, three Davis companies…
Analysis: Measure O and Fiscal Sustainability
On Tuesday night, Measure O passed and passed easily, with 58 percent of the vote. Measure O…
News Briefs: City Gets Grant for Gateway Project; Meet the New City Council
Davis Receives Grant for Downtown University Gateway Plan The State of California Strategic Growth Council (SGC) has…
Davis in Demand
I wrote last week about a set of articles published a few weeks ago in the Xconomy…
Revisiting Measure O’s Impact on Economic Development
Back in early May, we asked Rob White to weigh in on the impact of the failure…
World Food Center to Sacramento Not a Done Deal Yet
Chancellor Announces Advisory Group, No Decision Made on WFC – UC Davis, less than a week after…
Analysis: Davis to Lose World Food Center?
A few weeks ago the buzz starting to leak out was that the World Food Center was…
Capital-to-Capital Advocacy Trip – Wrap-up
by Rob White This was the 44th annual Sacramento Metro Chamber’s Cap-to-Cap Advocacy Trip, where regional business,…
Council Clears Way for Innovation Center RFEI to Move Forward
Rochelle Swanson Forcefully Pushes Council on Economic Development –Rob White was finally allowed to give his full…
Sunday Commentary: Cutting Off Our Noses to Spite Our Faces on Measure O
The Vanguard has been sounding the alarm when few in the city really understood we were in…
Davis Downtown Candidate Forum (Video)
Davis Downtown is proud to announce the release of the video from the 2014 Davis Downtown Candidate…
Davis City Council Candidates Question 7: Vision for Davis
Editor’s Note: Every week on Friday the Vanguard will send all five of the candidates a question…
