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…
Cap to Cap Advocacy Trip – Davis as an Incubator
by Rob White Wednesday was the last day (and one of the busiest) of the Sacramento Metro…
Cap to Cap Advocacy Trip – Innovation Spotlighted
by Rob White Over the last several days of the Sacramento Metro Chamber’s annual Capital-to-Capital (Cap to…
Cap to Cap Advocacy Trip – Davis Examples
by Rob White The teams for the Sacramento Metro Chamber’s annual Capital-to-Capital (Cap to Cap) Advocacy Trip…
Cap to Cap Advocacy Trip – Networks and Partnerships
by Rob White The teams for the Sacramento Metro Chamber’s annual Capital-to-Capital (Cap to Cap) Advocacy Trip…
Sunday Commentary: Saylor Tries to Get Hands in Davis’ Economic Development
For those who missed it, emerging out of the city-county two-by-two is a very ominous sign for…
Capitol to Capitol Advocacy Trip – Regional Focus, Local Impact
by Rob White The 2014 Sacramento Metro Chamber Capitol to Capitol Advocacy Trip (Cap-to-Cap) began on Saturday…
Supervisor Saylor Pushes For More County Involvement in Davis’ Economic Development Initiative
At the last council meeting, Chief Innovation Officer Rob White, at midnight, presented a staff report asking…
Getting Down to Business
by Rob White There has been a lot of discussion recently on this blog and in the…
Measure O’s Impact on Economic Development
The question of economic development has been cited as one of the pillars of economic sustainability. In…
Davis City Council Candidates Question 5 – Measure J Exemption for Business Parks
Editor’s Note: Every week on Friday the Vanguard will send all five of the candidates a question…
Justifying Economic Development
by Rob White I have been asked by several community members over the last few weeks to…
Train Shutdown of Downtown Demonstrates Urgency of Rail Relocation
Monday, 8:54 am, it is a normal commute into the downtown, headed westbound on Fifth Street. Up…
Sunday Commentary II: Listening to the Voters, Fifth Street, Budget
In the latest in a string of articles that examines letters to the editor, we get one…