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…
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…