My View: Vote on CFD Represents A Lost Opportunity For Community
When the Davis City Council voted 3-2 Tuesday to move the CFD (Community Facilities District) forward, the…
Belated Monday Morning Thoughts: Refining the Nishi Proposal
Nishi getting National Attention “Watch out Sacramento – Davis, Calif., is growing,” Govtech warns in a recent…
Analysis: Should We Wait on Nishi for UCD Decisions on Connectivity?
On Sunday, we noted that when the Housing Element Steering Committee ranked potential housing sites, they listed…
Panattoni Announces 225,000 Square Foot Office Park in Davis
DTZ, a global leader in commercial real estate services, announced today that Panattoni Development Company, Inc. has…
Work on Nishi EIR About to Begin – Staff Weighs Olive-Only Access Option
It has been just over two years since the Davis City Council approved a pre-development shared costs…
Why I Want an Innovation Park in Davis
By Jason Taormino “What will an innovation park do for Davis?” Many Davis voters, likely a majority…
Monday Morning Thoughts: How Fernandes Became President of SB; Innovation Park Calculations
Normally the nomination and election of officers is about as interesting as watching paint dry. However, as…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Excitement Over Emerging Startup Culture; Dose of Reality on the Budget
The Rise of the Startup Culture – We have focused a lot of our time and energy…
Analysis: The Contrast Between Two Candidates Correcting Mistakes
The smart money in the school board race remains about the same, with most believing that four…
Davis Schools and Private Sector Business Interactions: A Win-Win Scenario
By Bob Poppenga One significant risk for organizations like the DJUSD, which have a history of success…
Is an Innovation Park Just a Rebranding of a Business Park?
“Isn’t “Innovation Park” just a rebranding of “Business Park”? How is an innovation park any different from…
My View: City’s Innovation Park Strategy and Peripheral Parks
Last week at the Vanguard Innovation Park Forum, Michael Bisch, the President of the Davis Downtown stated,…
Analysis: 7 Million Square Feet – Can Davis Support That Size of Development?
At last week’s Innovation Park Forum, one of the audience questions was “Is there enough of a…
Discussion: Housing and the Innovation Park
On Thursday evening, the Vanguard hosted a discussion on Innovation Parks, and over the next several days,…
Analysis: Should Davis Push For More Density at Mace Ranch Innovation Center?
As the official applications – first by the Mace Ranch Innovation Center and today by the Davis…
City to Hire Consultant, Planning Staff to Handle Innovation Parks
For some time the city has been in a quandary. For a number of years, the city’s…
Taking Stock
by Doby Fleeman Over the past decade, the city has largely ignored the need for additional revenues…
Analysis: Impasse on City Manager?
On September 6, we knew that the Davis City Council conducted interviews of potential city manager hires….
The Opportunity is Ours
By Doby Fleeman Even as a relatively new member of a family with 100-plus-year-old roots in the…
My View: The Courage to Kill a Bad Proposed Innovation Park
A lot of people have talked about a concept of demolition by neglect, where there are buildings…
