My View: Storm Shows Cracks in Our System
By David M. Greenwald Sometime next month, the US will likely top half a million dead from…
Council Set to Approve Astound Fiber-Optic Agreement Despite Community Opposition
Back in February, staff pulled a proposed agreement with Astound Broadband off the agenda. That agreement is…
A Look Back At a Discussion on Economic Development in Davis
In May of 2016, Mace Ranch Innovation Center had made the decision to put its project on…
Commentary: Fiscal Caution Is the Right Approach
When the Vanguard was formed in 2006, one of the problems we cited in city governance was…
Cautious Council Asks Staff to Return with Additional Information on Broadband
The Davis City Council is moving forward with interest on the municipal broadband proposal, asking staff to…
Monday Morning Thoughts: Broadband is Essential for Economic Development in Davis
There has been some criticism of Dan Carson’s op-ed and his approach, which some might argue are…
Guest Commentary: A Municipal High-Speed Broadband Network Would Be a Huge Financial Risk
By Dan Carson This Tuesday, the Broadband Advisory Task Force (BATF) will step forward with its final…
Broadband Task Force Prepares to Wrap Up Their Work, Drafts Letter to the City
The Broadband Advisory Task Force is preparing to complete their work for the city. On Wednesday, they…
Citizens Continue to Speak against Potential Fiber Optics Agreement with Astound
About ten people on Tuesday spoke out against a closed-session item on the agenda prior to the…
Agreement on Fiber-Optic Infrastructure Pulled from Council Agenda
A proposed agreement with Astound Broadband was pulled off the council agenda on Tuesday – it is…
Economic Development Series: Leveraging Core Competencies
by Matt Williams Successful economic development starts with a strategy that builds on a community’s core competencies,…
Broadband Redux: Can We Bring Broadband to Yolo County?
By Rob White
By Rob WhiteIn early June I wrote about Austin, TX and Provo, UT being named as the next recipient cities for Google Fiber. The article I wrote referenced an announcement heralded in Government Technology e-Magazine.
Since then, I have heard suggestions and ideas from a number of providers and local officials in Yolo County on how to deliver significant broadband coverage to both urban and rural customers. Yolo County Local Area Formation Commission (LAFCo) Executive Director Christine Crawford is working with many officials from the cities and the County to try and identify an expeditious and robust manner to deliver better connectivity and higher speeds to a distributed populace. A significant portion of the discussion has also centered on how to utilize broadband for better communications and increased data gathering and assessment for agriculture.
