Ninth Street Corridor project’s Citizen Advisory Committee meeting will meet Monday

The Ninth Street Corridor Citizen Advisory Committee will meet for the first time Monday evening to discuss the planned revitalization project.

The committee is a group of neighborhood, city and business representatives who will act as the project’s sounding board for city staff and the design team, the city said in a release.

Committee meetings are open to the public. Monday’s meeting will be at 7 p.m. in the Lawrence Public Library Auditorium.

Project leaders plan to renovate a seven-block area from Delaware to Massachusetts streets, incorporating artwork and making the area more pedestrian and bicycle friendly.

Public Workshops and Presentations:

  • Public Art Workshop No. 1: Complete Street Design and Urban Landscaping. 7-9:30 p.m. April 8 at New York Elementary.
  • Public Art Workshop No. 2: The Role of Public Art in the Project. 7-9:30 p.m. April 9 at New York Elementary.
  • Public Art Workshop No. 3: Site History. 7-9:30 p.m. April 20 at New York Elementary.
  • Public Presentation: Complete Street Document. 7-9:30 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Lawrence Public Library Auditorium.
  • Public Presentation: Design Development. 7 p.m. Nov. 18 at New York Elementary.

Future Citizen Advisory Committee Meetings Dates:

  • April 22 at 7 p.m. at New York Elementary.
  • May 27 at 7 p.m. in the Lawrence Public Library Auditorium.
  • June 24 at 7 p.m. in the Lawrence Public Library Auditorium.
  • July 29 at 7 p.m. in the Lawrence Public Library Auditorium.
  • Oct. 28 at 7 p.m. in the Lawrence Public Library Auditorium.

Citizen Advisory Committee members are: East Lawrence Neighborhood representatives Phil Collison, Dave Loewenstein and John Sebelius; city at-large representatives Burdett Loomis, Rev. Verdell Taylor; Downtown Lawrence, Inc. representative Emily Peterson; Warehouse Arts District Area representative Tom Larkin; Lawrence Arts Center representatives Tom Carmody, Ben Ahlvers; business representatives Marcia Hill, Will Ogle; Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission representative Katherine Simmons; LiveWell Lawrence Healthy Built Environment Workgroup representative Tim Herndon; design team contact Josh Shelton; city sta? contacts

Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard, City engineer David Cronin, Director of Public Works Chuck Soules.

Meetings times may change. A full schedule and more information can be found at www.lawrenceks.org/9th-street-corridor-project.