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Read news and notes about Lawrence in Chad Lawhorn's Town Talk blog.

City Officials
City Commission
  • Mayor Bob Schumm
    (785) 842-7337
  • Vice-Mayor Michael Dever
    (785) 550-4909
  • Commissioner Mike Amyx
    (785) 842-9425
  • Commissioner Hugh Carter
    (785) 764-3362
  • Commissioner Aron Cromwell
    (785) 749-6020
    • City Hall and other offices
  • City Manager Dave Corliss
    (785) 832-3400
  • City Clerk Jonathan Douglass
    (785) 832-3466
  • Assistant City Manager Cynthia M. Wagner
    (785) 832-3400
  • Assistant City Manager Diane Stoddard
    (785) 832-3400
  • Communications Manager Megan Gilliland
    (785) 832-3406
  • Finance Director Ed Mullins
    (785) 832-3214
  • Planning and Development Services Director Scott McCullough
    (785) 832-3154
  • Public Works Director Charles Soules
    (785) 832-3124

  • Fire and Medical, Lawrence-Douglas County Administrative Offices
    (785) 830-7000
    1911 Stewart Ave., Lawrence, KS 66046
    Mark Bradford, Chief
  • Lawrence Transit System
    (785) 832-3464
    933 New Hampshire, Lawrence, KS 66044
    Robert Nugent, Public Transit Administrator
  • Parks and Recreation
    (785) 832-3450
    1141 New Hampshire Street, Suite 200B, Lawrence, KS 66044
    Ernie Shaw, Interim Director
  • Police Law Enforcement Center
    (785) 832-7501
    111 E. 11th, Lawrence, KS 66044
    Tarik Khatib, Chief
  • Waste Reduction and Recycling
    (785) 832-3030
    320 N.E. Industrial Lane, Lawrence, KS 66044
    Kathy Richardson, Operations Supervisor

City of Lawrence

Editor's note: The links above are to the City of Lawrence Web site.

Planning Commission recommends approval of Menards store for south Lawrence
By Chad Lawhorn
May 20, 2013
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission on a 6-3 vote recommended approval of the plan that calls for a nearly 190,000-square-foot Menards store just east of the Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets. The Planning Commission decision clears the way for the Lawrence City Commission to give final consideration to the project in the coming weeks. By Chad Lawhorn
City expecting 5 percent reduction in Community Development Block Grant funding
By Chad Lawhorn
May 20, 2013
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday are set to approve a new budget for its Community Development Block Grant program — which funds everything from home rehabilitation to neighborhood newsletters — that is 5 percent less than a year ago. By Chad Lawhorn
Lawrence City Commission agenda for May 21 meeting
May 18, 2013
6:35 p.m. Tuesday, Lawrence City Hall
Bid for recreation center comes in about $10 million lower than expected; questions grow over other cost estimates
By Chad Lawhorn
03:26 p.m., May 15, 2013 Updated 06:38 p.m.
Lawrence officials on Wednesday received a batch of surprisingly low bids to build the city’s proposed recreation center in northwest Lawrence, with Lawrence-based Gene Fritzel Construction submitting the lowest bid, at $10.5 million. The bids raise questions about city estimates about the cost of the project and its associated infrastructure. By Chad Lawhorn
Downtown hotel project now slated to begin in June, following city’s latest approval
By Chad Lawhorn
May 14, 2013
Construction work on a multi-story hotel at Ninth and New Hampshire is now expected to begin in June, ending a months-long process where the lot for the project has sat vacant. By Chad Lawhorn
As city prepares to bid recreation center, officials still waiting to receive cost numbers from Fritzel on infrastructure
By Chad Lawhorn
May 13, 2013
The companies that make a living building roads, burying sewers and paving parking lots have been hungry for work in recent weeks, in some cases bidding infrastructure projects for less than half what city officials had expected. But when it comes to Lawrence’s new $25 million recreation center, city officials won’t find out how hungry. By Chad Lawhorn
Master development agreement for Rock Chalk Park still not signed by KU officials
By Chad Lawhorn
May 13, 2013
Lawrence city officials have confirmed a pair of key documents governing the public private partnership to build the $25 million recreation center and adjacent Rock Chalk Park still haven’t been finalized. By Chad Lawhorn
Lawrence City Commission agenda for May 14 meeting
By Chad Lawhorn
May 11, 2013
6:35 p.m. Tuesday, Lawrence City Hall
City makes adjustments to downtown parking for the summer
By Chad Lawhorn
May 7, 2013
A summer shuffle is on tap for parking in Downtown Lawrence.
City agrees to create resident-only parking zone on street near KU campus
By Chad Lawhorn
May 7, 2013
The street is still public, but at least a couple of the parking spaces on it essentially will be private.
Lawrence falls short in bid for national ArtPlace grant
By Sara Shepherd
May 7, 2013
Lawrence fell short in its bid to win a competitive national grant that would have been a major springboard for the city’s creative placemaking efforts, the Lawrence Arts Center learned Monday. By Sara Shepherd
Banned books trading card project earns prestigious national award for Lawrence Public Library
By Sara Shepherd
April 24, 2013
Banned books, original art and collectible trading cards came together last fall and hooked book lovers around the world. The Lawrence Public Library’s banned books trading card project also hooked the nation’s most prestigious award for library public relations and marketing. By Sara Shepherd
City commissioners want to study whether Lawrence needs new plan to guide growth and development
By Chad Lawhorn
April 23, 2013
At their Tuesday evening meeting, city commissioners began questioning whether the city’s guiding plan for growth and development— Horizon 2020 — is nearing the end of its useful life. By Chad Lawhorn
City planners recommending denial of proposed Menard’s store; Planning Commission to debate project Monday
By Chad Lawhorn
April 19, 2013
The city’s Planning Department is now recommending city leaders reject a proposal by Menard’s to build an approximately 190,000-square-foot home improvement center on a vacant site just east of Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets. By Chad Lawhorn
Dever elected mayor as Lawrence city commission swears in new members
By Chad Lawhorn
April 16, 2013
It has been a year of big projects at Lawrence City Hall but one that hasn’t stretched the city’s checkbook, outgoing Mayor Bob Schumm said in his State of the City address Tuesday. By Chad Lawhorn

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