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

City Officials
City Commission
  • Mayor Michael Dever
    (785) 550-4909
  • Vice-Mayor Mike Amyx
    (785) 842-9425
  • Commissioner Jeremy Farmer
    (785) 691-9100
  • Commissioner Dr. Terry Riordan
    (785) 842-1900
  • Commissioner Bob Schumm
    (785) 842-7337
    • 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.

City approves Menards store next to Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets
By Chad Lawhorn
June 18, 2013
The stage is set for a home improvement center battle in Lawrence. A Menards home improvement center won land use approvals for a nearly 190,000-square-foot store and outdoor lumber yard just east of the Home Depot at 31st and Iowa streets. By Chad Lawhorn
Portion of Massachusetts Street to be closed to southbound motorists this week
By Chad Lawhorn
June 17, 2013
Massachusetts Street between Eighth and Ninth streets will be closed to southbound traffic for much of the week.
City commissioners to consider final approvals for Menards project
By Chad Lawhorn
June 14, 2013
With two approvals already in its tool belt, home improvement retailer Menards will try to hammer out a compromise with Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday for a new store near 31st and Iowa streets. By Chad Lawhorn
Fritzel has made $50,000 payment related to Varsity House settlement with city, officials confirm
By Chad Lawhorn
June 13, 2013
As city officials negotiate a no-bid contract with a company led by Lawrence businessman Thomas Fritzel for work at its proposed recreation center, City Hall officials have confirmed he’s made good on a previous settlement agreement with the city. By Chad Lawhorn
City will make boosting broadband service in Lawrence issue for 2014 budget
By Chad Lawhorn
June 12, 2013
Keeping up with the Googles of the world will cost a lot of money, and even that may not work. By Chad Lawhorn
Downtown Lawrence Inc. hires nonprofit executive to fill director position
By Chad Lawhorn
June 11, 2013
A Lawrence resident with experience as a fundraiser for nonprofit agencies has been named the new executive director of Downtown Lawrence Inc. By Chad Lawhorn
Change in state law expected to produce fewer historic preservation reviews in Lawrence
By Chad Lawhorn
June 11, 2013
The question of what type of developments can be located next to historic structures — a question known to create a few debates in Lawrence — soon will be asked less frequently, because of a new state law. By Chad Lawhorn
Lawrence City Commission agenda for June 11 meeting
Staff reports
June 7, 2013
6:35 p.m. Tuesday, City Hall
City wins $1.2 million grant to restore Santa Fe depot in East Lawrence
By Chad Lawhorn
June 7, 2013
Lawrence officials have been awarded a federal transportation grant that will pay for 80 percent of the approximately $1.5 million cost of renovating the Santa Fe depot in East Lawrence. By Chad Lawhorn
WOW to begin work later this month on upgrade to boost Internet speeds in city
By Chad Lawhorn
June 5, 2013
Lawrence’s largest Internet service provider will start a major upgrade later this month to provide more reliable Internet speeds in the city. By Chad Lawhorn
Crews respond to carbon spill near Kaw Water Treatment plant in central Lawrence
Staff
June 5, 2013
Clean-up crews are responding to a significant spill of powdered carbon, after a truck delivering the substance to the Kaw Water Treatment plant near Third and Illinois streets malfunctioned.
City discussing new police facility
By Chad Lawhorn
June 4, 2013
New dispatchers for police and fire operations may be on the way, and so too may be a site for a multimillion dollar police facility. And it all may require a tax increase. First, though, it likely will create quite a bit of discussion this summer at Lawrence City Hall. By Chad Lawhorn
Cost estimates for Rock Chalk Park infrastructure come in about $3 million higher than expected; Self’s foundation to make $2 million donation
By Chad Lawhorn
03:24 p.m., June 4, 2013 Updated 11:48 p.m.
Cost estimates for roads, sewers and infrastructure at the Rock Chalk Park facility in northwest Lawrence have come in nearly $3 million above what the city estimated, but Bill Self’s Assists Foundation has agreed to make a $2 million donation to partially offset some of the overage.
From Twitter events to burning art, ideas starting to flow on events for Quantrill’s raid commemoration
By Chad Lawhorn
May 29, 2013
From a barrage of Civil War-era tweets to burning art, Lawrence residents are working to put their own twist on events to commemorate the 150th anniversary of William Quantrill’s raid of the city. By Chad Lawhorn
City hears pitch for policy limiting use of drones by police department
By Chad Lawhorn
May 28, 2013
Lawrence city commissioners were urged to become one of the few cities in the country adopting a policy limiting the use of drones by police departments and other city agencies.

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