- City agrees to create resident-only parking zone on street near KU campus
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- KU officials break ground on Rock Chalk Park; set goal of hosting 2014 Kansas Relays at site
- April 16, 2013
- Kansas University officials on Tuesday officially broke ground on the multimillion-dollar Rock Chalk Park athletic complex in northwest Lawrence, with the hope of unveiling a world-class track and field stadium in time for the 2014 Kansas Relays.By Chad Lawhorn
- City to begin late-night transit service June 1; concerns mount over bus pass numbers for homeless shelter
- April 15, 2013
- Lawrence’s late-night bus experiment is set to begin June 1. City officials have finalized the details of a new overnight public transit service that will provide bus service from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Saturday. By Chad Lawhorn
- Dever set to monitor ‘unprecedented’ period as he begins term as Lawrence mayor
- April 15, 2013
- It may not be the most exciting goal a politician has ever come up with, but incoming Lawrence Mayor Mike Dever has one he wants the community to consider for the next year: Let’s catch our breath. By Chad Lawhorn
- Agenda for April 16 Lawrence City Commission meeting
- April 13, 2013
- 6:35 p.m. Tuesday, City Hall
- Economic development council says private fundaising crucial for development efforts
- April 12, 2013
- A $750,000 budget for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce’s economic development division won the blessing of a key city-county board on Friday. But members of the new Joint Economic Development Council said a recently launched private fundraising campaign by the chamber will be critical to future economic development efforts. By Chad Lawhorn
- Plant operators working to control another round of taste and odor problems in city’s drinking water
- April 10, 2013
- There are early signs that Lawrence officials once again will spend the summer fighting an organic battle to prevent the city’s drinking water from having taste and odor issues. By Chad Lawhorn
- Departing commissioner urges debate on increasing pay of Lawrence city commissioners
- April 9, 2013
- As City Commissioner Aron Cromwell completes the final days of his term, he has a parting thought: Lawrence city commissioner really ought to be paid more. Cromwell at Tuesday night’s meeting urged the next group of city commissioners to seriously discuss a pay raise that perhaps would more than triple the current $9,000 per year salary commissioners receive. By Chad Lawhorn
- Could city’s creative placemaking efforts downtown lead to unwanted gentrification?
- Some fear low-income residents would be pushed out of neighborhood, experts say prevention is in the process
- April 8, 2013
- As Lawrence looks to take advantage of its cultural heritage in hopes of encouraging economic development, it faces a dilemma: What if the efforts end up pushing out some of the very people who give the targeted neighborhoods their unique flavor? The area covered by Lawrence’s newly designated cultural district is home to many low-income residents and artists, some who fear attention and improvements might increase property values so much they could no longer afford to live and work there. By Sara Shepherd
- Massive undertaking aims to transform Lawrence from artsy to ArtPlace
- Arts Center leads charge for ‘creative placemaking’ projects
- April 7, 2013
- Being an artsy town is one thing. Sculpting that into a concrete concept that will win grant money — over hundreds of other artsy towns vying for the same prize — is another, and Lawrence is going to great lengths to do it. The city is among a sliver of national finalists for a coveted arts grant that could change the landscape of downtown and propel the city to model-status in the world of creative placemaking. By Sara Shepherd
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- Blog: City to consider using gated, pay-as-you-leave system for new downtown parking garage June 19, 2013 · 18 comments
- KU geographers win defense grant to study Central American communities June 19, 2013
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