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News and notes from around town: • A pair of proposals to add more industrial ground northwest of Lawrence soon will have their first public hearings. The [Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission][1] on Oct. 25 will hear a request to rezone 120 acres at East 700 and North 1800 roads from ...
Another Lawrence institution is working to make the latest Top 20 poll, and this one doesn’t have anything to do with KU athletics. The Downtown Lawrence Farmers' Market is battling to be named one of the 20 best farmers' markets in the country by the American Farmland Trust. The nonprofit ...
There soon may be new life for the former Arensberg Shoes building in downtown Lawrence. Lawrence orthodontist Dan Ranjbar has bought the building and filed new plans with the city that he hopes will make the large Art Deco landmark at 825 Mass. more attractive to retailers. “I’m definitely not ...
There was a lot of talk about social service funding during last April’s Lawrence City Commission election. In particular, there was a lot of hand-wringing over potential city funding cuts to social service agencies, but several candidates said they would make it a goal to at least hold social service ...
A sector of Lawrence that hasn’t gotten much love lately is getting a little these days from the national media. An online report by MSNBC mentions Lawrence as one of 33 metro areas across the country where there are early signs of a housing rebound. The report sites an Adversity ...
Today will mark a changing of the guard in one of the major behind-the-scenes departments at Lawrence City Hall. Friday is the last day of service for Frank Reeb, the city’s clerk and director of administrative services. As previously reported, Reeb, who has been with the city for about eight ...
Hosting a keg party may soon become a much dicier proposition in Lawrence. Lawrence city commissioners at their meeting tonight will consider beefing up a city ordinance that would allow local law enforcement to more easily charge hosts of keg parties with illegally serving underage drinkers. Under current state law, ...
Fire eaters, street dances and open-air grills. It must be summer in downtown Lawrence. Planning is well under way for at least a trio of events designed to bring people and their wallets to downtown Lawrence this summer. Here’s a look: • Organizers of the Lawrence Busker Festival announced recently ...
Several lingering issues will be back up for discussion at the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission this week. Here’s a look: • Rural Lecompton resort: Plans by area developers to convert about 60 acres into a corporate retreat and conference center will be considered. The Planning Commission will consider a request ...
Outdoor movies are set to return to downtown Lawrence. City commissioners at their meeting tonight are expected to give approval to the third annual Downtown Lawrence Film Festival. Downtown Lawrence Inc. again plans to use a vacant lot at the southwest corner of Ninth and New Hampshire streets to show ...
Due to a host of oddities that no one ever could have predicted, I never did make it into uniform for the Kansas Jayhawks football team, which means KU broadcaster David Lawrence never did get to use his colorful phrases to describe my talents. But perhaps that soon will change. ...
A coffee shop in the new Lawrence Public Library: Maybe it could be called The Java Code, and the menu board could be written in a da Vinci-style code. Or maybe it could be called Mugs and Muggles, and the menu board could be written in Harry Potter-esque incantations. Or ...
UPDATE: Since posting the original column this morning, I've had a chance to talk with Bob Schumm, owner of both the Dynamite Saloon and Buffalo Bob's Smokehouse, and he dropped a BBQ bombshell: He's closing Buffalo Bob's Smokehouse after 37 years in business. The last day of business will be ...
The Lawrence development community evidently hasn't fallen in love with Rhody Delahunty. If you remember, city commissioners recently went through the unusual process of taking the house and real estate at 1106 Rhode Island St. by eminent domain. As part of the eminent domain process, the city paid $114,500 for ...
Mini-golf, mini-bowling, many concerns, it appears. As we've reported multiple times, plans have been filed for a "family fun center" on vacant ground near the southeast corner of Clinton Parkway and Inverness Drive in west Lawrence. When we last reported on the project [in February][1], it was scheduled to receive ...
Plans have been filed at City Hall for a new south Lawrence retail development that would add more than 20 new stores and restaurants. An out-of-state development group has filed plans for the vacant property just south of the South Lawrence Trafficway and east of the dead-end bridge that spans ...
Get ready, Lawrence. You soon may be embarking on a quest. I'm almost certain it won't require a hobbit, three rings or even a donkey and windmills, for that matter. No, think a quest for a championship. Think a quest for success. Start thinking SportQuest. It soon may be the ...
It is like my wife always says: You have to strike while the iron is hot. (This is one of the reasons why I always hide when my wife has a hot iron in her hand.) However you interpret that saying, it appears the Kansas Department of Transportation is taking ...
The Lawrence-based company that hosts Color Run events all over the country is opening a major new fitness center and health club in East Lawrence. But no, they won't be throwing paint on you while you work out. (While we're on that subject, could someone please tell my wife to ...
And you thought the fight over the remote control during the NCAA Tournament was going to be fierce. Well, it looks like another type of technology battle is brewing at Lawrence City Hall. Four technology companies are interested in undertaking a multimillion-dollar project to bring super-fast Internet service to Lawrence, ...
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