Kansas Lt. Gov. David Toland was in Lawrence Friday to celebrate the official opening of a multimillion dollar affordable housing project in downtown, but also urged that the celebration should only last a short time.
Community members need to get busy building the next big project, because he said Lawrence needs to grow to meet its potential.
“Our job today with all of that history and as we celebrate ...
UPDATED 4:40 P.M. April 30
The city’s road to large scale residential development west of the South Lawrence Trafficway has a speed bump on it.
Commissioners on the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission last week were scheduled to consider making a recommendation on whether the city should annex about 650 acres west of the SLT and Bob Billings interchange. The annexation would be one of the largest in ...
When it comes to Lawrence’s annual Spring Parade of Homes — even in notoriously weather-fickle Kansas — the “spring” has sometimes been easier to come by than the “homes.”
In 2022, there were so few new homes on the Lawrence market that the parade was cancelled, and in 2024 there were fewer than 10 homes on the parade. Last year was only slightly better with 13.
The event is set to return this ...
I know mulligans are certainly allowed in the golf games I play (I insist on either a mulligan or a machete,) but we’re set to find out how they play when it comes to development proposals along one of Lawrence’s premier golf courses.
After the Lawrence City Commission late last year denied plans for a 200-unit apartment complex near the seventh hole of the Jayhawk Club in west Lawrence, the same developer ...
Two Kansas political parties are merging in an effort to battle the dominance of the Republican and Democratic parties, and a longtime Lawrence resident will serve as the new party’s leader.
The fledgling Free State Party has merged with the more established United Kansas Party, and will begin fielding candidates to take on Republicans and Democrats in elections later this year. Lawrence resident Scott ...
The KU Endowment Association is seeking to annex nearly 140 acres of land it owns next door to Lawrence’s airport, seemingly to explore whether the property could accommodate future business development.
Lawrence City Hall this week received an annexation request for 136.9 acres of property that is immediately east of the runway of the Lawrence Regional Airport. However, the annexation request — which is a ...
