The vacant lots at 815 and 821 Vermont St. long have been an oddity — a slice of agriculture in the heart of downtown. When the property was owned by former city commissioner and restaurant operator Bob Schumm, he used the sites to grow a variety of produce. Now, even though the property has sold, it still is listed as a private orchard. Soon, though, look for something else to sprout from the ground: a ...
The University of Kansas is naming its complex of golf practice facilities in west Lawrence after KU alumnus and U.S. Open winner Gary Woodland. KU received approval on Wednesday from the Kansas Board of Regents to name the conglomeration of practice holes, driving range and putting facilities that the men's and women’s golf teams use the Gary Woodland Golf Complex. The facilities are located at the ...
News and notes from around town: — A piece of Honduras soon will be occupying a prominent piece of real estate in Lawrence. Motorists near Ninth and Iowa streets soon will start to see a nearly 100-foot mural emerge on the north wall of The Merc, the co-op grocer that anchors the shopping center at the intersection. The project is part of a national effort by Fairtrade America to highlight farmers and ...
The University of Kansas experienced one of the nation’s largest declines in the much-used U.S. News & World Report rankings released on Monday. KU fell 30 spots in the overall rankings to No. 151 in the country among public and private universities that have a national footprint. Its ranking among national public schools fell 24 spots to No. 80. The drop now has KU in the bottom half of the rankings ...
One of Lawrence’s largest development projects in years is about to enter a crucial period. Plans to build hundreds of homes and a couple hundred thousand square feet of retail space and hotels on 177 acres of agricultural land along the South Lawrence Trafficway will be seeking critical zoning approvals from city officials in the coming weeks. At stake in the near term is whether Lawrence’s tight ...
There’s still considerable controversy about whether a large solar farm should be built in rural eastern Douglas County. But now there are plans for a project with 1,700 solar panels to be built inside the city limits of Lawrence. And it may not require much in the way of approvals. Hallmark Cards has proposed the large solar project for vacant property just north of its production plant, which is along ...