Lawrence officials don’t have plans to close or clean an unsanctioned East Lawrence homeless camp despite concerns that it is growing and is producing large amounts of trash near the Kansas River.
A spokesman said City Hall leaders don’t yet believe they can feasibly shut down the camp because they don’t believe there are enough alternative shelter locations available in the city.
“We believe that ...
The city of Lawrence is no longer allowing new residents in its sanctioned camp for the homeless, but now there is concern that an unsanctioned camp along the railroad tracks in East Lawrence is growing.
At the unofficial camp behind the Amtrak depot near Seventh and New Jersey streets, there are now tents for the homeless about 25 paces from the active Burlington Northern Santa Fe railroad line. A business ...
Many starting wages at the new $4 billion Panasonic battery plant in nearby De Soto will be in the $20 to $25 an hour range, a Lawrence consultant working with the company said.
That’s good information for potential job seekers to have, but also valuable information for area companies as well, Rob Richardson, the Panasonic opportunities manager for the Lawrence chamber, told a crowd on Tuesday. Many area ...
For a few hours on Tuesday, it looked like a plan by Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center to build supportive housing for the homeless atop a downtown grocery store had reemerged.
And it looked like the idea was as controversial as ever among some downtown business owners and stakeholders.
The downtown project, though, has not reemerged. Rather, an editing error by the city gave the impression that it ...
Here’s the latest sign you are becoming old: You start telling young homeowners worried about rising interest rates how high your mortgage rate was on your first home. (Mine was 8.75%, and the home had a driveway that was uphill — both ways.)
Maybe some Lawrence homebuyers are getting the message, because the latest numbers show local home sales actually increased slightly in October despite rising interest ...
Plans have been filed at City Hall that would allow for more than 180,000 square feet of new retail space that could accommodate more than a dozen large and small retailers in far west Lawrence.
A Lawrence-based development company is seeking to rezone vacant property at the southwest corner of Sixth Street and George Williams Way — which also is along the South Lawrence Trafficway — to allow for ...
