It is a piece of business advice you don’t hear in every how-to-become rich book: Be willing to enjoy what you are doing. Perhaps it should come as no surprise that Tom Dobski, an owner of Lawrence’s McDonald’s franchise, ranks it as a key to business success. After all, he literally sells happy in a box (you know, the one with a cheeseburger, fries and an all-important toy.) Soon, he’ll be selling ...
It took at least half of a song-and-dance routine for Kansas to convince Panasonic to locate its $4 billion, 4,000-job electric vehicle battery plant in the state. Kansas officials revealed that detail while offering a host of thank-yous and a few announcements on Wednesday at a groundbreaking ceremony for the massive plant, which is now officially under construction on about 300 acres of property in nearby De ...
“Loveee-ly Lawrence, Kansas” is undergoing a scenery change in used car dealers. After approximately 40 years in business, Lawrence’s Academy Cars — the one with the tag line “in lovee-ly Lawrence, Kansas” — has sold to a family-owned dealership group with operations in Iowa and Nebraska. Academy Cars, 1527 W. Sixth Street, officially became Clemons AutoMax on Tuesday. Academy has been one of ...
You know you are not exactly in the Wall Street fast lane if the big merger you have been wondering about involves tractors instead of tweets. While the fellows in the Teslas have been wondering about the future of Twitter, those of us who drive something with a granny gear have wondered if Lawrence may be set to lose one of its two farm and ranch supply stores. If you recall, the national chain Tractor Supply ...
First, it was a man shouting a whole lot of expletives running from his vehicle parked near the Kansas River in downtown Lawrence. Next, it was the man sticking his head through the rolled-down car window of a woman who had stopped to have a conversation with another woman in the area. And finally, it was the spittle. Spittle spewed by one angry man. That was Sarah Hill-Nelson’s workday commute about ...
Soccer is played with your feet, but in my experience, it is watched with your hands — often with a cold, sudsy beverage in them. One of Lawrence’s most popular soccer bars has filed plans to expand, in part, to make sure it has plenty of room for soccer fans and other patrons. The Red Lyon Tavern, 944 Massachusetts St., has filed plans with City Hall to expand into the space adjacent to the tavern, which ...