Not even a potbelly stove was enough to stave off a cool-down in business along what used to be one of Lawrence’s busiest commercial corridors. In other words, there is news of another business closing along 23rd Street: Potbelly Sandwich Shop. The general manager of the restaurant at 1618 W. 23rd St. confirmed to me that today is the last day of business for the Lawrence Potbelly location. It is open until ...
Regrettably, the new 1856 Bar & Grill in downtown Lawrence isn’t an excuse for me to wear my spurs and other fancy western attire after all. The place — located in the former home of the Italian restaurant Genovese — isn’t some sort of themed restaurant. But for fans of the former Genovese, 941 Massachusetts St., it is still a place to get some of that restaurant’s top Italian dishes. (But no, ...
The new number in the Lawrence housing market is $200,000. While Lawrence housing prices have been causing people to wring their hands for years, statistically speaking, the odds were in your favor of finding a home in town for well below $200,000. A new report shows a dramatic increase in home prices has changed that. Lawrence housing prices in 2018 grew at their fastest rate in recent memory, and the median ...
I’m sure glad my household doesn’t measure debt levels on a per capita basis. (If it did, the obvious solution would be to have another child.) The state of Kansas, though, does measure its debt on a per capita basis, and the state’s new treasurer is waving a red flag that Kansas may have a problem in that area. Kansas had statewide debt of $1,554 per person in 2018, which was by far the highest amount ...
The Castle Tea Room has long hosted odd things. (I still don’t know what I’m supposed to use that tiny fork for.) Soon, though, it may host a whole new type of oddity — aspiring technology entrepreneurs. A new nonprofit called Launch Lawrence has formed and announced a goal of raising $250,000 to locate a training center for technology entrepreneurs inside the historic Castle Tea Room at 1307 ...
The public will get a chance next week to meet the three finalists to become the chief executive officer of the United Way of Douglas County. Peggy Johnson, co-chair of the CEO search committee, said the three finalists would give presentations and take questions from members of the public, in addition to meeting with United Way staff and participating in closed-door interviews with the United Way executive ...