Let’s end the year by emptying the notebook of some news and notes from around town:
— I would have thought the most popular improvement project at a grocery store in 2020 was adding a security booth in the toilet paper aisle. But actually, there were quite a few major upgrades to Lawrence grocers in 2020. Just to mention a few: Checkers added a new in-store coffee shop; Target did a complete remodel of ...
The idea of a large apartment complex on vacant property just southwest of Clinton Parkway and Iowa Street won’t go away. Neither will the day care center that sits near the middle of that vacant property.
Plans once again have been filed for a more than 300-bedroom apartment complex to be built on an approximately 9-acre site at 2300 Crestline Drive, which is about a block from Clinton Parkway and Iowa. The ...
Two types of people seem to exist at the end of the holiday season — one full of joy and bounce as they sprint to the year-end finish line, and another wondering whether anyone would find them if they took a nap under the Christmas tree. Lawrence seems to be finishing the year much like the second group when it comes to the local economy.
The latest sales tax figures have been released by the Kansas ...
My college apartment complex was more likely to have a phone booth than a podcasting booth. In other words, podcasting wasn’t a thing, but now it is becoming the type of amenity that’s showing up in new upscale student apartment complexes in Lawrence.
“People are finding it really fun,” said Rita D’Agostino, director of real estate development for the parent company behind Proxi Lawrence, the ...
Good news on the unemployment front isn’t in store for this holiday season. You’ve probably seen the national news of an uptick in joblessness recently, after a turnaround appeared to be in process. Now, we have state and Lawrence numbers that show the same is happening here.
The unemployment rate in Lawrence rose to 5.3% in November, up from 4.8% in October. Looking back to a year ago, the numbers are ...
It would be inaccurate to say there is not a dime’s worth of difference between living in Lawrence and Joplin, Mo. One is home to a major university and in a growing corridor just minutes away from somewhat cosmopolitan Kansas City. The other is in an isolated area of southwest Missouri and may be best known for fighting back from a devastating 2011 tornado.
But it would be accurate to say there is not $10 ...
