First I had to learn about the phrase “pet resort.” Now, it appears I need to learn about a “pet campus.” (Apparently it is not enough for my dog to have better vacations than me. He soon will have a better GPA, too.) Whatever the case, a pair of for-profit pet businesses are teaming up with a pair of nonprofit animal firms with hopes of building a pet campus along Wakarusa Drive. Preliminary plans ...
A couple of months ago, I told you how Downtown Lawrence Inc. was looking for ideas on what new types of businesses ought to locate downtown. At that point, the organization hadn’t yet gotten a formal system set up to take your ideas, but it has one now. The executive director of Downtown Lawrence Inc. tells me the ideas are starting to trickle in: an arcade, a grocery store, a bowling alley. Here is one ...
Plans have been filed with Lawrence City Hall to convert a downtown building into a drop-in center where the homeless can do everything from take a shower to get some temporary relief from the elements. City commissioners will have to approve the plans before they can move ahead, and it is unclear whether the proposal will bring up a new round of debates that surrounded the homeless and their presence in ...
After Kansas Athletics posted a second straight year of financial losses, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod’s office highlighted the need to grow revenue and upgrade athletic facilities. Not mentioned was the idea of cutting expenses of the athletic department, despite new financial statements that showed the department’s overall expenses grew about twice as fast as revenue and income last year. After Kansas ...
Plans call for Lawrence to get a new drive-thru Starbucks, and, just to add extra fun, it will be next door to a place that sells lots of power tools. (The only thing that makes a project go faster than a power nailer is a power nailer with a trigger finger fueled by a triple espresso.) Look for a Starbucks to be built at 23rd and Ousdahl in the parking lot of the shopping center that includes the Harbor ...
Maybe you were glued to the TV watching all the political advertisements. Maybe you were pondering whether the key to life is periodically stating your name and saying “and I support this message.” Whatever you were doing, it appears you didn’t spend October shopping and spending your money. The latest sales tax numbers show spending levels fell in Lawrence and elsewhere as campaign season came to a ...