Lawrence is in the business of giving young people a start — the biggest event of the year, after all, is named “commencement.” Starter homes, though, not so much. In fact, it is difficult to find a city that is worse at it, a new report suggests. The trade journal Construction Coverage found that just 18% of Lawrence residents under the age of 35 own a home in Lawrence. Only seven metro areas in the ...
As banks, investors and others prepared to come together last week to purchase nearly $55 million in bonds from Douglas County — essentially lending the county government money — they likely did a little reading on the county’s finances. The credit rating agency Moody’s had put out a credit report on Douglas County government in advance of the bond sale, which will partially fund the construction of an ...
Plans have been filed for more than 200 apartments — totaling about 400 bedrooms — to be built along a portion of the golf course at the Jayhawk Club in west Lawrence. City of Lawrence planners have received a preliminary development plan to convert a vacant 17-acre parcel just south of the main parking lot for the country club into a complex with 16 new apartment buildings and a clubhouse and pool for ...
If you squint, you can start to see the Lawrence real estate market getting a little easier for homebuyers. But don’t fully blink, as homes are still moving on and off the market very quickly. Lawrence home sales in April were unchanged — 97 in total — from a year ago, according to the latest report from the Lawrence Board of Realtors. The more significant news, though, is on the pricing and availability ...
In the profession of education, here’s a lesson that probably rings true for many a teacher: Take the money while you can because you never know when it may disappear. Educators who are responsible for making sure elementary students can read may want to pay particular heed these days. About 15,000 elementary educators in Kansas are required to learn new fundamentals about how to teach reading, and must ...
News and notes from around town: The empty lot at the southwest corner of Sixth and Alabama streets has been a longtime healthy holdout. Just up the street there has been a plethora of fast food restaurants develop — a McDonalds, a Burger King, a Taco Bell, a Taco John’s and more. But the lot — it is just east of the Midwest Regional Credit Union, if you are having a hard time picturing the spot — ...