I’ve never thought much about what a surfer packs for lunch. (Something waterproof, I suppose.) Soon, Lawrence diners can explore for themselves as a small chain restaurant that is all about surfer culture opens on south Iowa Street.
Longboards Wraps and Bowls is in the process of opening at 2540 Iowa St., which is the shopping center that houses First Watch and is just north of the Popeyes restaurant. (Now, ...
News and notes from around town, or, perhaps more accurately, from around the football stadium:
— Plans have been filed for what looks like a pretty large, extraordinary home to be built a bit catty-corner from KU’s football stadium.
A site plan recently has been filed at Lawrence City Hall for the vacant lot at 1218 Mississippi St. That address may not be ringing a bell, but chances are good that you ...
UPDATE 4:15 P.M. JULY 14
The first phase of Panasonic Energy’s nearly 5-million-square-foot electric vehicle battery factory is officially open in De Soto and marching toward an impressive production goal: Churning out 70 batteries per second.
But as dignitaries from both Japan and Congress gathered Monday morning for a grand opening celebration, there was a different type of production question that hung ...
With its new electric vehicle battery plant now open in De Soto, University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod hopes Panasonic’s next Kansas project is one that will land on the KU campus.
Girod told the Journal-World on Monday that KU continues to be in discussions with Panasonic officials about creating a research center at Innovation Park, which is the public-private development underway on KU’s West ...
On a parcel of pasture not far from where the Santa Fe Trail once stretched, Baldwin City leaders are embarking on a big adventure.
Area developers in this town of about 5,000 people in southern Douglas County have presented, and the city council has approved, a plan to convert this rolling grassland site into a new neighborhood that will have 35 big homes setting on lots of about 1 acre each.
Roads and ...
UPDATE 2:55 P.M. JULY 10
Summer is rerun season, at least for those of us old enough to remember when “streaming” had nothing to do with T.V. but rather involved — best case scenario — a garden hose. I fit into that category, so I’m going to offer a couple of reruns about projects we reported on many months ago but that are now creating questions from readers as the buildings come out of the ground. ...
