The School of Hard Knocks — sometimes known as life— is good at teaching a multitude of lessons.
It stinks, though, at issuing degrees.
The University of Kansas, however, is undertaking a multimillion-dollar project that is creating new types of degree programs that indeed will give students actual college credit for life experiences, and may allow them to earn degrees in a fraction of the normal time. ...
On Wednesday I gave you information about Lawrence developer Tony Krsnich and his plans to tear down a couple of downtown buildings on the old Allen Press property near 11th and New Hampshire streets.
But Krsnich — developer of the Warehouse Arts District in East Lawrence — is probably better known for keeping old buildings than tearing them down. And there is one old building in particular that he’s ...
One bit of change already has come for the property at and around the northeast corner of 11th and Massachusetts streets. Now, we’re waiting to see if another piece of change comes, this one via a bulldozer and wrecking ball.
The first bit of change is that the property, for the first time in decades, is no longer owned by members of the Allen family, who long used the downtown property for their Allen Press ...
Updated at 4:03 p.m. Tuesday, July 2:
Several smaller items related to the homeless situation in Lawrence have emerged recently, so here’s some news and notes on that topic:
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You might recall in late May that the Journal-World reported on a potentially shocking situation at the city of Lawrence’s Village project that provides temporary housing for people who are otherwise homeless.
When I say ...
A bulldozer was busy at work Thursday afternoon on an island of land in southeast Lawrence, but its purpose wasn’t exactly to create an island paradise.
Rather, the property owner had become frustrated with the homeless camping that was taking place on the wooded property that sits in between Haskell Avenue and old Haskell Avenue, just north of 31st Street.
So, he hired a construction crew with a bulldozer ...
A new 250-unit affordable housing complex may be coming to Lawrence, and it may land in a neighborhood known for a different aspect of affordability. Plans call for the project to be built near the discount retailers of south Lawrence.
The project is still in its early stages, but Manhattan-based Bison Development LLC has filed preliminary paperwork at City Hall in hopes of moving the project forward. The ...
