After several months of delays, the construction of a new manufacturing plant in Lawrence VenturePark that will eventually bring 140 jobs to the city is moving forward.
In fall 2019, the Lawrence City Commission approved tax breaks and other incentives for Kansas City, Mo.-based U.S. Engineering Metalworks to construct a $15 million plant in the city-owned business park, but the project was delayed because of ...
Motorists will soon need to start slowing down on neighborhood streets.
The city is set to begin installing 25 mph speed limit signs on all neighborhood streets throughout the city this month, a process that will continue through mid-February until all 1,000 signs are installed, according to a city news release.
The city has created a map that shows which streets will be decreasing from 30 to 25 mph, and it ...
The City of Lawrence is seeking feedback from residents about format changes to the city’s bus routes.
The city previously conducted a survey about residents’ travel patterns, and based on those results, a University of Kansas Urban Planning class came up with three redesign scenarios, which the city is now seeking feedback on, according to a city news release. Lawrence transit began studying the route ...
The city of Lawrence is moving forward with plans to create a voluntary utility donation program to help low-income residents pay their city utility bill.
The city, which provides solid waste, water and sewer services, plans to contract with Catholic Charities to administer the program, and an agreement for the service is expected to come forward soon.
Utility Billing Manager Kristen Webb said Thursday that ...
Eight affordable housing projects are requesting funding from the City of Lawrence, including a housing repair program, a voucher program for homeless people and a project that would build a complex of townhomes with 50 new affordable units.
A special city sales tax has helped generate $1.275 million this year, and the city’s Affordable Housing Advisory Board is preparing to award $450,000 from the fund, ...
Public libraries are meant to be places for everybody, and local library leaders say a newly created position will help ensure that everyone will see the library as somewhere they belong.
Lawrence Public Library Executive Director Brad Allen said that the library decided to create a diversity coordinator position in the wake of protests earlier this year over the police killings of Black people and other people ...
