A group of Lawrence residents has come out against the city’s plan to build a road adjacent to the local dog park that would connect the Youth Sports Complex to the Clinton Lake spillway. The project would install an approximately 1-mile paved roadway connecting existing segments of West 27th Street on both the east and west sides of the spillway, creating a continuous roadway from the Kansas Highway 10 and ...
As the COVID-19 pandemic causes financial hardships for both local governments and the general public, the City of Lawrence will soon create its first economic development strategic plan aimed at helping the city respond to the pandemic and improve the economy. The economic development plan, which will be developed with assistance from an outside consultant, will guide the city’s actions in cooperation with ...
City leaders have agreed to keep rule changes in place through October that allow downtown businesses to use city sidewalks and parking spaces to operate outdoors amid the coronavirus pandemic. As part of their meeting Tuesday, Lawrence city commissioners said they were supportive of the downtown right-of-way program in its current form and would like to stick with the city resolution that keeps the program in ...
City leaders will soon consider setting up a new process for reevaluating historic markers and creating new ones. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider designating the Historic Resources Commission as the recommending body for reevaluation and consideration of historic markers. The topic is before the commission as cities across the U.S. have removed statues of historic ...
City leaders are pursuing an outside study to help inform potentially fundamental changes to the role of the Lawrence Police Department, including proposals to move some funding and duties from police to social services. All of the specific issues the study will tackle aren't determined right now, but city leaders are expecting it to be broad in scope. In a recent request for proposals for a consultant to ...
City leaders will soon review temporary rule changes that allow downtown businesses to use city sidewalks and parking spaces to operate outdoors amid the coronavirus pandemic. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will review the downtown right-of-way program and provide direction to staff as needed, according to a city staff memo to the commission. The initial rollout of the program got ...