Planning commissioners have deferred their decision on various zoning and other changes that would allow for a new shopping center and apartment complex just south of the South Lawrence Trafficway. As part of its meeting Wednesday evening, the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission voted unanimously to defer five items related to the KTen Crossing mixed-use retail, office and residential ...
With City of Lawrence recreation centers closed, some fitness instructors took their workouts online, giving residents the chance to try everything from yoga to taekwondo from their living rooms. More than 30 workouts have been posted on the city’s YouTube channel for anyone to access, nestled among decidedly more stationary recordings of city meetings. Assistant Director of Recreation Lee Ice said the ...
Updated at 12:54 p.m. Tuesday, May 26 As businesses across the city begin to open their doors, the City of Lawrence recreation centers and outdoor pools will remain closed to public. Those facilities are allowed to open with restrictions under state health guidelines, but as city leaders keep a wary eye on the budget, the calculus of when to reopen is more complicated. The city has released a reopening plan ...
City leaders, staff and the public will soon be able to return to City Hall under the city’s new reopening plan, though not without added precautions related to the coronavirus pandemic. The City of Lawrence released its reopening plan earlier this week, and on Friday it revised dates on the plan to align with modifications that Gov. Laura Kelly made to the statewide reopening plan. Under the city’s plan, ...
Amid the coronavirus pandemic, the efforts of the local League of Women Voters to inform voters and increase turnout will take a new form, and perhaps greater urgency. Under normal circumstances, the League of Women Voters of Lawrence/Douglas County registers voters at the farmers markets in downtown and North Lawrence, at both high schools, and at events such as the city’s Earth Day Celebration and Art in ...
The Lawrence outdoor pool will remain closed for the summer under the city’s phased reopening plan for parks and recreation facilities amid the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the city’s plan, the Outdoor Aquatic Center, 727 Kentucky St., and the South Park wading pool will remain closed this summer. Community pools could technically be allowed to open under phase three of Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly’s ...