The City of Lawrence has announced several upcoming public meetings to gather input on the creation of the city’s strategic plan. The 2020 strategic plan will set specific goals for the city for the next few years, and commissioners will use the plan when making budget decisions. The 2020 strategic plan updates the plan created by the last commission in 2017. The city will host six community meetings in ...
The City of Lawrence is developing a new method for allocating money for social service agencies and programs. At the Lawrence City Commission's meeting on Tuesday, Assistant City Manager Casey Toomay said city staff was developing a matrix to help the commission evaluate requests for social service funding from the general fund. Toomay said the matrix would give commissioners a more quantitative way to ...
A mixed-use affordable housing development planned for the Warehouse Arts District is requesting close to $2 million in economic incentives and other local financial assistance. Plans for the Penn Street Lofts project call for the construction of a four-story, mixed-use development on three currently vacant lots at 800 Pennsylvania St. About 75% of the building will be used for affordable apartments that would ...
City leaders will soon discuss potential changes to their process for funding local social services and programs. As part of the Lawrence City Commission meeting Tuesday, city staff will present commissioners with information regarding state law and city code related to social service funding and an overview of the city's social service funding processes, according to a city staff memo to the commission. ...
Advocates for the homeless say city camping ordinances criminalize being homeless, and city leaders are questioning whether changes should be made. Earlier this winter, some residents spoke out against the city’s illegal camping ordinance to the Lawrence City Commission, saying that it gave the city cause to police, ticket and clear the campsites of homeless people who have no other choice but to sleep ...
Updated Story - Feb. 1 – Lawrence patient tests negative for coronavirus, health officials confirm A potential case of coronavirus being treated at LMH Health remained unconfirmed Friday. The Kansas Department of Health and Environment reported Tuesday that the patient, later identified as male, is a Douglas County resident. KDHE said in a statement at the time that specimens would be sent to the Centers ...