City leaders will soon consider a dam and riverbank maintenance project that could also lead to the addition of public access points and whitewater features to the Kansas River.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a $1.24 million contract to repair holes in the dam, stabilize the riverbank and design potential recreational components and a public access point to the ...
City leaders will soon consider a plan to convert a downtown building into a drop-in center for the homeless.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider a special use permit for the homeless center, which would be located at 944 Kentucky St. Neighbors filed a protest petition, so a supermajority of commissioners, or four out of five, will be required to approve the permit.
As ...
The search is underway for the next chief of the Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical department.
The city opened the application for the position late Thursday, and City Manager Tom Markus said the city was conducting a national search for the next chief. Markus said the main qualifications the city was seeking were strong leadership and an understanding of technology and techniques to keep the department at ...
Some property owners in northwest Lawrence will soon be getting notices from the city asking them to repair their sidewalks.
City staff estimates that millions of dollars in sidewalk repairs are needed throughout Lawrence, and the city was broken into eight zones to begin enforcing the city’s long-standing ordinance. The ordinance requires property owners to repair hazardous sidewalks adjacent to their ...
The city has received a grant to help complete two sections in the trail system that will someday encircle Lawrence.
Once complete, the Lawrence Loop will provide a continuous 22-mile concrete path around Lawrence, with connector trails linking it to neighborhoods. The city recently received a state transportation grant of nearly half a million dollars to help complete two sections of the trail in eastern ...
More than a dozen new art installations will soon be coming to the East Lawrence neighborhood.
A team of representatives from the Lawrence Arts Center and the neighborhood is now accepting proposals from artists as part of the East Ninth Street art project, which has now expanded from the original concept. In total, project facilitator Mandy Enfield said 15 artists will be given $13,500 each to create their ...
