City leaders soon will decide whether to continue a program meant to jump-start development at the city’s business parks and other industrially zoned areas. As part of its meeting Monday, the City Commission will consider approving a three-year extension of the Catalyst Program. The program, which the commission created in 2017, provides a simplified application process for industrial projects that want to ...
The city of Lawrence will soon begin accepting applications for its new city manager. In November, the city hired a professional firm to conduct a nationwide search to replace outgoing City Manager Tom Markus. California-based search firm Ralph Andersen & Associates held meetings with six stakeholder groups in December, and Vice Mayor Lisa Larsen said that input from those meetings was used to help ...
After reviewing hundreds of thousands of dollars of additions to the rehabilitation of a Lawrence fire station and adjacent senior center, city leaders said they were frustrated that some of the additions weren’t included in the original scope of the project. So far, there have been 26 additions or modifications to the project, known as change orders, and the project’s cost now totals more than $7 million, ...
Members of the public could soon be able to host meetings and celebrations at the historic Santa Fe depot, and the city is seeking other ways to use the newly rehabilitated train station. During a work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission discussed several options for secondary uses of the depot, located at Seventh and New Jersey streets. Commissioners said they were interested in allowing people to ...
As the $2 million rehabilitation of the historic Santa Fe train station nears completion, city leaders will soon discuss other ways the building could serve the community now that it is owned by the city. As part of its work session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will discuss several options for secondary uses of the station, located at Seventh and New Jersey streets. Amtrak uses the station for its ...
Delays and design changes have added hundreds of thousands of dollars to the rehabilitation costs of the downtown fire station and adjacent senior center, but the city estimates it will be able to offset some of the project’s costs with tax credits. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will receive an update on the Fire Station No. 1 rehabilitation project and consider changes to the ...