The design of the Lawrence Police Department’s new multimillion-dollar headquarters could soon be underway. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider authorizing a $1.35 million architectural services contract with Leawood firm Hoefer Wysocki for the new police headquarters, according to a city staff memo to the commission. The $17 million headquarters will be located on ...
City of Lawrence Finance Director Bryan Kidney will be leaving his post. Following a nationwide search, the city of Independence, Mo., decided to hire Kidney as the new director of finance and administration, according to an announcement on its website. The city of Lawrence hired Kidney in 2015. Kidney’s last day with the city of Lawrence will be Sept. 5, according to city spokesman Porter Arneill. ...
What it could look like when Lawrence residents live closer together is becoming clearer. Along with taller buildings, there might be row houses, accessory dwelling units, cluster housing and smaller single-family homes. The steering committee that has been revising the Lawrence-Douglas County comprehensive plan recently completed its final draft, which lays out policies that will shape how the city grows for ...
New markers near the northeast corner of Eighth and Massachusetts streets will make it easier to learn about a one-time downtown fixture who became the subject of an acclaimed documentary. On Friday, local leaders and relatives of Leo Beuerman gathered for the unveiling of additions to a marker that has commemorated the life of Beuerman. Plaques added to the sides of the cement marker display the website ...
Two years after opening its doors, the HERE apartment complex can finally lease all of its units. When it opened in August 2016, the seven-floor, 624-bedroom apartment and retail complex at 1111 Indiana St. was not permitted to lease 75 of its bedrooms because of a parking shortage in its underground garage. The second phase of the complex’s parking addition was recently completed, allowing all units to be ...
The time it takes fire and medical personnel to arrive at an emergency has been increasing, with responses to medical calls measuring well more than nine minutes. Lawrence-Douglas County Fire Medical response times have generally been getting slower over the past decade, with some response times not meeting department benchmarks, according to the department’s 2018 accreditation report, which department ...