Lawrence city leaders heard various perspectives about a plan to create a temporary city-run campsite for those experiencing homelessness and to relocate people to that area.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission received an update on the city’s strategic plan goal of “strong, welcoming neighborhoods,” which included updates on various efforts to address homelessness. Among them was ...
On a recent afternoon, a class of preschoolers walked single file down the sidewalk leading to the park, but instead headed right for the adjacent parking lot. Under the awning of a colorfully decorated box truck, were shelves of books inviting the kids to read.
After decades without a bookmobile, the Lawrence Public Library recently debuted “Dottie,” allowing residents to check out books, movies and learn ...
Though Lawrence city leaders have said they would like to expand the city’s utility assistance program, determining the details of that program will take time, and the proposed budget for next year does not include any funding for such an effort.
City utility bills have increased significantly in recent years, and the proposed budget for 2023 includes another increase. As the water/sewer, storm water and ...
Updated at 5:13 p.m. Friday
Two years since the City of Lawrence decided to allow camping on public property in the downtown area, the city is planning to create a temporary city-run campsite for those experiencing homelessness and relocate people to that area.
The Lawrence City Commission will receive information about the plan as part of its meeting Tuesday. City staff will run the campsite — which staff ...
The marker outside the Lawrence public pool serves as a reminder that an integrated public pool — where children of all races were allowed to swim — did not come without a struggle and, in fact, took more than a decade of activism to accomplish.
One of the consequences of that inequity occurred on a summer afternoon in 1955, when 12-year-old Wray Jones drowned while swimming in the Kansas River. Meanwhile, ...
The ability to create denser neighborhoods that allow commercial and other uses are among the priorities of a steering committee working to update the city’s land development code.
The Land Development Code Update Steering Committee had its first meeting Wednesday to discuss the update to the code, which determines where and how the city grows. City Commission member and Committee Chair Brad Finkeldei, who ...
