As the City of Lawrence's sidewalk improvement program moves farther into older sections of the city, the cost of needed repairs has shot up by millions of dollars, easily exhausting the available funding.
Of the nearly 400 blocks of sidewalk identified for repairs as part of the 2021 program, close to a quarter of the blocks are in such disrepair that instead of repairing just the damaged sections, the city ...
The City of Lawrence is preparing to take legal action against a local business that the city believes is operating without the license required for a sexually oriented entertainment business.
Following an executive session Tuesday evening, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to direct the city attorney to file the appropriate court documents to take action against Lawrence Entertainment LLC, doing ...
An issue with some of the city’s new automated water meters resulted in three commercial utility customers being overcharged close to $164,000 on their water bills over the past several months.
The City of Lawrence has been working to replace its old water meters with automated meters, which capture and transmit usage data digitally instead of requiring manual reads. A particular issue with certain ...
Crediting it for helping spur recent additions at the city’s business parks, Lawrence city leaders have extended a fast-track economic incentives program.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted unanimously to authorize an extension of the Catalyst Incentive Program for another three years, until April 1, 2025. Commissioners agreed that the program was valuable, both for the new ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon consider extending a temporary fast-track economic incentives program originally approved in 2017 as a way to spur industrial development in city business parks and throughout the city.
As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider authorizing an extension of the Catalyst Incentive Program for another three years, until April 1, 2025. The program ...
Following a pilot program for its new tiny home village, the Lawrence Community Shelter has suspended the program and again stopped accepting families.
A shelter leader said the decision to put the program on hold was based on a need to add more staff and to use the tiny homes for isolation purposes to prevent the spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, although there are tentative plans to slightly increase the ...
