Community members will have the opportunity to hear more about the process of moving from three Douglas County Commission districts to five — and to weigh in on what those new districts should look like — during a town hall meeting at the beginning of December.
The meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 1, in Flory Meeting Hall on the Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2120 Harper St. Douglas County Clerk ...
Lawrence nonprofit DCCCA, which provides a number of social and community safety net services, wants to build as many as 10 transitional housing units for folks recovering from substance abuse, and it’s looking for the funding to pull off the project.
The Douglas County Commission learned more about what that project would entail during a work session on Wednesday afternoon. The nonprofit’s CEO, Lori ...
Earlier this year, the Douglas County Commission allocated nearly $21 million in American Rescue Plan Act funds to more than a dozen projects. On Wednesday, commissioners will be talking about a request that didn’t make the cut.
At a work session Wednesday, the commission is set to hear from DCCCA, a nonprofit organization that provides a number of social and community safety net services, about a proposal to ...
A permit to establish a new quarry in Eudora is on the Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Commission’s agenda for approval Wednesday, and Eudora’s city staff has “considerable concerns” based largely on anticipated growth south of the city.
The applicant, Topeka-based Mid-States Materials, is seeking approval to break ground on a limestone quarry at 1174 East 2300 Road, just southeast of ...
The Kansas Department of Agriculture announced Tuesday that it’s now accepting applications from food producers who wish to participate in the state’s new Local Food Purchase Assistance Program.
The program, announced at the beginning of August in Lawrence, aims to strengthen the state’s local food system by providing expanded wholesale market access to Kansas’ food producers and increasing access to ...
On Monday morning in North Lawrence, the beginnings of a 500-square-foot home went up in less than three hours.
The prefabricated building process was a partnership between housing nonprofit Tenants to Homeowners and Build SMART, a Lawrence-based company that manufactures and ships the components of homes such as exterior walls to be assembled on site.
The two entities invited local leaders and the public to ...
