For nearly 60 years, the Ballard Center has been serving community members through “family stabilization” services like rent and utility assistance, a food and clothing pantry, and affordable pre-K child care.
The nonprofit has been doing that work out of a 107-year-old building in North Lawrence, its home since 1964. The building has been renovated since the Ballard Center moved in, but never expanded. ...
After previously operating through a combined office, the City of Lawrence and Douglas County have split into their own separate Sustainability Offices.
That change became official in mid-August, when the county announced that Kim Criner Ritchie will lead the Douglas County office as sustainability manager, and Kathy Richardson will serve as the Lawrence office’s director. Both of them had been serving as ...
Douglas County has announced a date for a town hall meeting about a proposed project extending Wakarusa Drive south of Lawrence.
The town hall, first referenced by Douglas County Administrator Sarah Plinsky in a memo to the Douglas County Commission last week, has been set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 29, at the Greenbush Resource Center, formerly the Wakarusa Valley School, 1104 East 1000 Road.
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Douglas County leaders on Wednesday approved moving forward with a waterproofing project at the Douglas County Courthouse that county staff called “crucial.”
The commission agreed unanimously to a motion that will begin the process of waterproofing work to mitigate issues affecting the courthouse’s basement area. With that approval, county staff will direct Lawrence-based architectural design firm Hernly ...
Douglas County leaders this week could approve a nearly $1.5 million budget for a project that addresses waterproofing issues with the Douglas County Courthouse’s foundation.
The project is on the agenda for Wednesday's Douglas County Commission meeting, and it’s intended to fix what’s described as “significant water infiltration issues” in the courthouse basement. The commission is set to receive a ...
A remodeling project is underway on the first floor of the Douglas County Courthouse.
The county announced Monday that work has commenced to house accounts payable, payroll and real estate employees with the Douglas County Clerk’s Office in one space — the area on the first floor of the courthouse previously occupied by the Douglas County Elections Office. Those employees have, until now, been working in ...
