More than 1,000 housing units that once were part of a federal affordable housing program in Douglas County no longer are participating, and local leaders are undertaking a “proactive PR campaign” to reverse the losses.
The Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority has launched a new effort to convince Douglas County property managers to accept federal Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers. The Housing ...
Arts-based social service nonprofit Van Go unveiled 19 custom-designed benches to the community on Friday, the culmination of the organization’s annual “Benchmark” program.
Benchmark is Van Go’s summer program for youths ages 14 to 18 who are part of the organization’s JAMS employment program. Each apprentice artist is partnered with a client in the community, and the artist designs and produces a ...
A new garden site is set to join the list of urban gardens located throughout Lawrence as part of the Common Ground community gardening and urban agriculture program.
The new garden site at Broken Arrow Park, located at 31st and Louisiana streets, will be the 11th garden established as part of the program. Common Ground is facilitated through the Lawrence-Douglas County Sustainability Office, and the ...
The Douglas County Commission has agreed to move forward with what county staff describes as “the first of many steps” in remodeling the Douglas County Courthouse.
During a brief meeting on Wednesday, the commission granted its approval to enter into a contract with B.A. Green Construction for one project intended to contribute toward that process — consolidating some staff members from the building's ...
Douglas County commissioners are being asked to spend money on what may be the first of several remodels at the Douglas County Courthouse.
The commission is set to consider authorizing county staff to enter into a contract for a proposed remodel of the first floor of the courthouse with B.A. Green Construction, at a tentative cost of $202,505.
With the county’s Elections Department having moved into a ...
No cases of monkeypox have been reported yet in Douglas County, but Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health is working to raise awareness of the viral disease that has recently emerged in Europe and the United States.
Veronica White, preparedness and epidemiology coordinator with the health department, explained the disease to the Journal-World in more detail on Monday. As of the beginning of this week, the ...
