Lawrence-Douglas County Public Health announced Monday that it will soon launch a partnership with the Lawrence Community Shelter to provide on-site basic health services.
According to the Monday afternoon news release from the health department, the LDCPH Mobile Clinic will be deployed to the shelter on a monthly basis so unhoused residents staying at the shelter will have access to the services that can be ...
In just a couple of weeks, shoppers in Lawrence will be a little more limited in how they’re able to carry their purchases home from the store.
That’s because March 1 is the day that the city’s new ordinance banning single-use plastic bags takes effect. City leaders approved Ordinance No. 9996, which prohibits establishments in Lawrence from providing single-use disposable plastic bags to customers at the ...
For the first time, a census will capture data about Lawrence’s local music scene with eyes toward gathering measurable information about people who do music-related work to provide them with better support.
Starting in March, people working in the local music industry will be able to participate in the Lawrence Music Census, which will be administered by music census provider Sound Music Cities in ...
City leaders on Tuesday decided against approving a grant proposal that could have covered the construction of an incomplete section of the Lawrence Loop near downtown, along with a new pedestrian bridge across the Kansas River.
At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, the group voted 2-3, with Vice Mayor Mike Dever and commissioners Brad Finkeldei and Lisa Larsen opposed, on the grant concept for the section of ...
At this week’s Lawrence City Commission meeting, city leaders will consider approving a grant concept that could help fund an incomplete section of the Lawrence Loop.
On Tuesday, commissioners will hear more about the proposal, which would cover the approximately $21 million cost of construction for a section of the Lawrence Loop Trail from Seventh Street to Constant Park, along with a new pedestrian bridge ...
On Monday, members of the Affordable Housing Advisory Board discussed year-end reports for a set of ongoing projects that previously have received Affordable Housing Trust Fund grant funding.
That discussion didn’t include any presentations from recipients and the reports from each grantee were fairly brief; Chair Monte Soukup at one point remarked that one report was not sufficient and didn’t provide any ...
