The historic Turnhalle building near downtown Lawrence is now in the running for a set of economic incentives that will help fund a project to convert the building into an event space and restaurant. On Wednesday, the city’s Public Incentives Review Committee unanimously approved an incentives package that would aid Turnhalle LLC — owned by Lawrence residents Zarif and Mamie Haque — in revitalizing the ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Metropolitan Planning Organization is looking for public comment on an updated Regional Pedestrian Plan for Eudora, Baldwin City and Lecompton. The MPO on Monday announced the start of that 30-day public comment period, which will extend through Tuesday, Feb. 20. The draft plan will go to the MPO Policy Board for approval on March 21. Between now and Feb. 20, comments can be provided ...
Just after midnight on Tuesday, the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission reached a consensus on a revised set of rules for wind energy projects in Douglas County. The Planning Commission approved the revised rules by a 6-3 vote, with one key modification: that setback distances from non-participating property owners be set at 2,500 feet from the property line, along with other technical changes based on ...
A lawsuit filed against the City of Lawrence by Teamsters Local Union No. 696, the union representing the city’s solid waste and Municipal Services and Operations employees, is going to trial later this year, according to court records. Judge Mark Simpson set Monday, Aug. 26, as the start date for the three-day trial. That decision occurred at a case management conference in October 2023, but it only recently ...
The Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission was still working toward a consensus about a revised — and more detailed — set of rules for wind energy projects in the county late Monday night. The Planning Commission was once again considering whether to approve the revised rules and send a recommendation for final approval to the Douglas County Commission. But that decision seemed to be far off by the ...
In 2023, Just Food served 7,213 unique households and 18,026 unique individuals, all while recovering 584,255 pounds of food. Among that group have been the 300 to 400 patrons visiting the food bank for the first time each month, who contributed to a grand total of 123,000 pantry visits throughout 2023. Those visitors were fed by those hundreds of thousands of pounds of recovered food, some of which Just Food ...