The new leader of the Lawrence Community Shelter operates by a simple motto: Help at least one person each day.
James Chiselom began his role as the shelter’s latest executive director Friday, joining LCS as a slew of operational changes are in the works. As the Journal-World has reported, that includes managing The Village at 256 N. Michigan St. — Lawrence’s community of 64-square-foot cabins for people ...
Five years from now, there may be well over a thousand new affordable housing units constructed throughout Douglas County.
That idea is no secret in Lawrence. Lawrence City Commission candidates regularly highlighted the hundreds of affordable units currently in the development pipeline along the campaign trail in late 2023, and such projects have been an emphasis for local leaders when allocating American ...
It’s still an open question when exactly Lawrence’s village of 64-square-foot Pallet cabins will be ready to start accepting residents, but the pieces are mostly in place to make it happen.
That was the state of “The Village,” 256 N. Michigan St., as of Friday, when City of Lawrence staff invited the media to tour the community. Construction there wrapped up at the beginning of December, including 50 ...
Douglas County’s funding support for the Lawrence Community Shelter in 2024 will be unchanged compared to 2023.
On Thursday, the LCS Board of Directors approved a service agreement with the county for the next year outlining the provisions for the $296,000 in funding support the county provides annually. That amount was reflected in the county’s 2024 budget, which was adopted in late August.
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A dozen Lawrence bus routes have a different look to them as 2024 begins, and the city’s transit office will be seeking feedback throughout January that will guide even further changes later this year.
On Wednesday, Lawrence Transit announced in a news release that it’s seeking feedback on the bus routes it developed through an 18-month route redesign study, which were fully implemented Jan. 2. Transit ...
For the leader of Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center, opening a facility dedicated specifically to young patients has been on the distant horizon, but that horizon suddenly seems much closer.
Bert Nash CEO Patrick Schmitz said such a goal, until recently, seemed anywhere from five to eight years from fruition. But that all changed over the past year, thanks in part to an unexpected property acquisition. ...
