Despite failing to earn a recommendation for approval from the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission earlier this fall, a development plan for the Fall Creek Villas project is still set to move forward following a vote of approval from a supermajority of city leaders Tuesday night.
At its weekly meeting, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-1, with Commissioner Amber Sellers opposed, to approve a ...
Lawrence leaders voted unanimously Tuesday night to approve nearly $2.7 million in city funding for the Lawrence Community Shelter for 2024 as part of another updated funding agreement.
The Lawrence City Commission approved $2,677,696 in funding to be disbursed to the shelter on a quarterly basis next year, which will help fund the shelter’s capacity for winter emergency sheltering and operations at “The ...
After a meeting that extended into the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission was divided on whether to recommend approval of a permit for the first commercial-scale solar energy facility in Douglas County.
The Planning Commission ended up in a split 4-4 vote on the conditional use permit for the Kansas Sky Energy Center project, a 1,105-acre solar energy facility ...
Much has been said in Lawrence meeting rooms over the past two years about the potential for large-scale renewable energy development in Douglas County. But on Monday, the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission will be considering whether to take the most tangible step yet in clearing a path for such development to actually take place.
The Planning Commission will be considering a conditional use permit ...
The Lawrence Community Shelter Board of Directors is still working toward finalizing another new proposed funding agreement with the City of Lawrence, with sights set on doing so by Monday.
The board voted unanimously Thursday night to authorize its executive committee to finalize an agreement between the shelter and the City of Lawrence by then, in time for it to be included on the agenda for Tuesday’s ...
Douglas County leaders on Wednesday took the next step in the process of remodeling the meeting chambers at the Douglas County Courthouse.
At Wednesday’s Douglas County Commission meeting, commissioners unanimously approved the budget for the project and authorized staff to proceed with soliciting bids for construction proposals, which could happen by early January. The project will include restoring the ...
