Douglas County on Wednesday cleared the way for the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority to negotiate real estate transactions and close deals on its own — and potentially to expand its footprint into more of the county's communities.
LDCHA had previously been bound by a joint city-county resolution that restricted the entity from buying property without the Lawrence City Commission's approval, as well ...
To increase the community's stock of affordable housing, the Lawrence-Douglas County Housing Authority wants more freedom to buy property without asking local government leaders first, and the County Commission could grant that at its meeting this week.
On Wednesday, commissioners will consider whether to modify the Housing Authority's joint city-county resolution to allow the Housing Authority to buy and sell ...
Right now, when the sun beats down on Hillcrest Elementary's Ryan Gray Playground, there's no shade where kids can rest. But a class of architecture students at the University of Kansas is going to change that this year — and do some playing of its own with shapes, light and shadows.
This fall, the class will be partnering with the Hillcrest PTO to build a shade structure over three picnic tables on the ...
Budget deliberations have concluded for the Douglas County Commission, and a reduction in the county's property tax rate is one step closer to becoming reality.
Having initially aimed for a flat mill levy, commissioners instead have crafted a preliminary budget that cuts the mill-rate by two mills. Compared to the originally proposed budget, that equates to a property tax decline of $46 for a residence valued ...
Douglas County commissioners had a lighter-than-normal agenda at their evening meeting on Wednesday — made lighter still after discussion about a plan to renovate the former Borders building in downtown Lawrence was postponed.
The meeting, which took place a few hours after the County Commission wrapped up its 2024 budget deliberations, was originally supposed to include an update on the plans for the ...
After a dissection of funding requests made by various entities countywide, Douglas County commissioners said no to a number of them Tuesday morning during the commission’s second day of budget deliberations.
So far in the deliberations, 26 supplemental funding requests have been rejected by the commission: among them were a $1 million request from the Salvation Army to remodel its facility at 1202 E. 23rd ...
