It's been a year of big developments for the City of Lawrence's economic development department, in more ways than one.
There have been the actual development projects, of course — like the massive Gateway project around the University of Kansas' football stadium and redevelopment efforts at several long-vacant downtown sites. But Assistant City Manager Brandon McGuire says there are also important ...
Lawrence city commissioners will consider a rezoning request Tuesday night that could pave the way for a new mixed-use development proposed in North Lawrence.
The commission will consider a rezoning request of 1.12 acres of land at 623 and 645 Locust St. that would shift the site from an M-3 mixed-use district to an M-2 mixed-use district. That would facilitate the development of a mixed-use building that ...
For the past two years, Zack Daniel said he had some of the “best on-the-job training” to take the reins of Eudora.
Daniel has served as an assistant city manager for the city the past two years and was named the interim city manager in June after the Eudora City Commission voted to end the previous city manager’s contract, as the Journal-World reported.
The Eudora Commission voted to offer Daniel the ...
As a way to create a larger community of readers, Polli Kenn said the Lawrence Public Library held a “book nerd” party in 2019.
When 300 people turned up to that event at River Rat Skate Shop in North Lawrence, Kenn, a readers’ services supervisor with the Lawrence Public Library, was excited with the results.
“A lot of younger people showed up; folks we don’t normally see (use the library),” Kenn ...
At a combined forum hosted by a local advocacy group Wednesday, Lawrence City Commission and Lawrence school board candidates discussed issues relating to better collaborations between the governing bodies and how to improve community input.
The Coalition for Collaborative Governance, a group of Lawrence residents that advocates for greater governmental transparency and community engagement, hosted the event at ...
Whether you like it or not, “The AI revolution is here,” Chris Daugherty, of Google Cloud, told a University of Kansas audience Monday.
Daugherty was one of the keynote speakers at the opening event for KU's “Falling into AI” summit, which will feature a week of events that explore artificial intelligence in education, research and professional practice.
The series, which is being led by KU’s ...
