The Parks, Recreation and Culture department’s new "playbook" — full of plans for generating more revenue and upgrading amenities like parks, playgrounds and trails — is now on its way to the Lawrence City Commission for final approval.
Earlier this month, two city advisory boards signed off on the department's new master plan. The Parks and Recreation Advisory Board approved it on Feb. 10, and the ...
As the South Lawrence Trafficway begins an expansion from two lanes to four on the west side of Lawrence, utility projects might soon be underway that could help spur the city's expansion to the west of K-10.
The city is considering giving a pair of construction contracts to Emery Sapp & Sons — the company currently working on the expansion of the roadway, as the Journal-World reported — to upgrade ...
Lawrence city staff is still assessing whether the City Commission will need to hold a special meeting to make up for the one that was canceled Tuesday because of winter weather.
The city announced Monday night that Tuesday's meeting would be canceled because of a winter storm warning and potentially “dangerous travel conditions” on Tuesday. Lawrence received a little over an inch of snow overnight, and ...
As the City of Lawrence crafts its 2026 budget, city staff will hold a public feedback session Monday night using an online tool to help highlight priorities.
At the session, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Lawrence Public Library, attendees will use the interactive tool called “A Balancing Act” to mimic the choices city leaders make to create the budget. The tool, which the city has used for three years ...
Brad Harrell calls the garages, meters, sawtooth spots and surface lots in downtown Lawrence the city's "parking ecosystem." And, like any good ecologist, he knows that small changes can have big effects.
Take, for instance, changing the cost of a parking ticket from $5 to $10.
Before Lawrence did that in 2021, Harrell, the city's parking manager, said the city was issuing around 100,000 parking tickets per ...
Lawrence city commissioners will consider approving a $3.5 million funding agreement Tuesday night with the Lawrence Community Shelter to provide emergency and winter sheltering and other supportive services for people experiencing homelessness.
Last year, LCS received around $3.4 million from the city, with an initial $2,677,699 funding agreement in January and an additional $756,550 through an addendum in ...
