Garage doors aren’t just good for keeping your car safe from the elements – Peaslee Tech CEO Kevin Kelley says the material they’re made of is durable enough to use for a whole house.
And, in fact, there are four such houses taking shape behind the technical training center right now.
“In addition to being insulated and all that, the paint is baked onto this,” he said, pointing to the hard outer ...
One of Lawrence’s longtime manufacturers, garage door company Amarr, will be getting some help from the city to purchase its building and keep operating in Lawrence.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission voted 4-0, with Commissioner Amber Sellers absent, to issue up to $35 million of Industrial Revenue Bonds to help Amarr purchase the facility at 3800 Greenway Circle that it now leases. ...
For city leaders, settling a lawsuit over the former Riverfront Mall building isn’t just about ending a legal fight – it’s also a “once-in-a-generation opportunity” to do something new in downtown Lawrence.
That’s what Vice Mayor Mike Courtney said Tuesday before city commissioners unanimously approved the settlement with the ownership group of the Riverfront building that will give the city control ...
Soon, Lawrence city commissioners will have new rules for how they hear from the public – and, Mayor Brad Finkeldei hopes, new standards for “how we want to interact with each other.”
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission unanimously approved a new meeting order that, once a month, will put public comments at the start of the meeting instead of at the end. They also approved a new ...
City commissioners could soon be hearing public comments at the start of their meeting once a month, and they could also adopt a civility resolution that contains “standards of conduct” for the commission itself.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider adopting a new meeting order that, among other things, moves the general public comment period on the second Tuesday of each ...
A settlement has been reached in the Riverfront building owners' lawsuit against the city of Lawrence and its contractors, one in which the defendants would pay a total of $2.5 million, the city would take control of the building and the SpringHill Suites hotel would stop operating there.
Currently, a Lawrence-based entity called Riverfront LLC co-owns the former Riverfront Mall building with the other ...
