Two years after Lawrence streamlined its rules for building projects near historic properties, city leaders want to know how the changes are working – and what would happen if the rules went away.
At their meeting on Tuesday, Lawrence city commissioners had a discussion with Brenna Buchanan and Joy Coleman, chair and vice chair of the Historic Resources Commission or HRC, and much of it centered on a concept ...
North Lawrence’s underpass will soon have a warning system to alert drivers when it floods during heavy rains, city staff told the Journal-World on Tuesday.
Shane Golden of the city’s Municipal Services and Operations Division said that work was underway Tuesday on the warning system, which will use a combination of sensors, signs and flashing lights.
“If water gets to a certain level, it’s supposed to ...
Instead of getting their city funding clawed back on Tuesday night, two affordable housing projects got another chance – but one of them will also have a deadline.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the City Commission voted not to recoup about $46,000 in affordable housing trust funding from developer Tony Krsnich’s 9 Del Lofts II project. Commissioners also voted to defer for six months their decision on whether ...
As Lawrence’s parking manager, Brad Harrell is well aware that parking garages have an image problem.
“Parking garages are dark and intimidating by nature,” Harrell says in his brightly lit office in the New Hampshire Street garage. They’re associated with crime and graffiti, and you’d not exactly take a photo of one and put it on social media.
So, when he sees people doing just that in the New ...
City leaders will vote next week on whether to claw back $558,000 in affordable housing funding from Bert Nash Community Mental Health Center after it stepped away from a supportive housing project.
The funding was awarded to Bert Nash from the city's Affordable Housing Trust Fund in 2023 and 2024 for a permanent supportive housing project near the intersection of Sixth Street and Rockledge Road. However, the ...
When Lawrence gets a new city manager, it could also get a new look for its City Commission meetings – one with public comments near the beginning instead of at the end.
At Tuesday’s City Commission meeting, Mayor Brad Finkeldei said he was interested in changing the order of the meeting agendas to move certain items to earlier in the evening. He said that might include the city manager’s comments and ...
