Lawrence city commissioners will give their initial thoughts on a five-year capital projects plan next week, including whether to ask voters to renew a 0.3% infrastructure sales tax.
At its meeting on Tuesday, the City Commission will hear about the city's proposed Capital Improvement Plan, which is a long-term list of infrastructure priorities the city puts together each budget season. This one is for 2027 to ...
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 ...
As a step toward its expansion plans, longtime Lawrence garage door manufacturer Amarr wants to own its current facility instead of leasing it, and the city could give it an assist next week with Industrial Revenue Bonds.
Amarr is asking the city to issue up to $35 million of the bonds to help it purchase the 440,000-square-foot facility at 3800 Greenway Circle that it now leases, which it says is necessary if ...
