The director of the city’s visitors bureau has announced his upcoming retirement. Explore Lawrence Director Michael Davidson will retire in the spring, according to a news release. Davidson ends his career after thirty plus years in leadership roles in the tourism industry, including leading ...
As part of their effort to better prioritize their budget decisions, city leaders will soon consider a new scoring guide that would affect how millions of tax dollars are spent. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will consider approving a proposed priority-based ...
It’s not yet 6 p.m. on Thursday, and already there are a couple of dozen people lined up outside Room 108 at the Days Inn hotel. A few cars idle in the parking lot, one with its back seat cluttered with possessions. Masks are handed out to those who don’t have them, and the volunteers ...
City leaders will soon consider a request from the Kaw Nation to return a sacred prayer rock that was removed from the tribe’s homelands decades ago and made into a monument honoring settlers, including potential ways to fund the rock's relocation. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the ...
City leaders voted to defer hiring a consultant to help guide a community steering committee that will discuss a controversial project to extend a road near the Mutt Run Off-Leash Dog Park. As part of its meeting Tuesday, the commission considered awarding a $97,670 contract to JEO Consulting ...
Lawrence city leaders are moving forward with creating a committee to study potential changes to the city’s form of government, potentially paving the way for a citywide election to decide on any changes. As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission discussed ...
Lawrence city leaders on Tuesday strongly condemned the recent violence at the U.S. Capitol and the votes of Lawrence’s congressional delegation not to certify President-elect Joe Biden’s victory. At the Lawrence City Commission's regular meeting, Commissioner Lisa Larsen expressed her ...
Lawrence city leaders will soon discuss the possibility of changing the city’s form of government, including having a directly elected mayor or election by districts. As part of its study session Tuesday, the Lawrence City Commission will discuss alternative structures to the city’s ...
As the coronavirus pandemic and related health orders closed and limited businesses, the City of Lawrence planned for multimillion-dollar revenue losses. However, that worst-case scenario did not occur, putting the city in a stronger-than-anticipated position going into 2021. Though the city ...
As costs for damages at a hotel-based winter shelter for homeless people have grown to more than $17,000, those running the program say they are taking away second chances for the guests who have been causing the damage. The city of Lawrence, which is funding the program, coordinated with the ...
After serving four months of his one-year sentence in a federal prison, Lawrence developer and four-time felon Thomas Fritzel has been transferred to a reentry program that is designed to help him transition back to the community upon his upcoming release. Fritzel began serving his sentence ...
Though the total number of COVID-19 cases among City of Lawrence employees since the beginning of the pandemic nearly doubled in the past month, the increase is not due to transmission of the virus in the workplace. The city’s monthly update regarding cases indicates a cumulative 87 cases ...
City leaders have voted to continue funding a cold-weather shelter for homeless people at a local hotel for now, but because of safety issues and the significant amount of program funds going to repair property damage, they are urging city staff to seek alternatives. Volunteers running the ...
With the initial startup funds expected to run out soon, Lawrence city leaders will soon discuss providing more money for an overnight cold-weather shelter for homeless people at a local hotel. On Dec. 23, the city and a volunteer group coordinated to open an overnight drop-in shelter at the ...
After several months of delays, the construction of a new manufacturing plant in Lawrence VenturePark that will eventually bring 140 jobs to the city is moving forward. In fall 2019, the Lawrence City Commission approved tax breaks and other incentives for Kansas City, Mo.-based U.S. ...
The City of Lawrence is seeking feedback from residents about format changes to the city’s bus routes. The city previously conducted a survey about residents’ travel patterns, and based on those results, a University of Kansas Urban Planning class came up with three redesign scenarios, ...
Motorists will soon need to start slowing down on neighborhood streets. The city is set to begin installing 25 mph speed limit signs on all neighborhood streets throughout the city this month, a process that will continue through mid-February until all 1,000 signs are installed, according to ...
The city of Lawrence is moving forward with plans to create a voluntary utility donation program to help low-income residents pay their city utility bill. The city, which provides solid waste, water and sewer services, plans to contract with Catholic Charities to administer the program, and ...
Eight affordable housing projects are requesting funding from the City of Lawrence, including a housing repair program, a voucher program for homeless people and a project that would build a complex of townhomes with 50 new affordable units. A special city sales tax has helped generate $1.275 ...
Motorists should expect delays Wednesday in the area of Clinton Parkway and Kasold Drive, according to a news release from the City of Lawrence. Construction crews will be taking out old traffic signals at the intersection and installing a new traffic signal pole between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. ...