Lawrence city commissioners are expected to reveal the name of the new city manager on Tuesday morning. The city announced on Friday that there would be a special meeting at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St., for the commission to approve the new manager's contract, and that the ...
Tech firm Alarm.com is seeking incentives from the City of Lawrence to redevelop a building on Vermont Street into its new office space, and the City Commission will consider the request next week. At its meeting on Tuesday, the commission will consider two incentives requested by Alarm.com ...
If you want to nominate a local artist for the City of Lawrence's 2026 Phoenix Awards — or if you want to create the physical awards themselves — applications and nominations are now open. Five Phoenix Awards are given out by the Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission each year to recognize ...
Lawrence city commissioners will soon consider selling a public parking lot near Seventh and New Hampshire streets to a developer for an affordable housing project. The commission will decide on Tuesday whether to sell the 0.71-acre surface parking lot at 711 New Hampshire St. to Cohen-Esrey ...
Lawrence needs more new housing – hundreds of units a year – but it might also want to try rehabilitating some older properties to preserve its existing affordable housing stock. That’s what Justin Carney, of consulting firm Development Strategies, told the Lawrence City Commission on ...
Lawrence has made an offer to a city manager candidate, Mayor Brad Finkeldei told the Journal-World on Wednesday, but negotiations on the contract are still in progress. It's now been almost two weeks since the City Commission voted to enter into negotiations on the city manager hire, and ...