I don’t know if it was all the notebooks and pencils or if it was parents hosting their own private celebrations, but the return of kids to school returned Lawrence’s retail scene to slightly healthier ground. The latest statistics from the Kansas Department of Revenue show Lawrence ...
As the calendar turned to fall, Lawrence’s housing market simply continued its fall. Home sales in September fell by 17% compared with a year ago and, in a sign of the times, that double-digit decline actually could be counted as an improvement. Lawrence home sales were down 45% in July and ...
A plan to build a large affordable housing apartment complex along East 15th Street was soundly rejected by the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission on Wednesday, after nearly two hours of public comments from neighbors against the project. Lawrence city commissioners will have the ...
There are backhoes and dump trucks busily at work near the intersection of Sixth Street and George Williams Way. There have been a lot of assumptions that the work is for a Braum’s restaurant and ice cream shop that we reported in May is coming to the area. (It makes sense to me because I do ...
The roster of developers interested in converting the area around KU’s football stadium into a convention and entertainment hub is about as deep as the Jayhawks’ depth chart for quarterback. In other words, just three firms submitted qualifications to become the lead developer of the KU ...
News and notes on a couple of battles — one that has long been underway and another that is brewing. — First, the ongoing one. Evergy, the dominant electric utility in Lawrence and the state, has been trying to get a major rate increase for many of its customers. The company also has been ...