About once a decade, I seem to write about an idea to create a locally based venture capital fund. Usually, some promising young company has just left the community to grow somewhere else. The question turns to: Why wouldn’t they stay in Lawrence? The answer often is money. They need money ...
News and notes from around town: — It almost wouldn’t be fair to the wallets of Lawrence parents to put an ice cream shop virtually within sight distance of four schools. But that indeed may be one plan for a developing commercial center in west Lawrence. Construction work is well ...
Lawrence City Manager Craig Owens understands that residents are particularly focused on one part of his 2025 recommended budget — the proposed 3.5 mill property tax rate increase. If approved, the 3.5 mill increase would be the city’s largest property tax rate increase in at least 50 ...
Lawrence is poised to grow over the next 50 years. In fact, a new report from Wichita State University says Lawrence has the ingredients to be the fastest growing community in the state between now and 2072. Whether it will have the housing is another matter. Lawrence landed atop the list ...
If you thought the race for Douglas County District Attorney was drawing some interest, the latest campaign finance reports surely will back up your contention. The three-way race to be the Democratic nominee has drawn nearly $90,000 in campaign contributions thus far, which is a historically ...
Plans have been filed to convert a former rural school house between Lawrence and Eudora into a day care home for adults with developmental disabilities. The site — the former Kaw Valley School building at 1411 East 1850 Road — had been under consideration by the city of Lawrence and ...
