The vacant lots at 815 and 821 Vermont St. long have been an oddity — a slice of agriculture in the heart of downtown. When the property was owned by former city commissioner and restaurant operator Bob Schumm, he used the sites to grow a variety of produce. Now, even though the property has ...
News and notes from around town: — A piece of Honduras soon will be occupying a prominent piece of real estate in Lawrence. Motorists near Ninth and Iowa streets soon will start to see a nearly 100-foot mural emerge on the north wall of The Merc, the co-op grocer that anchors the shopping ...
One of Lawrence’s largest development projects in years is about to enter a crucial period. Plans to build hundreds of homes and a couple hundred thousand square feet of retail space and hotels on 177 acres of agricultural land along the South Lawrence Trafficway will be seeking critical ...
There’s still considerable controversy about whether a large solar farm should be built in rural eastern Douglas County. But now there are plans for a project with 1,700 solar panels to be built inside the city limits of Lawrence. And it may not require much in the way of approvals. ...
If you can find him — he dresses so inconspicuously — the Hamburglar would tell you: You never know when a Big Mac attack will strike. Soon, if it strikes you on your commute between Lawrence and Topeka, you’ll have a solution. Indeed, the Kansas Turnpike rest stop area just west of ...
Don’t hang up on me. I feel like I should make that request because I’m getting ready to talk about call centers. The main message is: There are fewer of them in Lawrence than there used to be. Unless you enjoy talking about your car’s extended warranty, or lack thereof, you probably ...