City rec centers, Douglas County District Court and more will be closed Monday for Presidents Day, but downtown parking will be free and trash pickup will occur as scheduled.
Here are more notes and details for the upcoming holiday, Monday, Feb. 16.
Changing for the holiday:
• Douglas County District Court and the district attorney’s office will be closed.
• City of Lawrence offices will be closed.
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• All Parks, Recreation and Culture facilities will be closed. That includes the East Lawrence and Holcom Park recreation centers, Sports Pavilion Lawrence, Community Building, Prairie Park Nature Center and the Indoor Aquatic Center. City parks and recreation and cemetery offices will also be closed.
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This is the first year that almost all parks and recreation facilities will be closed on holidays when other city facilities are closed. The former director of Parks, Recreation and Culture told members of the Parks and Recreation Advisory Board last year that closing rec centers on holidays when all other city services are closed would save the city about $20,000 per year.
• Parking will be free at downtown meters and in lots and garages.
• Lawrence Transit’s fixed-route, paratransit and on demand services will operate on their regular schedules; however, Central Station will be closed.
• The post office will be closed.
Not changing from the norm:
• Trash and recycling pickup will be on time for the week.
• Eagle Bend Golf Course will be open from 8 a.m. to dusk, weather permitting.
• Douglas County government offices will be open.
• The Lawrence Public Library will be open for regular hours, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• Lawrence Public Schools will be in session (though there is no school for EC through fifth grade on Thursday, Feb. 12, and all grades are out of school on Friday, Feb. 13).
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