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Lawrence City Commission votes to keep Community Building open for exercise access on trial basis
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voted to keep the Community Building open and free to residents for a three-month trial basis once access fees to use the city’s other recreation centers go into effect in January.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Commission votes to keep Community Building open for exercise access on trial basis
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday voted to keep the Community Building open and free to residents for a three-month trial basis once access fees to use the city’s other recreation centers go into effect in January.
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Lawrence City Commission general public comment for Oct. 15, 2024
Here’s the general public comment for the Lawrence City Commission’s Tuesday meeting, as public comment is no longer being broadcast.
August Rudisell / Lawrence Times
Lawrence city commissioners vote to keep City Hall downtown
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday said it’s important to keep City Hall downtown before voting 3-2 against the purchase of a building near Sixth and Iowa to become the city’s new home.
Lawrence City Commission supports renovating pool, axes redesign that would have cut swim space
The Lawrence City Commission on Tuesday favored a plan to maintain the Outdoor Aquatic Center’s current design and rehabilitate much of the infrastructure.
Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Many people heading to different camps as City of Lawrence closes Amtrak camp
About 20 people living among the trees behind the Amtrak station in East Lawrence are moving to other camps with assistance from the city as the Amtrak camp’s closure looms.
Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Commission set to vote on moving City Hall to 6th and Iowa
City commissioners on Tuesday will vote on purchasing a $4.2 million building near Sixth and Iowa streets to become the new Lawrence City Hall. It would also require an estimated $11.7 million in remodeling costs.
Lawrence City Commission to hear pool renovation plan that would keep current design, save money
The Lawrence City Commission will hear a plan Tuesday to renovate the outdoor pool’s current structure, which could save thousands of square feet in swim space and hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Mackenzie Clark/Lawrence Times
What Lawrence’s ballot question on the city’s ‘form of government’ actually means
There’s a lot of confusion around the ”form of government” question on Lawrence voters’ ballots this November. Here’s what it actually means, plus potential pros and cons if voters approve it.
Lawrence City Commission general public comment for Oct. 8, 2024
Here’s the general public comment for the Lawrence City Commission’s Tuesday meeting, as public comment is no longer being broadcast.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence City Commission advances 2 possible downtown transit station sites
Lawrence city commissioners on Tuesday chose to advance two possible sites for the future Downtown Lawrence Transit Station, including the current site in the 700 block of Vermont Street.
