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Wulfe Wulfemeyer/Lawrence Times
Business October 3, 2025 - 3:48 pm

New wine bar and kitchen in downtown Lawrence will source local, serve up unusual pours

by Wulfe Wulfemeyer

Downtown Lawrence will welcome a new wine bar and kitchen opening next week with natural selections and a distinctly townie mindset.

Wulfe Wulfemeyer/Lawrence Times
Business October 2, 2025 - 3:08 pm

Multiple downtown and East Lawrence stores and restaurants shuttering

by Wulfe Wulfemeyer

A restaurant, a coffee chain and two retail stores located in downtown and East Lawrence have announced closures recently.

Wulfe Wulfemeyer/Lawrence Times
Business September 19, 2025 - 4:19 pm

Fresh Cut Smoothies launches on Mass Street with inventive recipes and tantalizing decor

by Wulfe Wulfemeyer

With no digital fanfare, but the reveal of a mouth-watering window display, a new smoothie shop has opened its doors on the downtown strip, and Lawrencians are flocking to the counter already.

August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life August 30, 2025 - 3:13 pm

Committee seeks public input on permanent Lawrence Farmers Market location

by Maya Hodison

Emily Lysen said the first community meeting about solidifying a permanent Lawrence Farmers Market location had an ideal setting: it was raining. That morning at the market demonstrated the need for an outdoor pavilion.

Maya Hodison/Lawrence Times
Business July 31, 2025 - 7:56 pm

KC ice cream shop franchise coming to west Lawrence

by Maya Hodison

A Lawrence business owner plans to open a franchise of Kansas City-based ice cream shop Betty Rae’s this fall in west Lawrence.

Tom Harper/Lawrence Times
Business July 11, 2025 - 4:24 pm

KU Endowment seeks to demolish former Jayhawk Bookstore building to make way for business hub

by Cuyler Dunn

KU Endowment is looking to demolish the building that formerly housed Jayhawk Bookstore and McLain’s Market on KU’s campus to make room for the business school’s new entrepreneurship hub.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Business July 2, 2025 - 5:25 pm

Fresh Cut Smoothies to open in downtown Lawrence with community recipes, concoctions for all palates

by Wulfe Wulfemeyer

Daniel Luckey has worked in restaurants all over the downtown strip. Now, he’s channeling his decades of service industry experience into opening a grab-and-go-style smoothie and juice shop in the 800 block of Mass.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Business June 25, 2025 - 8:19 pm

Boba & Beyond opens at Lawrence’s Central Station

by Maya Hodison

Amrutha Ravikumar has opened her second Boba & Beyond location. The cafe is the sole vendor at Lawrence Transit’s Central Station.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Business June 20, 2025 - 12:34 pm

Downtown Lawrence Inc. looking to keep momentum when director departs

by Maya Hodison

The director of Downtown Lawrence Inc. is leaving the organization in July, and although the board was set to discuss dissolving DLI, that option is no longer on the table.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Business June 11, 2025 - 11:17 am

Group drops lawsuit that developer said spurred plans to demolish East Lawrence building

by Maya Hodison

A group of neighbors have dropped a lawsuit that a Lawrence developer said left him with no choice but to demolish an old East Lawrence building.

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