Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence’s new city manager, Majed Al-Ghafry, is stepping into his role with a plan. Here’s what he said about his goals for Lawrence, including transparency, the budget, housing, university partnerships and citywide inclusivity.
Lawrence city commissioners voted Tuesday to begin the process to consider potentially annexing 650 acres of land west of K-10 — about 1 square mile — into city limits.
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The Sierra Club Kansas Chapter has endorsed two Lawrence City Commission candidates and shared all candidates’ answers to questions regarding expansion of the city, development of the wetlands and more.
Planning commissioners on Wednesday voted to approve a new request from developers of the New Boston Crossing south of town, now slated to include a sports complex.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Advocates in a Lawrence group protesting a proposed development south of town believe developers have added subsidized housing to the project to distract from its environmental and other consequences.
The board of regents of Haskell Indian Nations University and a prominent Indigenous studies professor urge developers of the proposed New Boston Crossing to search the site for children who could be buried in unmarked graves.
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An upcoming meeting will share updates to the design of the New Boston Crossing development planned for southeast of Kansas Highway 10 and Iowa Street.
About half of the proposed New Boston Crossing site rests in the floodplain, but the company’s attorneys and consultants have sought to navigate through objections raised at the city, county and federal levels.
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The Baker University Board of Trustees has voted to retain land north of the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center that the university was considering selling to be developed for affordable housing.
August Rudisell/Lawrence Times
Members of the Haskell National Board of Regents have voiced deep concerns about the planned New Boston Crossing development as well as the possible sale of land near the Baker Wetlands Discovery Center for affordable housing development.
