Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
A longtime Lego bricks collector and former IT worker has opened a Bricks & Minifigs store in Lawrence, giving locals a closer option for buying, selling and trading Lego products.
Jacob Rice / Lawrence Times
Pet World, Lawrence’s longstanding local pet store for cats, dogs and exotic animals, is preparing to open a second store that will focus on cold-blooded creatures.
New owners will soon open Mass Street Plant Co. in the space that was previously home to Jungle House in downtown Lawrence.
Hannah Loub/Lawrence Times
The closing of F-Mart, Lawrence’s sole Asian grocery store, has highlighted a gap in Asian representation in Lawrence but opened up the opportunity for a new Afro-Asian concept.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
Lawrence folks wondering what to do on a Saturday night will soon have a few more options with two forthcoming arcades and phosphorescent mini golf.
Wulfe Wulfemeyer/Lawrence Times
Downtown Lawrence is welcoming a new baby boutique and recently lost a pizza place, and a coffee shop is doubling down on its brick and mortar location after closing its mobile trailer.
Nathan Kramer / Lawrence Times
If Lawrencians are going to confuse the Ecumenical Campus Ministries for a church, executive director Jessie Duke at least wants it to seem like a wild one. That’s why she opened a punk, anarchist bookstore in the building.
Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
As businesses throughout Lawrence close due to plummeting revenue and skyrocketing rents, The Dragon’s Hoard, with its free-to-use play spaces and safe space ethos, has roosted in a larger den thanks to a fiercely loyal community of gamers and hobbyists.
