Recycle Right This Holiday Season The holiday season brings a large increase in boxes, packaging, and paper, which makes it a great time to check that we’re recycling the right way. The City of Lawrence wants to spread the cheer by sharing simple holiday …
Residents and visitors alike now have a source for information related to World Cup activity in Lawrence and Douglas County. The website lawrence2026.com is designed to be a hub for information about local events, transportation options, business resources …
It was a snowy day in December, a quarter of a century ago, when Lawrence Transit rolled its first buses out onto the streets. The date was December 16, 2000. The city’s public transit buses have traveled 15,932,318 fixed-route miles in the last 25 years, …
The City of Lawrence is excited to announce the completion of the Iowa St. reconstruction project, marking the end of a major effort to rebuild and modernize one of the community’s key north–south corridors. Despite a busy construction season and …
Tennessee St. to reopen from 6th St. to south of 9th St. Beginning Monday, December 15, City contractors with the Jayhawk Watershed project will reopen a closed lane on Tennessee St. from 6th St. to just south of 9th St. A lane closure on Tennessee St. …
Parks, Recreation and Culture
Parks, Recreation and Culture
Parks, Recreation and Culture
The City’s Environmental Sustainability Advisory Board meeting agenda for Thursday, December 11, 2025, is available here. The meeting starts at 6:00 pm.
The Connected City Advisory Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, December 15, 2025. The meeting will be held in person at Central Transit Station, 2315 Bob Billings Pkwy Lawrence, KS 66045 and via Zoom video conference. The meeting agenda is online …
The City of Lawrence is allocating Affordable Housing Trust Fund awards to nine projects as part of the 2026 grant cycle. The total awards for 2026 will be $1,200,000. The Lawrence City Commission approved the awards during their meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 9 …
The City of Lawrence is introducing a new virtual assistant to further strengthen the customer service in our Utility Billing Call Center. This effort reflects our ongoing commitment to providing responsive, accessible, and efficient support to all who …
The Lawrence Cultural Arts Commission will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, December 10, 2025, starting at 7:30 p.m. at City Hall (6 East 6th Street). This meeting will be held in a hybrid format. Commissioners will be in person and online. …
Parks, Recreation and Culture
Parks, Recreation and Culture
Bob Billings Pkwy. improvements project to begin December 8 Beginning Monday, December 8, the City of Lawrence will begin construction work on Bob Billings Parkway from Kasold Dr. to Monterey Way, with additional pavement rehabilitation extending to …
The City of Lawrence is partnering with Development Strategies on an Affordable Housing Study to better understand our community’s housing needs, how COVID-19 has reshaped our local housing market, and what strategies will ensure safe, accessible, and …
Parks, Recreation and Culture
The agenda for the City of Lawrence Parks and Recreation Advisory Board has been posted online. The meeting will be held 5:30 p.m. Monday, December 8, at the City of Lawrence, City Hall, 6 E. Sixth St. in the City Commission Room. The primary format for …
Lawrence City Commissioner Amber Sellers has been elected as the 2026 First Vice President of the National Black Caucus of Local Elected Officials, a constituency group of the National League of Cities (NLC). NBC-LEO serves as a forum for communication and …
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