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Written by City of Lawrence
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Monday, 18 August 2008 07:50 |
(Lawrence, Ks) Starting today, Lawrence will have expanded options for accessing public transportation throughout the community. That’s because a reciprocal agreement between the City of Lawrence and the University of Kansas goes into effect on Monday, Aug. 18, the first day of KU’s fall service. The agreement allows KU students, faculty and staff to ride the T fixed-route buses for free by showing their KU Card. On the otherhand, T riders can now use KU on Wheels buses for free by showing avalid T bus pass or transfer slip. |
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Written by Staff Report
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Friday, 08 August 2008 07:36 |
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Amid shrinking support from the City Commission, the administrator of the public transit system in Lawrence is leaving to run a much larger transit system in Las Vegas, Nevada. Cliff Galante, public transit administrator for the City of Lawrence, has resigned his post, taking a position with Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada where he will manage the fixed-route bus operations for the City of Las Vegas and surrounding communities.
Galante joined the City of Lawrence in July of 2005. He has overseen the growth of ridership, feasibility study of a merger with KU, assisted the launch of the KU Park and Ride, launched Carpool Connection and worked to secure federal and state funding for the system. |
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Written by Larryville Contributor
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Tuesday, 05 August 2008 08:48 |
On August 5th, the Lawrence City Commission will accept, deny, defer or refer back to Planning Commission a rezoning request from Agriculture to IG (General Industrial District), on a 155 acre land parcel on the north side of Farmers Turnpike (County Rd 438) near the Lawrence/Lecompton I-70 Interchange.
Under city zoning, IG district zone offers the heaviest possible industrial uses including, for example, FMC, Farmland, West Star Energy and dynamite and slaughter plants. By description in the Lawrence Development Code, IG zoning is generally incompatible with residential and low intensity commercial areas.
Dwayne Schwada et al, owns and plans to develop the 155 acre parcel outside of the Lawrence Urban Growth Area (UGA). Because the land is not within the UGA, the land becomes an ‘island annexation’. The completion of the annexation comes with the potential granting of the IG zoning by the City Commission. |
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Written by Larry Powers
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Tuesday, 29 July 2008 11:47 |
Homelessness is a contemporary issue adversely affecting our society. While we read about the homeless children in third world countries, our nation faces similar conditions. Lawrence, Kansas is not exempt from the growing number of homeless families with children. Valerie Miller-Coleman, a Homeless Outreach Specialist for the City of Lawrence, estimates that she and fellow caseworkers serve over one-hundred homeless families with children annually. It is a problem that continues to grow.
In an effort to better serve homeless families with children, a network is being established in the city of Lawrence. This network is part of a national organization which began as the Interfaith Hospitality Network, and in recent years was renamed Family Promise. Interfaith Hospitality Network (IHN) or Family Promise was established twenty years ago to help homeless families within communities achieve lasting independence.
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