Town Talk with Chad Lawhorn for March 28, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [From batting cages to golf simulators to pickleball, plans filed for indoor sports, entertainment facility]( I’m one of those guys who bring their golf swing to the softball diamond and their softball swing to the golf course. Soon, though, I may be out of excuses. Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall to convert a part of a former grocery ... [From batting cages to golf simulators to pickleball, plans filed for indoor sports, entertainment facility]( By: Chad Lawhorn I’m one of those guys who bring their golf swing to the softball diamond and their softball swing to the golf course. Soon, though, I may be out of excuses. Plans have been filed at Lawrence City Hall to convert a part of a former grocery ... March 27, 2024 @ 2:33pm [Have a business idea? Local competition awarding $25K for the best start-up ventures]( By: Chad Lawhorn Lawrence and Douglas County are getting more serious about cultivating start-up businesses, and if you don’t believe it, there will be 25,000 examples to point to next month. A pair of local organizations are teaming up to host the second ... March 25, 2024 @ 4:48pm [Signs have emerged that construction work is beginning soon on Lawrence's Whataburger]( By: Chad Lawhorn There’s a clear sign that Whataburger is moving forward on opening its first Lawrence location — and it is not in the fast-food chain’s trademark orange. Instead, it is yellow, and plenty big. A big, yellow, trackhoe excavator has been ... March 21, 2024 @ 4:00pm [KU now thinks restaurants, retail components of stadium gateway project may be slower to develop]( By: Chad Lawhorn A plan for KU to create a “Gateway District” around its refurbished football stadium may initially include fewer retailers, restaurants and other amenities than once envisioned, KU Chancellor Douglas Girod said Wednesday. The reason: As ... March 20, 2024 @ 5:34pm [KU Endowment purchases apartment complex to help KU housing; North Lawrence Family Dollar closing]( By: Chad Lawhorn UPDATED 9:15 A.M. MARCH 19, 2024 While local residents sometimes complain that Lawrence has too many apartments, KU officials are now saying the opposite is actually true. In fact, Lawrence is so short of apartments to house University of ... March 18, 2024 @ 3:16pm [By one measure, Lawrence water 16th most expensive in U.S.; updates on office project, airport hangar]( By: Chad Lawhorn News and notes from around town: — I long ago determined that ear plugs to block out the neighbors' comments are cheaper than a sprinkler to keep the yard green. Not everyone has, though, and the cost of summer water bills is a frequent ... March 16, 2024 @ 3:46pm You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044