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All Access - $30 for 6 Months Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( Back to School Special! All Access to LJWorld.com $30 for 6 months Just 17¢ per day! If you haven’t already, please consider supporting local journalism through a digital subscription to LJWorld.com. Subscriptions are the No. 1 source of revenue that supports our local journalists. Offer is open to anyone without a current subscription. Cancel anytime. [More Info]( [photo]( [Town Talk | From ice cream to pizza, new westside retail center seeking neighborhood shops; new Latin restaurant coming; taco spot closes]( Construction work is well underway on Stone Hawk Square, a new retail center near Clinton Parkway and Inverness Drive. [Read More]( [photo]( [Town Talk | Work underway to create $3M to $5M venture capital fund for local startup businesses; group also holding ‘Launchpad’ event in October]( Why would a promising young company leave Lawrence to go somewhere else? The answer is often money. [Read More]( [Image]( [Here’s how local leaders are working to help reduce serious vehicle crashes in Douglas County with the Vision Zero initiative]( The initiative that’s aiming to eliminate traffic deaths and serious injury accidents in Douglas County might be called “Vision Zero,” but make no mistake: it’s really about seeing things more clearly. [Read More]( [photo]( [Facing budget shortfall, city to present plan to commissioners for $6M in cuts, transfers to balance 2024 budget]( The city manager’s office says it’s time for mid-year budget cuts at Lawrence City Hall. Fire and medical, parks and recreation, and sidewalk repair are among the cuts proposed, and that would be after the city dips into about $3 million of its rainy day funds. [Read More]( [photo]( [‘Just keep going’: Runner hoping for redemption in upcoming 100-mile race after injury shattered her dream years ago]( As ultra marathoners prepare for a grueling 100-mile trail race at Douglas County’s Clinton Lake, one runner is hoping for a bit of redemption after her big dream was dramatically upended almost a decade ago. [Read More]( [photo]( [What ‘different dimension’ will Coit bring to KU basketball?]( As hard as it would have been to predict that Kansas would go back to the well for another transfer point guard two months after adding Shakeel Moore in June, it will be just as difficult to forecast exactly what the Jayhawks will get out of David Coit this year. [Read More]( [Facebook]( This message was sent by the Lawrence Journal-World. You are receiving this because at some point in the past you shared your email address with LJWorld.com To opt-out of emails like this, click the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World PO Box 888, Lawrence, KS 66044