Town Talk with Chad Lawhorn for June 27, 2022

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Downtown Lawrence will no longer call its big July sale a 'sidewalk sale'; more merchants expected to be inside, plus September sale will be added]( Maybe the sunscreen industry was behind it, or maybe it just happened organically, but somehow shopping on a sidewalk in July became a Lawrence tradition. Get ready for that tradition to change. Downtown Lawrence again will have a big retail ... [Downtown Lawrence will no longer call its big July sale a 'sidewalk sale'; more merchants expected to be inside, plus September sale will be added]( By: Chad Lawhorn Maybe the sunscreen industry was behind it, or maybe it just happened organically, but somehow shopping on a sidewalk in July became a Lawrence tradition. Get ready for that tradition to change. Downtown Lawrence again will have a big retail ... June 24, 2022 @ 4:55pm [Lawrence's Veritas Christian School to move into larger space, expects enrollment to keep growing as school increases visibility]( By: Chad Lawhorn A private Lawrence school plans to get bigger and much more visible with a pending move across town. Veritas Christian School has struck a deal to move into about 30,000 square feet of space near 31st Street and Kasold Drive, leaving behind ... June 23, 2022 @ 1:40pm [An air race full of female pilots comes to Lawrence to crown a winner and urge others to aim high]( By: Chad Lawhorn There are a multitude of reasons that more than 100 women planned to land their aircraft at Lawrence Regional Airport on Wednesday and Thursday. There is the sightseeing that goes with traveling to a new part of the country. There’s the ... June 22, 2022 @ 4:48pm [Thanks to rising home values, Douglas County, area cities set to collect $14M in additional property taxes if tax rates aren't cut]( By: Chad Lawhorn It is no secret that home values are soaring in Douglas County. What may be less understood is how property taxes across the county may rise as a result of those higher home values. Well, we now have an estimate we can share. If Douglas County ... June 21, 2022 @ 3:55pm [Number of homes sold in Lawrence starts to decline as interest rates rise, but selling prices are still going up]( By: Chad Lawhorn Rising mortgage interest rates may be cooling off half of Lawrence’s housing market, but it probably isn’t the half many people would prefer. The number of homes sold in Lawrence declined significantly in May, but the selling prices of those ... June 20, 2022 @ 3:08pm [Forbes magazine ranks Lawrence as a best place to retire; local eco devo leaders hit $2.8 million in fundraising]( By: Chad Lawhorn Lawrence recently has gotten some love from Forbes, the national business magazine. Lawrence landed on the publication’s 2022 list for the best places in the U.S. to retire. Not only did it show up on the online list, but it was highlighted in ... June 17, 2022 @ 11:34am 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