Town Talk with Chad Lawhorn for October 31, 2023

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> [Lawrence, like much of the state, gets a big boost in sales tax collections from back-to-school season]( I don’t know if it was all the notebooks and pencils or if it was parents hosting their own private celebrations, but the return of kids to school returned Lawrence’s retail scene to slightly healthier ground. The latest statistics from ... [Lawrence, like much of the state, gets a big boost in sales tax collections from back-to-school season]( By: Chad Lawhorn I don’t know if it was all the notebooks and pencils or if it was parents hosting their own private celebrations, but the return of kids to school returned Lawrence’s retail scene to slightly healthier ground. The latest statistics from ... October 30, 2023 @ 2:31pm [Home sales continue to fall in Lawrence, but city issued its largest number of building permits for new houses in at least a decade]( By: Chad Lawhorn As the calendar turned to fall, Lawrence’s housing market simply continued its fall. Home sales in September fell by 17% compared with a year ago and, in a sign of the times, that double-digit decline actually could be counted as an ... October 27, 2023 @ 10:19am [Planning commissioners reject apartment project for East 15th Street, raise questions about where new housing should be allowed]( By: Chad Lawhorn A plan to build a large affordable housing apartment complex along East 15th Street was soundly rejected by the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission on Wednesday, after nearly two hours of public comments from neighbors against the ... October 26, 2023 @ 10:18am [Braum's says Lawrence store currently isn't in its 2024 plans, but there may be reason to hope otherwise]( By: Chad Lawhorn There are backhoes and dump trucks busily at work near the intersection of Sixth Street and George Williams Way. There have been a lot of assumptions that the work is for a Braum’s restaurant and ice cream shop that we reported in May is ... October 24, 2023 @ 10:33am [3 firms submit interest in developing Gateway project near KU football stadium; decision likely in March]( By: Chad Lawhorn The roster of developers interested in converting the area around KU’s football stadium into a convention and entertainment hub is about as deep as the Jayhawks’ depth chart for quarterback. In other words, just three firms submitted ... October 23, 2023 @ 1:37pm [Electric rate increases likely to be much less than originally proposed by Evergy; eastern Lawrence apartment project drawing opposition]( By: Chad Lawhorn News and notes on a couple of battles — one that has long been underway and another that is brewing. — First, the ongoing one. Evergy, the dominant electric utility in Lawrence and the state, has been trying to get a major rate increase ... October 20, 2023 @ 11:06am 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