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Downtown redevelopment, operations manual for The Village and more... Email not displaying correctly? [View the web version]( Lock in your subscription rate and save! [LJWorld.com]( The articles below are free to read. Please consider signing up for a subscription to support local journalism. Special offer for newsletter recipients $89 per year [Subscribe Now]( [Image]( [Haskell alumna, accomplished amateur boxer set to be inducted into North American Indigenous Athletics Hall of Fame]( Lawrence native Shiloh LeBeau is no stranger to turning adversity into success. LeBeau, who is Navajo and Lakota, spent her youth in and out of juvenile detention before becoming a teen mother at 15. But through her challenges, she's also stacked up wins — first in her personal life, and eventually as an amateur athlete. In 2015 became the first full-time student from Kansas to win a National Intercollegiate Boxing title. A few years later, she did it again. She's also racked up two Kansas City Regional Golden Gloves championships and has even taken a stab at qualifying for the United States Olympic team. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Image]( [Town Talk | Plans filed for new downtown development; former J-W site would house KC barbecue restaurant, unique courtyard event space]( A popular K.C. BBQ restaurant has signed on as an anchor tenant for a proposed 70,000-square-foot redevelopment on the north end of downtown. The project also would include a unique courtyard area to host a variety of events. [Read More]( [photo]( [Extensive staff training, grievance processes and more outlined in operations manual for The Village]( When The Village — Lawrence's new project to house the homeless — eventually opens at 256 N. Michigan St., it’ll also come with extensive staff training, a strict mid-evening curfew and a grievance process for nearby neighbors and businesses. [Read More]( [photo]( [Town Talk | Lawrence has nearly $2B in retail sales in 2023, but city's growth since pandemic has been slower than average]( Lawrence fell just short of posting $2 billion in total retail sales in 2023, which would have made it just one of six communities in the state to do so. [Read More]( [photo]( [After 6 months, LPD’s ‘Lights On!’ partnership has provided dozens of people with vouchers to help pay for vehicle repairs]( In the past six months, dozens of Lawrence drivers have been granted some grace instead of a ticket after being pulled over for an equipment violation. [Read More]( [Subscribe Today]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( 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