County OKs plan to buy incubator for tech growth
Douglas County commissioners approved using public funds to help buy the former Golf Course Superintendents Association of America building at 1617 St Andrews Drive. The Lawrence Regional Technology Center and Lawrence Chamber of Commerce aim to offer low cost office space to budding tech companies, with a $605000 public share approved within a decade. City review pending before formal approval.
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Google
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Superintendents Association of America
St. Andrews Drive
Ted Haggart
Douglas County Bank
Donald Stephens
City Hall
Sixth
Massachusetts Streets
Upscale rural estate plan wins commission's OK
Charles Jones states the Planning Commission’s Horizon 2020 policies justify the project while commissioners vote to proceed. The plan groups homes on a single street off Stull Road, reducing risk on a curve with accidents and fatalities. Dominguez says internal roads start by year end and lots available within 12 months.
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Charles Jones
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Planning Commission
Bob Johnson
Jere McElhaney
Lawrence
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Dominguez
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Raeta
Lawrence area housing sales dip amid new-build pause
City figures show single-family housing starts at their lowest since 1987, signaling price pressure as July county average rises 4.4 percent to 173710. Lawrence led with 232 sales down from 260, while Baldwin Eudora North Lawrence and rural areas posted mixed price and volume shifts.
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North Lawrence
Baldwin
Eudora
July spending rises 0.8 percent as incentives lift demand
U S shoppers boosted July spending by 0.8 percent led by big ticket purchases like cars aided by incentives while June had fallen. Incomes rose 0.1 percent and payrolls gained about 32,000 jobs in July, with economists eyeing stronger August hiring.
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Federal Reserve
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Joel Naroff
Naroff Economic Advisors
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NASA and Boeing aim for practical flying cars within decades
NASA researchers outline a progression from tiny air taxis under 100,000 dollars and carlike operation to door-to-door flying in 10 years and four-passenger VTOLs in 15 years. Boeing and Moller International prototype Skycars illustrate industry bets, while experts warn about noise, traffic, and deployment challenges.
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Moore
Boeing
Seattle
Ing
Davis
Calif
Ken Goodrich
Local Grain and Metal Prices From City Elevators and Markets
Readable price quotes from Ottawa and other area elevators show wheat trading near 3.10 to 3.11 per bushel, corn around 1.95, milo about 1.90, and soybeans near 6.21 to 6.26 per bushel with mixed NA entries. Nonferrous metal prices list gold at 407.80 per troy ounce and silver at 56,705 per troy ounce in New York markets.
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Edgerton
Overbrook
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Lawrence North
Lawrence
South
Pauline
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