Lawrence Bookstore to Close Amid Growth in Apartments
Half Price Books confirms the Lawrence store at 1519 W 23rd St will close on June 14 after a decade in the market. About 15 employees will transfer inventory to a new store planned in Independence, Missouri. City permits show $11.9 million for 264 apartments near Sixth Street and Congressional Drive as developers shift focus to housing. The pending Links golf course development northeast of Sixth Street also advances, signaling big local apartment growth in 2013.
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Growth in Lawrence adds hundreds of new housing units
A Arkansas group proposes the Links with 630 dwellings near Rock Chalk Park, plus 264 units under permit near Walmart, totaling about 900 new homes in the Sixth Street corridor. Langston Heights plans 86 apartments southwest of Williams Way. Hallmark expansion at the Lawrence production center receives a phase one permit for 600000. January permits total 16.8 million, best in years, vs. four-year average of 3 million.
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Automatic budget cuts hit Kansas across agencies
The sequestration plan shapes a broad impact in Kansas with about 5.5 million cut from K 12 education risking 80 teacher and aide jobs and elimination of Early Head Start for 500 children. Environmental funding would drop by around 1.8 million with 772000 for fish and wildlife grants. DoD civilian furloughs would trim about 36.7 million payroll, base operations face 78 million, and Air Force and Justice Grants see modest losses. Job services lose 322000 while health programs face several reductions including 610000 for substance abuse grants and meals for seniors at 209000. Potential domestic violence funding and vaccination support also shrink by smaller amounts.
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Drought reshapes US cattle industry with plant and yard losses
Years of drought shrink US cattle herds forcing feedlot closures and dismantling yards from Texas to New Mexico. Cargill Beef idled a Plainview Texas slaughterhouse, laying off about 2000 workers as processors shift to other plants. Experts note 20 to 25 percent excess feedlot capacity and 10 to 15 percent in meatpacking, signaling slow recovery and higher future prices.
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Lawrence business brief highlights 2012 awards and events
Larry Northrop named 2012 Kansas Year by RE/MAX Midwest region for leadership and office growth. Cassidy Leavy Kansas Administrator of the Year. Kevin Newkirk, Bill Bowers and James Truscello win Executive Club Production awards. Truscello receives Cooperative Spirit Award. Kansas University SBDC hosts Exploring Entrepreneurship seminar 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at 646 Vermont St. Suite 200. preregister by calling 843-8844 or via Facebook. The Knot Best of Weddings 2013 honors The Oread wedding department. Jack Ellena Honda earns Honda President's Award for 2012, 3rd year receiving it. Life Success and Legacy attends Think Tank in Birmingham. Dr Anna Johnson joins Lawrence Veterinary Hospital. Trinity In-Home Care hires Megan Poindexter as executive director with reception 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Maceli's. To submit Business Briefs, email drowbridge ljworld com.
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