Opera House work eyed with Collister as developer of record
Lawrence City Commission designates local attorney Ed Collister as developer of record for renovating the Opera House at 646 Mass into a community performing arts center. A timeline and cost estimates will be requested, with the city guiding expected use by local groups. Project cost could approach two million dollars including adjacent property purchase from Skip Moon.
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Lawrence City Commission
Ed Collister
Lawrence Opera House
Collister
Opera House
Downtown Lawrence approves prospectus for redevelopment
Lawrence City Commission approved a downtown redevelopment prospectus with two minor wording clarifications. The doc notes potential use of industrial revenue bonds with or without tax abatement and outlines steps to solicit 50 to 70developers, evaluate candidates, and select a developer of record by mid‑September.
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Holcom Baseball Assn
Commission
Association
Lee Brodbeck
Olathe
Lawrence
Brodbeck
Johnson County
Allen Loyd
Lawrence City Commission
Downtown Improvement Committee
Tom Gleason
Gleason
Dean Palos
City County
Palos
Master plan adopted for Central Park though street closure debated
The city adopted a master plan for Central Park designed by Peters Williams and Kubota architects. The plan proposes closing Seventh Street between Kentucky and Tennessee, splitting the park, but commissioners opted to delay a final decision while other improvements proceed. The project totals 390000 with 57500 for street closing and 50000 for a fountain. Community voices differ on the street closure with Dennis Constance supporting closure for neighborhood buffering. The plan envisions a south active area with play spaces a pool a basketball court and picnic areas and a north passive area with the train gazebo walking paths and open spaces.
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Lawrence
Central Park
Seventh Street
Kentucky
Tennessee
Peters, Williams and Kubota
Seventh
Binns
Barkley Clark
Dennis Constance
Old West Lawrence
Constance
Latin American Solidarity Week Benefit Dinner Reported
Kansas University students organize a 5:30 p.m. benefit dinner at Ecumenical Christian Ministries to aid El Salvador's resistance movement, with Steven Graham of the American Friends Service Committee speaking at 8 p.m. Weather forecasts from Topeka predict cooler, unsettled conditions with periods of showers in Lawrence tonight and through Thursday, then dry spells into Friday and weekend warming.
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Commission
Lawrence
Friends of the Parks
Lawrence Parks
Paul and
Jean McCarthy
FMC Corp
Wheels of Fun
Royal Lanes
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Office Education Assn
Distributive Education Clubs of America
el Salvador
Steven Graham
American Friends Service Committee
National Weather Service
Topeka
Weather Service
EU Weather Observer
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Holcom Park
Crestline
George Williams
Landplan Engineers
Public Health Board
Library Board
Human Relations Commission
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board
Lafayette Norwood
Stephen Crockett
Crockett
Clark
Almira
Norwood
Marci Francisco
First National Bank
23Rd Street
Ridge Court
Sixth Street
Lawrence Avenue
Lawrence Ave
Louie
Grant Street
North Lawrence
Jayhawk
Ellis Roofing Co
Rt. 3
Centennial Park Shelter
Structural Contractors Ltd
Oskaloosa
Iowa
Broken Arrow Park
Lawrence High School
Comet Corp
South Park
Jetco Ltd
Prospect Heights
Ill
West Turnpike Access Rd
John Webb
Traffic Safety Commission
Calder Pickett
Bob Oliver
Bond
Board of
Electrical Examiners
Downtown Committee
City Commission
Canada
Mexico
Jomaco
Puerto Rico
Israel
France
Holland
Switzerland
Ireland
Scotland
Denmark
Greece
Een
Rusty’s
Hillcrest
Ridge Ct
Crescent Heights
E. PK
Acorn
Oaks
Don Binns
Fred DeVictor
Parks and Recreation
The
Black Patent
White
Black
Visa Mastercard
M. Dein Keke
Miss Lazy-Bones
Philippine
Pier 1
Hong Kong
Pier Inperts
Buri Etageres
Sue
Ang
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