Retirement community plan eyed for Lawrence on 9 acres
Lawrence planning commissioners review a Midwest Health Services proposal for a two phase retirement campus on about 9 acres at Wakarusa Drive and Harvard Road. Phase I includes a 60 unit two story assisted living building, Phase II adds 83 units of independent living and a 60 bed nursing facility, with a parking reduction request and 173 units sought on land zoned for up to 111 units. Pinnacle Inc. owns the site.
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Lawrence
Lawrence-Douglas County
Wakarusa Drive
Harvard Road
Midwest Health Services of
Topeka
Pinnacle Inc
Pioneer Ridge plans second Topeka area retirement center
The Pioneer Ridge project in Lawrence would compete with Brandon Woods Retirement Community Sterling House and Presbyterian Manor offering 219 parking spaces, 16 fewer than code requires. Planning staff recommend deferring the permit while more information is gathered under the zoning ordinance. Midwest Health runs four other communities in Topeka Manhattan Overbrook and Lansing as about a dozen Moundridge Drive residents oppose the plan citing density screening open space and traffic concerns.
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Pioneer Ridge
Lawrence
Brandon Woods
Sterling House
Presbyterian Manor
Midwest Health
Topeka
Manhattan
Overbrook
Lansing
Moundridge Drive
Multiple Plat and Zoning Actions In Lawrence Area
Lawrence planning items propose approval of preliminary and final plats for Tires Plus at 0.86 acre near Nieder Road and PetCare Superstore, a First State Bank Addition at Sixth Street and Monterey Way, and Cornerstone Plaza Addition No 1 near East 23rd Street. Related rezoning, annexation, a 240 square foot telephone building permit, a RS-1 to RS-2 rezoning near 19th and Harper, annexation of city land for a future park, annexation near St. Margaret's Church, and a road maintenance designation reversal on North 600 Road are listed for consideration by planning commissions and the City Commission.
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Nieder Road
PetCare Superstore
Yaggy Colby Associates
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of
Kansas
First State Bank
Sixth Street
Monterey Way
First State Bank and Trust
Cornerstone Plaza
East 23Rd Street
Kansas Highway 10
Slimmer Automotive
Douglas County
Lawrence City
Mike Hultine
Kenneth Hayes
Cornerstone Construction Co
W. 15Th
Jerry Ramsey
Southwestern Bell Telephone
Harper Streets
Bill Myers
John Inverarity
Free State High School
Overland Drive
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
U.S. Highway 40
2300
Palmyra Township
Planning Commission
Department of Public Works
Cosmosphere sues over Russian space artifacts lien
The Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center filed a lien against Space Age Japan Inc for more than 66000 in storage fees on six Russian space artifacts. The items include a Mir space station module replica a Soyuz booster Lunokhod lunar rover Vega probe a Vostok suit and an Orlan suit. Officials hope to auction the items to cover the debt amid strained Russo Japanese relations and Space Age Japan’s late payments.
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Norma van Bunnen
Cosmosphere
Max Ary
Space Age Japan
Japan
VanBunnen
Space Age
Coffee shop halts controversial art show over objections
Java Break owner Derek Hogan pulled the Art Whore retrospective after multiple complaints about material deemed violent to women. The exhibit, linked to Kansas City Coalition Against Censorship, was to open during Culture Under Fire week but was canceled. artists worry about censorship as tensions linger between cafe, artists, and supporters of free expression.
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Derek Hogan
Java Break
Wall Space
Art Whore
Lawrence
Kansas City Coalition Against Censorship
Jodi Brown
Milissa Lacey
Journal-Worth
Sakaroff
E. Eighth
Brown
Java
Missouri survey flags food stamp card stockpile issue
A Missouri survey of 900 finds over 40 percent favor stockpiling food stamp benefits for major shopping trips while the electronic card erases unused benefits after 90 days. State officials note many elderly or disabled residents lose benefits or misunderstand PINs, with about 115000 Missourians on cards as of January and 1 percent expiring unused. Federal rules require 90 day removal, but Missouri aims to allow written requests to keep benefits beyond 90 days and Kansas contemplates similar changes.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Gerald Siscoe
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