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TUESDAY • JUNE 17 • 2014
Sidewalk price tag $42M, city says
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Project manager position proposed to oversee fixes By Chad Lawhorn Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
A proposal has emerged to add more than $150,000 a year to the city’s budget to fund a project manager who would oversee improvements to the city’s sidewalk system. A new City Hall report, CITY however, is COMMISSION estimating it likely will take millions of dollars over multiple years to make a dent in the backlog of broken and missing Please see SIDEWALK, page 2A
Town Talk
Huge TVs, meeting rooms, coffee shop, recording studio and much, much more By Chad Lawhorn
Chad Lawhorn clawhorn@ljworld.com
Old Sears site draws interest
Twitter: @clawhorn_ljw
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rom the prominently displayed 55-inch flat-screen TVs with video-game consoles to the drums and electric guitar in the basement recording studio, Lawrence’s new library is going to have a new feel. Don’t worry, it also will have books.
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Please see LIBRARY, page 2A
PHOTOS FROM TOP: The exterior of the Lawrence Public Library, featuring terra cotta siding and large corner windows; the central core of the building featuring clearstory lighting and a large staircase; the corner windows looking out on Seventh and Vermont streets; and the recording studio that will be equipped with musical instruments; the background photo is of the tongue-and-groove ash wood paneling found throughout the library. See the photo gallery of the library tour at LJWorld.com.
e briefly reported on Friday that plans have been filed for PetSmart to go into a space next to the Dick’s Sporting Goods store. Well, I’ve had a chance to review those plans a little more closely, and it appears PetSmart may be just the beginning of the new retail development at the corner. The plans filed at City Please see TOWN, page 2A
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A Republican legislator says he didn’t get a re-election endorsement from the Kansas Chamber of Commerce because of Koch lobbyists. Page 3A
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