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After years of declining numbers, 2012 graduates of the Kansas University School of Law have found jobs at a rate not seen since before the economic downturn. And for the most part, those jobs are ones where they can actually put their law degrees to good use. “We’re happy, but we’re looking for even greater things going forward,” said Stephen Mazza, dean of the law school, KANSAS about employ- UNIVERSITY ment data released by the American Bar Association last month. The data, based on survey responses as of Feb. 15, show that 85.6 percent of the KU Please see LAW, page 2A
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TOP ROW, left to right: The Granada Theater, Lawrence Arts Center, Aimee’s Coffee Shop. SECOND ROW: Bowersock Mills and Power Co., SeedCo Studios in the Warehouse Arts District, site of Langston Hughes’ home. THIRD ROW: East Lawrence Waltz mural, Pachamama’s, St. Luke’s A.M.E. Church. BOTTOM ROW: Turnhalle Building, Wonder Fair Art Gallery, Americana Music Academy.
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eing an artsy town is one thing. Sculpting that into a concrete concept that will win grant money — over hundreds of other artsy towns vying for the same prize — is another. You brainstorm. You try to reach every stakeholder. You form a plan, one that can be explained on paper, and build support for it. You ease suspicions of dissenters within the
ranks and prepare answers to all the questions people you’ll never meet need to be convinced your plan is worthy. And you bring in the big guns. And after a year of that, the Lawrence Arts Center has a toehold. But only that. So far. Lawrence is among a sliver of national finalists for a coveted arts grant that could change the landscape of downtown and propel the city to model-status in the world
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The process is supposed to work from the inside out. The idea is to take a community’s existing artistic and cultural attributes and bolster them to increase local vibrancy. At least that’s the gist of how Lawrence is interpreting it. Please see ARTPLACE, page 7A
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of creative placemaking. Creative what? Even proponents acknowledge the term “creative placemaking” isn’t very concrete in itself. “While it has generated great interest,” reads a report from ArtPlace, the organization doling out the grants, “defining creative placemaking and its results is still a work in progress.” But basically, the concept is like arts- and culture-based community development.
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Finally, an election without the speeches, the handshaking and the baby kissing. But there will be plenty of debates. It is the Best of Lawrence, and time is running out to cast your vote. Voting in the contest, which is sponsored by Lawrence.com and the Journal-World, ends this Friday, April 12. To vote, simply log onto lawrence.com/bestoflawrence2013 or look for the Best of Lawrence icon on LJWorld.com or Lawrence. com. All the winners will be announced in June. Voters have more than 120 categories that they can weigh in on, including all the traditional favorites, like best hamburger, best barbecue and best pizza. (Yes, you are going to get hungry while you vote.)
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