Town Talk with Chad Lawhorn for June 27, 2024

ang="en" xml:lang="en" xmlns=" xmlns:cctd="> Special Offer - 40% off All-Access to LJWorld.com If you haven’t already, please consider supporting local journalism through a digital subscription to LJWorld.com. Subscribers are the No. 1 source of revenue that supports our local journalists. [Subscribe Today]( [City considering new downtown district where people could stroll the sidewalks with alcohol in hand]( Soon, any night could be — legally — your own Martini Mosey on the sidewalks of Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. What’s more, with drink in hand, you could take that Stoli Stroll (we’re not going to run out of liquor or ... [City considering new downtown district where people could stroll the sidewalks with alcohol in hand]( By: Chad Lawhorn Soon, any night could be — legally — your own Martini Mosey on the sidewalks of Massachusetts Street in downtown Lawrence. What’s more, with drink in hand, you could take that Stoli Stroll (we’re not going to run out of liquor or ... June 26, 2024 @ 5:01pm [Lawrence home sales up in May, while selling prices drop slightly; large downtown Mexican restaurant set to close]( By: Chad Lawhorn News and notes from around town: There’s a saying about having your cake and eating it too. (That dilemma has never kept me awake at night, although too much buttercream frosting occasionally does.) Regardless, I guess the saying applies to ... June 25, 2024 @ 3:11pm [Work underway on an Oread project that is part restaurant, part apartment; Missouri company submits low bid for SLT expansion]( By: Chad Lawhorn News and notes from around town: Call it the duck test, if you will. In the Oread neighborhood next to KU, if something looks like a big house — and all too often sounds like a big house — it is usually a big house. The neighborhood after ... June 24, 2024 @ 7:47pm [Panasonic says it will take two years to get to 4,000-employee mark; it expects about 90% to come from KC metro area]( By: Chad Lawhorn A surge is coming. Within a few weeks, electric lines leading into the $4 billion Panasonic electric vehicle battery factory in De Soto will be hot with up to 290 megawatts of electricity. The employment lines at the plant — just about 20 ... June 20, 2024 @ 3:48pm [North Lawrence space to become new home for Kansas Turnpike Authority retail center, call center]( By: Chad Lawhorn Updated at 9:50 a.m. Friday, June 21 Soon, turnpike toll booth workers will be a job of the past in Kansas, as the turnpike will eliminate all toll booths as part of a cashless tolling system that begins July 1. But Lawrence is set to have a ... June 20, 2024 @ 10:24am [From shopping to dining to buskers, downtown Lawrence to host Midsummer Night event on Friday]( By: Chad Lawhorn Fortunately, shopping isn’t like swimming. You don’t have to wait 30 minutes since you’ve last eaten. (I’m staying optimistic that day will come.) You can shop on an empty stomach. You can shop on a full stomach. You can even do both, ... June 19, 2024 @ 11:04am You are receiving this email because of your relationship with the Lawrence Journal-World or because at some point in the past you shared your email address with us. If you no longer want to receive emails from us, follow instructions at the link below. [Click here to unsubscribe and manage your email subscriptions.]( Lawrence Journal-World P.O Box 888, Lawrence, Kansas 66044