In the News

from the Journal-World, Lawrence KS 3.30.04

from Lawrence KS City Hall report

By Joel Mathis

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Growth consultants
Consultants from the Smart Growth Leadership Institute will be in town Thursday and Friday to help Lawrence craft new rules for the look of the city's growth.

City officials said in December the institute approved the city's application for help creating new rules for "fringe development" on the edge of the city and design guidelines to govern how new projects would look.

"Their task is to work with communities that have made a commitment to smart growth but are struggling with implementation ... and other issues that typically accompany a major change in development practice," Planning Director Linda Finger said in a memorandum on the issue.

The consultants will tour the city Thursday afternoon and meet Friday with the Lawrence-Douglas County Planning Commission committee considering the design guidelines.

The five-person team includes Will Fleissig, former planning director for Boulder, Colo. The remaining experts come from the University of Colorado and the University of Southern California.