CAMPUS AND AREA
University Daily Kansan, March 28, 1985
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Commission candidates discuss city's needs
Commissio City needs to sell itself to business Praeger suggests
By MIKE GREEN Staff Reporter
If Lawrence wants to attract new industry, the city has to sell itself to companies, says Sandra Praeger. Lawrence City Commission candi-
"An industry can go anyplace," she says. "We're competing with other cities, and if we hedge a little bit, they'll go elsewhere."
Attracting new industry and helping present businesses expand will create jobs and help the city economically. Praeger says.
Praeger, 40, is running for one of the three Commission seats to be filled in the April 2 election. She works at the Spencer Museum of Art and also is chairman of the Douglas County Planning Commission.
Because of possible cuts in federal grants to cities, Praeger says, Lawrence's tax base must expand to make up for the possible losses.
PRAEGER SAYS SHE wouldn't favor giving hers to help make up possibilities.
"Raising taxes has been a quick fix for too long," she says.
one suggests trying to consolidate some social services and trim others. In terms of trying to attract high-tech industry, Prager says "I longer offer a higher-level offer. A high-tech industry needs "brain power" she says, and the University of Kansas is in a position to offer it to the company.
Sandra Praeger
"This is a strong point of our city, and we should sell it," Praeger says. "Also, high-tech industries would be good for KU because it would help
expand some of its graduate programs."
PRAEGER STILL THINKS downtown redevelopment can occur. She says that as the economy picks up, department store owners may become more willing to open new branches.
"The new Commission needs to send out a strong message that it still supports the project," she says.
By MIKE GREEN Staff Reporter
A desire to become involved in long-range planning for the city is one of the main reasons Mona McCoy says she is running for the Lawrence City Commission.
McCoy says city needs planning on longer range
"The City Commission has been historically involved in knee-jerk reactions to day-to-day administration," McCoy says. "We can't spend all of our time on hot dog vendors and sign variances."
McCoy, 50, has lived in Lawrence since 1973 and is the executive director of Independence Inc., 1910 Haskell Ave., which provides services to physically handicapped adults.
She also is president of the Lawrence 2000 Committee, a group formed to make recommendations to the city about long-range goals.
Mona McCoy
City Vote '85
She also says she would like to see more communication between Town Center Venture Corporation, the developer of record, and the rest of the city. Praeger says she appreciates the developer's problems but says a feeling that the project is progressing needs to be generated in the city.
It's vital, she says, that downtown Lawrence not be allowed to die.
BUT MCCOY SAYS the group's proposals have been "placed on a shelf." Over the years, she says, the City Commission rarely has acted on recommendations made by the various advisory committees it has appointed.
Like all the candidates, McCoy thinks the city needs to concentrate on attracting new industry. She says the building of a new industrial park served by railroad would help the city financially.
But McCoy also says she thinks trying to attract high-tech industries to Lawrence is risky.
Praeger's strength as a commissioner, she says, would be her ability to work with people and help them arrive at a common goal.
"People lose sight of the fact that there are 3,000 cities competing for 150 firms, many of which are in a shaky financial situation," she says. "Also, we need to look at what kind of high-tech industry we want here because some of these companies cause pollution."
WHETHER LAWRENCE DECIDES to have conventional industrial development or high-tech manufacturing must be made so planning can begin.
McCoy also says he is concerned about possible cuts in federal finan-
Lawrence uses some money from federal revenue sharing programs and community development grants to help finance social services, such as programs to help the mentally ill and who have trouble paying utility bills.
McCoy says she favors the formation of a community foundation, made up of citizens, to seek donations from corporations and individuals. This money then would help finance social services in Lawrence.
As for her personal approach to solving problems, McCoy says she is really good at mediation.
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