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City pushes for new grocery store
Northeast Lawrence may be getting a grocery store in Borders Bookstore's vacant space. The area is deemed a "food desert" because residents in the neighborhood are more than a mile away from a grocery store.
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For a neighborhood to be in a "food desert," it has to be a mile away from healthy, affordable food. Many residents in the Northeast corner of Lawrence are considered part of one of these areas, which are characterized by long commutes to grocery stores that can be up to three miles away.
When the new Lawrence Public Library opened July 26 and its temporary location, which was previously Borders, at Seventh and New Hampshire streets became vacant, Lawrence residents in adjacent neighborhoods formed a grassroots coalition to advocate for the space to become a grocery store.
This band of neighborhood associations is comprised of over 600 members, and the members most adamant about
"When we started out, we wanted this to be a purely community effort," said David Crawford, a Lawrence resident who has been spearheading the effort. "We went to the homeowners."
The effort has been going on for eight months and has overwhelming support from the City of Lawrence, including Brady Pollington, the Economic Development Project Manager for the Lawrence Chamber of Commerce. Pollington said he supports the effort and believes it will bring jobs to the downtown area.
Crawford said that during a discussion with the building owner last week, it was projected that the grocery store should be completed by the start of 2015. He said the end of negotiations is "a phone call away."
"There was not one of those organizations who did not do that," Crawford said. "All of them were 110 percent behind us, and still are."
Crawford said that in the beginning, they went to all the adjacent neighborhood associations and got them to write a letter of support for this effort and send it to the city commissioners.
"This has been a purely grassroots neighborhood association effort, and the thing that's really cool about this is that the city commissioners have stood up, and they are gah-gah with this effort," Crawford said. "This hasn't happened in Lawrence in a long time. If you think about it, this really has pulled the community to together."
The next step was to find a grocer who was conducive to the Downtown Grocery Store Project's vision.
"We decided that if a grocery was really going to make it at the downtown location, it would really help to be, particularly, a local grocery owner," Crawford said. "The cat is out of the bag now, we're targeting Checkers grocery store."
Checkers is owned by Lewis Foods Management, a family business. It acquires as much of its food as possible from local farmers and providers.
Locals such as Kristina Van Anne, a senior from Lawrence who double majors in Spanish and Supply Chain Management, are familiar
According to Crawford, the grocery store will be a sister store to the Checkers at 23rd and Louisiana Streets, but a little more upscale and with more of an urban appeal.
"Really, that's about as good as it gets," Crawford said.
An out of town couple found a body while walking in a Lawrence city park Sunday. The couple saw the body west of the Vermont Street bridge, laying face-down in shallow water, said Lawrence Police Department Spokesman Sgt. Trent McKinley.
“[Checkers] already offers more local products than anyone else. I know they are going to be really responsive to whatever the community wants. At their store right now, if you ever talk to a manager or someone about wanting to see something there, they at least figure out a way to test run it,” Van Anne said.
McKinley says an autopsy is scheduled for today, which will
"With the increase of housing downtown, I feel like the inclination of everyone living right by downtown is to go to a restaurant because it's convenient and somewhat affordable, but I think [the grocery store] will get a lot more people actually cooking in their houses again, which is awesome." Van Anne said.
Van Anne, a cook herself, was also excited about the prospect of people having incentive to cook for themselves.
help determine the individual's age and identity, as well as the time and cause of death. McKinley also hopes the autopsy will be able to provide information regarding the safety of individuals living in the area.
with Checkers Foods.
At 20,000 square feet, the size of the property is more than adequate to address its
Body found in city park by river
"Once we learn how the person may have died, and more information about him, we may be able to determine if there is any impact on the students," said McKinley.
community's needs. It might be even bigger than necessary, Crawford said.
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"This is a positive example that we should be able to hold up and say, you know what, we can really do this," Crawford said.
Because of this, there has been an effort by the Downtown Grocery Store Project to bring Jeff Sigler of Sigler Pharmacy into the building. Crawford said Sigler has already been getting great business ever since Round Corner Drug closed, and he would be a great fit for the grocery store.
Crawford said he is optimistic about the prospects for the grocery store and its negotiations. He said the efforts of the neighborhood associations involved with the project could be the start of more active community involvement.
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CHANGE FROM PAGE 1
Other than to save money, another goal was to make all of the departments as efficient as possible by getting rid of and combining positions, as well as opening shared service centers that allows staff to address multiple jobs.
recruitment, research, a first-year experience program and reducing departmental budget burdens.
"A larger, more diverse class with higher academic achievements is beneficial not just for the University, but for students as well," Young said.
"With Changing for Excellence, the first most important thing is to make KU a better place to work, to make it more efficient and provide more opportunities," Young said.
Rebecca Smith, executive director of communications, and advancement and administration for KU Libraries, said the library evaluates itself several times in order to free funds to purchase materials the campus needs. So far the library department has completed three of four projects.
Young said another impact of the initiatives has been to increase enrollment in the freshmen and graduating classes because the University is able to devote more resources to recruiting students.
"We continue to ensure that the libraries both physically, and from a resource standpoint, are aligned with campus," Smith said. "Undergraduate recruitment, retention and success is something that we spend a lot of time on."
— Edited by Ashley Peralta
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