Glen Davis and some of the members of our Rotary club were having a discussion about all the negativity that is in the papers and on people’s minds as of late. He asserted we need… Read More »What’s So Great About Lawrence: Lawrence Arts Center
10 years ago former Lawrence Central charter member Ed Samp had an idea. Samp and several other area residents began talking in November 2002 about the idea of forming another chapter. They had heard of several people who were interested in joining a Rotary club but the meeting time, location or size of the existing two chapters wasn’t appealing to them.
A decade later the current members of the Lawrence Central Rotary celebrated our 10th anniversary. On March 13th, instead of our usual haunt at the Eldridge All American room, we descended upon Famous Dave’s banquet room and discussed the past and the future of our club. Members old and new brought their significant others and families for some time together to celebrate. Many thanks to Lynn O’Neal for putting together a slide show of memories and taking pictures.
Below pictures from the event and a scan of the program from the Rotary Charter Night held March 12, 2003. We’ve also posted our current President Bob Swan’s remarks to the attendees below. Thanks to everyone for coming!
On March 6th the members of Lawrence Central welcomed four new members into our burgeoning community. The induction ceremony was held and then we had a panel discussion lead by our Membership Chair Kate Campbell… Read More »Lawrence Central’s Newest Members
The story below is from the Smart Growth America National Complete Streets Coalition.
Complete Streets Help Create Livable Communities
The streets of our cities and towns are an important part of the livability of our communities. They ought to be for everyone, whether young or old, motorist or bicyclist, walker or wheelchair user, bus rider or shopkeeper. But too many streets are designed only for speeding cars, or worse, creeping traffic jams. They are unsafe for people on foot or bike – and unpleasant for everybody.Read More »Benefits of Complete Streets in Communities
The Kansas Department of Transportation is seeking public input to help identify statewide bicycling and pedestrian needs. Becky Pepper, KDOT bicycle pedestrian coordinator, said an online survey has been posted on KDOT’s website,www.ksdot.org, to collect… Read More »Help KDOT Examine Biking, Pedestrian Needs in Kansas
