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Residents, youth speakers ask Lawrence City Council to back Lawrence Community Works Dye Works appropriation transfer
Summary
Residents, board members and youth from Movement City urged the Lawrence City Council on Nov. 7 to approve an appropriation transfer for a Lawrence Community Works Dye Works project that would house commercial tenants, health services and a youth program and, speakers said, generate taxes and local jobs.
Jessica Anders, a Lawrence resident speaking for Lawrence Community Works, urged the Lawrence City Council on Nov. 7 to approve item 506/24, an appropriation transfer to support the Lawrence Community Works Dye Works project. "I'm actually not here to talk to you about housing today. This is a complete economic development project," Anders said, describing the plan as "a 100% commercial and community space" that will host an expansion of La Fruteria Supermarket, new dentistry and optometry services by the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, and a new home for the Movement City youth program.
Why it matters: Anders told the council the project would pay more than $50,000 a year into the city's tax base and, she said, "within 5 years time…
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