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Committee forwards $1.05 million state planning grant for Tower Hill waterfront to full council
Summary
The Budget and Finance Committee voted to send authorization to expend a $1,054,800 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) grant for the two-year Refuge to River planning project in Lower Tower Hill to the full Lawrence City Council with a favorable recommendation.
The Lawrence City Budget and Finance Committee on Oct. 15 voted unanimously to forward to the full City Council authorization to expend a $1,054,800 Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grant from the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for the two‑year Refuge to River planning project in the Lower Tower Hill waterfront area.
The grant, as presented by Daniel McCarthy, planning director for the City of Lawrence, funds a planning effort to develop roughly 12 acres of city‑owned riverfront land north of the Boys & Girls Club and running toward the city water treatment facility on Riverside Drive. The grant is split across two fiscal years: about $368,000 in fiscal 2026 and about $686,700 in fiscal 2027, McCarthy said.
The nut graf: the project aims to create an environmentally sensitive waterfront esplanade and neighborhood…
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