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Lawrence Common Council forwards Sunnyside-to-Oakland economic development plan to redevelopment commission
Summary
The council voted to forward Resolution No. 8, 2025 — designating the Sunnyside-to-Oakland Economic Development Area and adopting a broad plan — to the Lawrence Redevelopment Commission for public hearing and potential future project action; the plan includes statutory findings and explicitly includes no TIF allocation area now.
The Lawrence Common Council voted to send Resolution No. 8, 2025 — naming the Sunnyside‑to‑Oakland area as an economic development area and adopting an accompanying plan — to the Lawrence Redevelopment Commission for a public hearing and potential next steps.
Russell Brown, an attorney with Clark Quinn representing the redevelopment commission, told the council the plan “includes required findings of facts that are required by state statute in order to designate an economic development area,” and stressed the document is a broad framework, not a promise of immediate projects. “There is no TIF, area proposed with…
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