This week in Lawrence
What's coming up at City Hall, what was decided, and how the city is doing. Updated every morning.
Coming up
All meetingsPublic hearings: residents can speak
- City Council, 7:00 PMPublic hearings on parking requests and a four-way stop, plus $7,861,647 and $9,099,330 school roof bonds.
- Zoning Board of Appeals, 6:00 PMPublic hearing on continued case at 389 Water St and new petition to redevelop 539-557 Common St into multifamily commercial mixed use.
8 public meetings this week.
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City Council
Public hearings on parking requests and a four-way stop, plus $7,861,647 and $9,099,330 school roof bonds.
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Lawrence Redevelopment Authority
Developer interest for eight city-owned properties, Deputy Director appointment, and sale of LRA alleyway off Chestnut Street.
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Licensing Board
Liquor license transfer for Santo Domingo Liquors and a complaint against YH Enterprise INC DBA Eleven Kitchen & Bar.
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School Committee
Training on superintendent evaluation, goals and guardrails, and community engagement and outreach.
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Conservation Commission
Extension of Order of Conditions for MECO Substation #1 on Merrimack Street, plus a Notice of Intent for 264-272 Lowell Street.
Recently decided
All decisionsFrom the latest minutes the city has posted. Minutes come out after a board approves them, usually a few weeks after the meeting.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Approved 348 Jackson Street mixed-use project at 20 units and 89-95 Essex Street liquor permit; continued two other cases
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Zoning Board of Appeals
ZBA withdrew application at 50-52 Bodwell Street, denied variances at 267-269 Water Street, and approved two-family project at 19 Kent Street with one condition.
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Zoning Board of Appeals
Continued one case and approved three others, including a 324-unit mixed-use project at 9 Osgood Street with 11 conditions.
What's happening on your street?
How the city is doing
- Average single-family tax bill $4,140 ↑ 4.5% from last yearFiscal year 2026 · Mass. Division of Local Services (opens in new tab)
- Unemployment rate 6.8% No change from August 2025August 2026 (preliminary) · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (opens in new tab)