Welcome to Lawson MO!
Lawson, Missouri is located just north of the Kansas City metro and with around 2500 residents, we are a desirable size town.
We don’t hide the fact that we’re small. Indeed, we embrace and celebrate it. We enjoy a community where family values, quality education and community pride create the ideal place to live, work and play.
And yet, we strive to develop strategies that allow us to achieve purposeful and deliberate growth. Around here, we dare to dream big, and then we roll up our sleeves and get to work making it happen. Just take a look around town at all of the improvements over the past decade – a brand new Splash Park, upgrades to our City Pool, improvements to our City Lake complex with the addition of the Lakeview Event Center and Lakeview Campground and RV Park, the new Barker Center on the high school campus, and many more projects that are coming down the pike.
While we have no intention of being the next big city, we won’t ever settle for less when it comes to improving the quality of life for our residents. We are proud to be a small town with big dreams!
In light of the recent event at the Lakeview Campground and RV Park involving a camper being destroyed by fire, the City wants to share an update on the bridge progress. Initial plans for the bridge were submitted to the railroad and those plans were accepted. As the project continued to move forward in the planning process, the railroad later came back with a rejection of the current plans.
Their rejection was based on their desire to have the bridge be considerably longer than originally planned, so it can span across 3 sets of tracks, a service road and drainage ditch along the side. They did not share when they plan to expand their tracks, but they are requiring the City to build a larger bridge to accommodate for their future.
The plans were reworked to meet the wishes of the railroad, and they were resubmitted for review and approval two weeks ago. The railroad has requested three weeks' time to review the new designs, so the City is anxiously awaiting their response. We, like everyone, would like to see the bridge reopened as quickly as possible, but unfortunately, the project is currently at the mercy of the railroad's approval. Our number one concern as a City is the welfare and safety of our residents and guests. We thank you for your patience and understanding in this matter. We also want to thank the Lawson Fire Department for their quick response to the campground fire.
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You can choose to receive notifications from various channels such as Lawson Park Board, Lawson Community Foundation, fitness class updates, pool updates, LYSA, county-specific weather alerts and more!
Happy Birthday to our Assistant City Clerk Charla Stephan! We hope you have a fabulous birthday!
Happy Work Anniversary to Public Works' Troy Stephens! We appreciate all you do for the City!
Make plans to join in on all of the Christmas kick-off festivities this Saturday with the Lawson Park Board's Christmas in the Park event! Full details and schedule here:
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Our new mass notification system Regroup is LIVE! Please sign up here: tinyurl.com/LawsonRegroup
You can choose to receive notifications from various channels such as Lawson Park Board, Lawson Community Foundation, fitness class updates, pool updates, LYSA, county-specific weather alerts and more!