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 new splash pad, 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 Southwest Elementary storm shelter, 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!
LAWSON CITY POOL TO REMAIN CLOSED THIS SEASON
After careful consideration, the Lawson City Council has voted to keep the Lawson City Pool closed during the summer 2026 season. The pool was built in 1966 as a private swim club, and the City took ownership in 2019. While the pool was successful during the 2020 and 2021 seasons, revenue has dropped considerably ever since. Over the past two years, the pool has lost a total of $96,000 in revenue. With other municipalities opening new, larger aquatic facilities with more features, we have experienced a huge decrease in attendance. In addition, there has been a 60% increase in pool chemical costs, and a continued rise in employment costs.
During the closure, the City will reevaluate the pool operations to explore opportunities for future use. Any families that already purchased season passes for the 2026 season will receive a full refund. City staff will be reaching out to issue those refunds.
City Administrator Stan Dobbins says, “We understand this is disappointing for our community. However, we believe in being good stewards of the tax-payers’ dollars, and continuing to operate the pool at this significant of a loss doesn’t make sense financially.”
Happy Birthday to Public Works employee Michael "Grizz" Cates! We hope you have a great day!
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Here's information on the 2026 Household Hazardous Waste collection in the region.