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!
The Lawson Park Board has been hard at work planning the perfect end of summer celebration! Join them on Thursday, July 30 from 4-7pm for an evening of amazing FREE activities for the whole family! Inflatables, foam cannon, spray down, Lawson Farmer’s Market vendors and so much more fun! Be there!
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LAWSON LAKE TRAIL CLOSURE
After many years of planning, the walking trail at the Lawson City Lake is getting paved with work starting in early August. Public Works Director John Kujawa says, "This is something the community has wanted for a really long time, and we are excited that the project is finally underway!"
When the construction crew moves in on August 3, parts of the lake trail will be completely inaccessible to all traffic (no walk around in several locations), especially the east side where heavy equipment will be working to replace tubes. For the first few weeks, people can still access the west side of the trail (yellow on the graphic). It is recommended to either turnaround at the campground and retrace the trail, or to cut up through the campground and follow Raum back. As work progresses to the east side, then it is recommended to avoid that area as well.
The north loop of the trail will remain open throughout the entire process as it is not getting paved at this time. Access to the lake for kayaking, boating and fishing near the boat launch and fishing dock will also remain available.
Overall, the public is asked to avoid any areas that are under construction, stay away from heavy machinery and do not cross any kind of barriers, fencing or "do not cross" tape that may be in place.
Kujawa says, "We understand this is going to be a minor inconvenience for a few weeks, but the paved trail will be great when it is completed." The initial work is expected to take about a month, with various finishing work to be completed before Halloween.
Heads up! This is coming up on September 12!
Lawson City Hall will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in observation of the Independence Day holiday. Have a happy and safe weekend! We will reopen for normal business hours on Monday, July 6 at 8:30am.
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Today we have not one, but TWO, birthdays to share! City Administrator Stan Dobbins and Lawson Police Department officer David Shewell share a birthday. We hope you both have a great day!
Happy Birthday to Lawson Police Department officer Ben Glenn! We hope you have a great birthday!
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