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Article: Weaver's getting fresh face.
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- Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas)
- Article date:
- August 12, 2005
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Byline: Mark Fagan
Aug. 12--Bob Florence Contractor Inc. has hung drywall at Hoch Auditorium and spread plaster at the Lied Center.
But getting the chance to erect scaffolding and hammer away at aging stone-embedded stucco in the heart of downtown Lawrence is more than a job for the folks at the Topeka-based company, which has roots dating to 1898.
It's a chance to reminisce, rejuvenate and -- during breaks, anyway -- relax a bit.
"Lawrence is a great town, is all I can say," said Adam Florence, the company's vice president, who attended Kansas University in the early 1980s. "Lawrence's downtown is by far the neatest downtown that I ...