Lakewood Informer

Lakewood voted unanimously to pass a new ordinance for metropolitan districts on January 13, 2025. The overwhelming feeling was that Council truly believes that this ordinance is better at regulating metro districts than the basic state law. Almost every City Council Member spoke of the multiple meetings they held to work on the ordinance, which...

Mayor Wendi Strom suspended normal City Council procedures to have an emergency discussion on January 13, 2025 regarding issues resulting from the new parkland dedication ordinance. Strom says this was time sensitive so it couldn’t wait until the next meeting and most of Council agreed with her. However, even with the suspension of city policies,...

Solid Ground Apartments opened in Lakewood in 2024. It is a Jefferson Center facility that is located in the Two Creeks neighborhood. Lakewood was a community supporter. City Council members voted to tour the facility in order to learn more about any future facilities that Lakewood would own, operate or support, which is a Council...

The widespread zoning changes Lakewood made in 2013 resulted in a resident-initiated movement known as “strategic growth.” Residents were unhappy with the increased, high-density residential units being built that unbalanced the economic growth of the city. Ten years later, city leaders are still not listening to residents. On December 9, 2024, Lakewood City Council passed...

From Alex at Somebody Should Do Something “What did you expect? Welcome Sonny, make yourself at home? Marry my daughter? You gotta remember that these are just simple [progressives and RINOs]. These are people of the land. The common clay of the new West. You know? Morons.” Progressives (and, the RINOs) in Colorado all but...

The latest episode from a relatively new local podcast with a philosophical viewpoint: White Blood Cells - Protectors and Leaders. Take a look and see what you might have in common. https://youtu.be/0zDGOoU2FOk?si=XoEy4oRuaTrZTWCJ&t=3 Quotes from this episode: "This dam analogy -- it's holding stuff back and the media was part of their [Democrat] dam, a big...

Lakewood passed a new ordinance to reduce new gas stations in order to increase public health, January 13, 2025. Not only will this decrease the number of future gas stations, the ordinance demands the new gas stations provide electric charging stations, one of which must be the latest, fastest technology. This is will substantially increase...

January 13, 2025, Lakewood City Council will vote in a new ordinance regulating metropolitan districts. The Denver Post has done deep investigations into metro districts, exposing them as mechanisms that bury taxpayers in debt with no accountability. Other cities are starting to pay attention and not allowing metro districts. Lakewood, on the other hand, is...

Lakewood blighting new development New designation allows city funding participation Votes seem cemented due to prior planning with developer Property not blighted prior to sale On January 22, 2025, the Lakewood Planning Commission will vote on designating a new development area as an Urban Renewal. This designation will allow the city to fund part of...

A resident sent pictures of what he's sees as new gang activity in his neighborhood. The picture below is an example, taken near Lamar and Alameda on the south side. Two to three days after this marking there a fire set right next to it. Now similiar writing is appearing in Belmar and on sidewalks...