Lakewood Informer

Community Organizer Regina Hopkins is asking for your attendance at the upcoming Lakewood Planning Commission Meeting DAY/DATE: Wednesday, Feb 21, 2024 TIME: 7:00PM LOCATION: 480 S. Allison Parkway (Lakewood City CouncilChambers) Click for AGENDA **URGENT CALL FOR ACTION** Your presence and voice are urgently needed at this week’s upcoming Planning Commission meeting. We ask all...

Hundreds of Lakewood residents raised concerns over supporting migrants and stopped City Council from taking immediate actions at the Council meeting on February 12.  The Council did not even have a discussion on migrant support after the City Manager provided her report on meeting with Denver. Previous Council meetings clearly suggested further discussion and action...

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According to the article below, Recovery Works has completed the purchase of a motel in Lakewood. The motel will be an additional Jefferson County shelter and service center for the unhoused. Recovery Works is the same organization that will be running the new Navigation Center in Lakewood. Lakewood Council will vote on appropriating funds for...

Guest post from Jim Kinney Lakewood’s City Council’s established Core Community Values, and Commitment to Citizens, which are both found on Lakewood.org, which include commitment to transparent government, open and honest communication and a commitment to provide education and information.  City Council, which includes the Mayor, has also committed itself to focusing on quality results,...

Mayor Wendi Strom has changed the timing of public comment. In the name of efficiency, Strom has moved comment from the beginning until later in the meeting. Originally, public comment was moved to after the consent agenda. Now, there is no public comment until all business has been concluded. You can voice your opinion after...

Pictured below is a call to support migrant and homeless assistance. Homeless is homeless. Lakewood will vote on spending $9.3 million for homeless services on Monday, Feb 12, 2024. Agenda item 13 already has public comments. Possible migrant actions will be discussed during the executive report, which has been moved up to agenda item 8 and...

Recent park land dedication discussions show that the policy is used for more than just adding parks for new residents. The policy could be used to extract fees from developers for other park services. The policy could also be used as a tool for preferential development. Or the policy can determine whether the city increases...

Correction: The Denver7 article said that migrants were causing enrollment to go up and enrollment at Slater went up by 50 students. The two statements were apparently unrelated to migrant enrollment. 12 February, 2024 Several new migrant families have started attending Foothills Elementary school in Lakewood. This information comes after the Denver7 report that 50...

Guest Post by Joan Poston So this morning 2/8/24,  I went to the Lakewood City Council Building to attend the Lakewood City Council legislative meeting. I made an error as to the time so I showed up at 8:30 and the meeting had started at 8:00 am. I am not my best at early hours.  The...