Lakewood Informer

My eyes have been opened to how many times city officials said there was robust public engagement to justify projects and spending. As someone who has organized public input, and just this week saw a massive outpouring of public engagement on the Belmar Park development, I wondered how the city defined ‘robust engagement’. It turns...

Discussing the recent budget proposal, Lakewood Police Chief Smith went through his policing philosophy to explain changes to the budget. The base of this philosophy was enacted by President Obama, called 21st Century Policing. At its core, the policy is about building trust in police. Crime is addressed more indirectly, not as the crime itself...

Guest Post As told by my friend Kwok ‘Ben’ Louie who now lives in New Mexico and spends time doing Habitat for Humanity builds.  As Ben notes, their backyard in Hong Kong was a botanic garden.  FYI - Back then, they still had biodiversity of wildlife and birds in parks.  Sounds like a tough life...

Cross post from Colorado Accountability Project The Sun article below profiles people who are living in an RV because they can't afford a home.**  As anyone who has read enough of the Sun could probably guess, the profile plays up the struggles of people who live in RV's and, of course, details the horrible trials...

Guest Post from Steve Farthing Belmar Park West is the 412-unit multifamily project at 777 S Yarrow Street in Lakewood, Colorado on the east property line of Belmar Park at the Irongate office complex.  This post explains the significant loss of the tree canopy habitat at the Irongate multifamily property site next to Belmar Park....

Guest Post from Steve Farthing Belmar Park West is the 412-unit multifamily project at 777 S Yarrow Street in Lakewood, Colorado on the east property line of Belmar Park at the Irongate office complex.  This post explains the significant loss of the tree canopy habitat at the Irongate multifamily property site next to Belmar Park....

Cross post from RooneyValleyNews The Lakewood City Council voted 6 – 3 in favor of the new Developer Reimbursement Agreement. Yet, the discussion between council members and staff told a story that would give reasonable residents pause to wonder “why”. [Video inserts from meeting provided] But the Adam Paul group insisted this was just between...

Guest Post from a Resident to Save Belmar Park There are two upcoming meetings that you are invited and encouraged to please attend.  Meeting #1 - Community Organizing Meeting Hosted by Regina Hopkins and City Council Member Anita Springsteen – Tuesday, October 17, 2023 at 6:30 PM at Phillips United Methodist Church, 1450 S. Pierce St,...

Guest Post from a Resident to Save Belmar Park This email is to clarify various aspects of City Council meetings including possible misunderstanding regarding agenda setting: There is no mandatory Order of Business for Lakewood City Council meetings.  Addendum 1 of the Policy and Procedures Manual offers an ‘Example Regular Meeting Agenda’ but there is apparently...

News Release from Barbara Millman Contact:  Barbara Millman 303 519 2949 Lakewood woman to chain herself to a tree Saturday to protest planned gigantic apartment building bordering treasured Belmar Park As condo and apartment construction runs rampant around metro Denver, leaving its citizens feeling disgusted and helpless, a group of Lakewood residents have declared they are “mad as Hell...