Lakewood Informer

From Applewood Heights Community Organization Despite a 5 1/2 hour Subdivision Public Hearing on 8/21, regarding the development site and both the community and the Planning Commission sharing the same concerns surrounding the safety of the access through W. 15th Place, lack of street connectivity, and making our driveway unsafe to access/unusable in winter, the...

From Save Open Space - Lakewood At a 9/4 meeting, Lakewood City Council spoke with its usual forked tongue, voting for a citizen led green initiative to expedite delegitimizing it Monday, November 11, 2024—-At the November 4 Lakewood City Council meeting, residents witnessed the culmination of more than a year’s intensive effort by hundreds of volunteers to...

Lakewood residents voted to give up their TABOR refunds forever. The measure started with Lakewood encouragement, used tax dollars to see what words messaged the best, and raised over $50,000 from people who benefit from city dollars. The money will be used for basic city services like parks and public safety, freeing up money for...

Information provided by Lakewood resident Anthony Farr. Thank you! Jefferson County School Property Disposition Advisory Committee recommends selling Glennon Heights Elementary to Jacob Academy, a private daycare facility. Jacob Academy hopes to serve 205 children at this location. Lakewood did not offer to buy this for community parkland like it did for Vivian Elementary. Many...

Information provided by Lakewood resident Anthony Farr. Thank you! Jefferson County School Property Disposition Advisory Committee recommends selling Glennon Heights Elementary to Jacob Academy, a private daycare facility. Jacob Academy hopes to serve 205 children at this location. Lakewood did not offer to buy this for community parkland like it did for Vivian Elementary. Many...

Information provided by Lakewood resident Anthony Farr. Thank you! Vivian Elementary is recommended to be sold to Carlson Associates Inc. Carlson plans to develop into 34 homes on 6,000 sq. ft. lots. Carlson will work with the City of Lakewood and Jeffco Public Schools to have 3 acres of land set aside for a city...

Information provided by Lakewood resident Anthony Farr. Thank you! Vivian Elementary is recommended to be sold to Carlson Associates Inc. Carlson plans to develop into 34 homes on 6,000 sq. ft. lots. Carlson will work with the City of Lakewood and Jeffco Public Schools to have 3 acres of land set aside for a city...

From Geek Nexus Survey reveals the 175 cities where residents are most irritated by a neighbor's political yard sign. Residents of Arvada emerged as the most annoyed in Colorado by their neighbors' yard signs. Infographic included. As election season approaches, neighborhoods across America are transforming in more ways than just the changing colors of fall. Yards are...

A summary of articles from Lakewood Informer news related to Lakewood ballot issue 2A: Resident Fights Against the City Machine – TABOR City Uses Budget Presentation to Push TABOR Retention TABOR Will Be on the Lakewood Ballot City Seeks to De-Tabor but Over Collects Property Tax Give us your TABOR refunds, says Lakewood Lakewood Lobbies for Your TABOR Refund Lakewood and...

Lakewood City Council Member Paula Nystrom and Jacob LaBure proposed banning gas fireplaces on October, 14, 2024. On the heels of two other proposals that night for increased sustainability measures, most Councilors urged for a deeper discussion of the topic at the council's annual retreat. Councilor Rebekah Stewart was the only other "yes" vote on...