Lakewood Informer

Maps clipped from Community Crime Map for the month of September, 2024, in Lakewood, Colorado. Community Crime Map displaying 500 of 752 crimes in Lakewood, CO, September, 2024 Type of crimes included Compare to September of 2023 below. Note that comparison is done visually since numbers for “Lakewood” include parts of of Denver, which doubles the number of...

Lakewood City Council Members used resident concerns about speeding to pursue their climate change goals. They did this by lowering speed limits to increase walkable neighborhoods. The plan is to cause people to be uncomfortable driving and therefore reduce driving or increase walking. Monday night’s vote started with a discussion of public safety, but the...

Guest Post from Laura Majors We all rely on our elected officials, both paid and volunteer to do the right thing, work together, and make the best decisions possible for the city, county, and school system.  When they aren't talking, community amenities are put at risk.  Our neighborhood, in the north end of Ward 1,...

Store grand opening event will feature tire installation, fun, food & prizes Press Release Easterseals Colorado's vehicle will get some top-notch new tires at the two-day grand opening celebration of Lakewood’s new Les Schwab Tires store. Les Schwab is donating the tires as part of its Tires for Purpose program and will install them during the festivities...

Repost from Bob Adams on NextDoor.com Dear Mayor Strom: As Mayor, you and the City Council are asking us (in the November ballot measure) to allow you to permanently keep and spend all the extra tax dollars you over collected, not just this year, but next year and every year after that, as well as...

Repost from Colorado Engaged The video below, recorded in early February 2024, discusses Jefferson County's plans to invest millions of dollars in taxpayer funds on Navigation Center(s) and outlines their expectations. In particular, I recommend watching the discussion at the 15:30 mark, where Commissioner Andy Kerr shares his position that public funds should be spent...

Lakewood closed on the purchase of the Navigation Center property on Wednesday, September 18, 2024. Travis Parker, Chief of the Sustainability and Community Development Department, made the announcement on Monday, Sept 16, during the budget presentation. The property has been leased until now. He added that Lakewood is working on an Intergovernmental Agreement to fund...

The Colorado Department of Local Affairs published a press release regarding the development going in near Whippoorwill Dr, to showcase the positive impact of this housing funding locally. As a follow up, Lakewood Informer asked if DOLA was aware of the resident concerns or the dangerous interestion involved. There has been no response at this...

The owners of Lakewood affordable housing are plagued by crime that is ruining their business and driving residents away. A piece of their property was taken by Lakewood in 2022 through eminent domain to be used as a bike path. Now that bike path, along RTD tracks, is home to so much illegal activity that...

Correction 9/21/24: There is no single commercial applicant currently under consideration for the Vivian property. This month, following a pre-qualification process, several applicants were invited to submit final proposals which are due in October.   Correction 9/26/24: Paula Reed represents District 2, not District 1. District 2 includes Green Mountain and Lakewood High Schools . Erin...