Lakewood Informer

Photo by Regina Hopkins From Savebelmarpark.com In case you are wondering, the Irongate Complex at 777 S Yarrow Street has been converted to rubble by the demolition crew.  Large piles of concrete rubble await removal. Moving on to the topic of the day, a portion of Belmar Park is designated for grading on the developer’s grading...

As of August 2024, St. Anthony's Hospital is managed by CommonSpirit Health instead of Centura Health. Rick Enstrom, Lakewood resident and Board Trustee for St. Anthony's, was on the Jeff and Bill Show, to talk about one major change Lakewood residents will notice. The color of the Flight for Life helicopters will be changed from...

From lakewood.org

Thanks to a Lakewood Informer reader and local resident, the site plan for The Bend has been revealed! Contrary to previous reporting, plans have indeed been laid but when discussed in public meetings, those plans were “punted” till later. The north half was not a focus for the City because the planning department granted the...

Brighter Futures Lakewood is an Independent Expenditure Committee (IEC) registered in Lakewood to advocate for Ken Cruz and Bill Furman for Lakewood City Council. According to committee reports, the IEC registered March 11, just two weeks before the election. See their website at https://brightcoloradofutures.com/ Brighter Futures filed two special reports for expenditures over $500. Both...

Lakewood resident Bob Adams brings receipts! Lakewood Informer news stated that City Manager Cathy Hodgson made a base salary of $280,000, as stated during the December 19, 2022 City Council meeting. Mr. Adams made an open records request to find out that the City Manager's 2024 annual base salary was $335,949. This does not include...

Lakewood's own Ramey Johnson was on the Kim Monson Show, KLZ 560 AM, Wednesday, March 19, to discuss several statewide bills that could cost taxpayers money. As members of the Colorado Union of Taxpayers (CUT), Monson and Johnson discuss House Bills 25-1211 and 25-1297. Regarding HB25-1211, Monson said, "I think this House Bill 25-1211, tap...

From Mandy Connell's blog WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN GOVERNMENT WON'T LISTEN? That is the situation that many Lakewood residents find themselves in when it comes to the conflict over green space vs. development. This time it's Belmar Park, where developers want to build right up the boundaries and pay dispensation money instead of actually honoring...

Repost from Dave Weichman On top of everything else going on these days, the Lakewood establishment is planning to change the city’s comprehensive plan and zoning codes to allow for more population density and cheaper housing. As usual there is way too much devil in the details to wrap one’s head around. However, there is...

By Lenore Herskovitz On Monday, March 24 the City Council will hold the first of 2 Special Meetings regarding the Annual Review of the City Manager, Kathy Hodgson. Residents are not privy to the standards or metrics that are used to evaluate the job performance of our most powerful and most highly compensated city officials....