Lakewood Informer

On August 7, 2023, Lakewood City Council will decide on how the city will react to the state passage of HB23-1255, titled Regulating Local Housing Growth Restrictions. This state law would effectively overturn the votes of Lakewood's residents. The Strategic Growth Initiative, which Lakewood called Residential Growth Limitation, was adopted as Lakewood Municipal Code 14.27...

Updated 7/31/23 Unlike other cities with strong elected officials, Lakewood City Council is very limited in the actions it can initiate. Councilors set broad objectives at the annual retreat and they are able to bring forth “Requests for Legislative Modifications” to get items onto the agenda during the year. Other than that, they are limited...

Lakewood Mayor Adam Paul received the Community Leadership Award from the Community Investment Alliance for his personal involvement with the Lakewood launch of an Extreme Weather Overflow Shelter. (news release here; link removed from lakewood.org) This was the first year for the shelter, which operated out of the Whitlock recreational enter.  During the Feb 27...

Following up on resident concerns raised in a recent interview discussing the newly approved “Green Remodeling” project, Lakewood Mayor Pro Tem Wendi Strom and the Sustainability Committee Chair, Glenn Weadock, responded that this was just research, that outcomes had yet to be determined and no policies have been set. The implication of project approval is...

Cross-Post from Brother Jeff Lakewood City Council, NAACP and What Happens When Power Fights the Power. 30 Minutes with Councilwoman Anita Springsteen. https://www.facebook.com/jeff.fard/videos/2046875489008195 Highlights and notes from the video: Anita Springsteen discusses the latest on Lakewood City Council. Brother Jeff expresses surprise that Lakewood is seeing increased homelessness. They discuss Aurora’s outstanding fireworks show and...

Joan From Lakewood brings attention to gas stoves and possible changes in Lakewood in this video interview. https://youtu.be/GDkdRqznS9k Joan highlights state and federal laws that impact us and shows how other localities are reversing gas stove bans. Joan also talks about permitting issues she has seen on Nextdoor wherein businesses are having trouble getting their...

Independence Day is the number 1 or number 2 holiday for driving fatalities, usually involving drinking or drugs. An estimated 620 people nationwide may die this year.  In contrast, from 2005-2020 there were an average of 8.5 deaths per year nationwide from fireworks-related injuries. Most injuries are from common fireworks such as sparklers. Neighborhood conversations...

By Lenore Herskovitz Update July 16, 2023: In the last paragraph of my article on HB 23-1255 I commented that Lakewood was M.I.A. in media coverage. A newly discovered article from CBS reporter Alan Gionet that was first published on April 11, 2023 does include a statement from Mayor Adam Paul. It is interesting to...

On June 6, the Lakewood Budget and Audit Board decided to recommend that Lakewood keep future TABOR funds instead of refunding any excess to taxpayers. That recommendation will proceed to City Council for approval, along with the recommendation for resident input through focus groups. If approved, the issue will be on the 2024 ballot. In...

   Due to negative impact on locals, including but not limited to affordability, Italy has proposed new restrictions on STRs, just as Malaysia had to recently do, just as Paris, Tokyo & Colorado towns have had to do. Please read below article.     Why didn’t Lakewood City Council heed the info, repeatedly presented to them,...