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‘Long time coming’: Lakewood homeless encampment cleared

‘Long time coming’: Lakewood homeless encampment cleared

April 18, 2025/

From https://kdvr.com/, by Alliyah Sims, LAKEWOOD, Colo. (KDVR) — After nearly two weeks of pushing for answers and two years of neighbors dealing with a growing homeless encampment at the 6th Avenue and Wadsworth Boulevard interchange in Lakewood, crews cleared the site Wednesday. Mounting trash, fires being started, needles found in neighbors’ backyards, and contamination in a waterway that feeds into the Platte River were all big concerns. Cleanup started around 9 a.m. on Wednesday and lasted about 8 hours. Read the full article from KDVR

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1221 Wadsworth Update

1221 Wadsworth Update

April 11, 2025/

Update from Council Member Isabel Cruz to Lenore Herskovitz The construction at 1221 – 1225 Wadsworth remains an eyesore that residents constantly question. Councilor Isabel Cruz was kind enough to provide a detailed update to resident Lenore Herskovitz, rather than just referring her to the city website, which has not been updated since October 2024. Update: The new contractor has submitted their forensic report to the City Building Department for review. Three building inspectors completed an initial inspection of the project this week. Based on the reports provided to the City and the information observed during the inspection the building is in better condition than was expected. However, major parts of the fire sprinkler system must be removed and reinstalled, all of the doors and the windows must be removed and replaced, and the wrapping on the exterior of the building must be removed and replaced. The new contractor has agreed to submit and follow a construction waste and demolition plan (not required at the time of the initial approval) which needs to be submitted and approved. In addition, the new contractor still needs to submit new collateral prior to full start up. The contractor is already active in the building but the general public will not notice a significant change in construction activity for 30 to 60 days. I expect a meeting with the contractorn next week to discuss Wadsworth lane closures needed to begin working on the east side of the building. I believe that site security is...

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Lakewood greenlights Kairoi to introduce invasive plants to BelmarPark

Lakewood greenlights Kairoi to introduce invasive plants to BelmarPark

March 31, 2025/

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 plan.  We estimate the area of the park to be graded amounts to thousands of square feet assuming the grading plan mentioned does not change. However, Lakewood’s Planning Department states the opposite: “The proposed development of this property does not involve or include any parkland…” Obviously, any area of the park destroyed by heavy equipment activities related to the Kairoi market-priced housing project will have to be fully restored to original or better condition, right?  Wrong again. According to the Erosion Control Report submitted to Lakewood by Kairoi’s civil engineers, only 70% of a restored area needs to be restored with ‘vegetation visible’ according to p.22.  There is no requirement that the park be fully restored to original or better condition!   Let’s say someone crashed into your parked car and does significant damage.  After body shop repairs, only 70% of the damage is repaired.  Are you OK with that?  If you are, apply for a job at the City of Lakewood where that level of completion is apparently acceptable when it comes to requiring developers to do the right thing. Once an area has been graded, the developer will usually attempt to restore the...

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Flight for Life helicopter from CommonSpirit Health website

Enstrom: Pink helicopters coming to Flight For Life

March 30, 2025/

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 the iconic orange to pink. The color change is an expensive proposition for the health care industry. Enstrom says, “Right now, hospitals in Colorado, across the board, to a fault, are in financial difficulty. … If that’s a priority for this health care system, to spend a couple million bucks to repaint six helicopters, when we have all these needs and all of this growth in Colorado, is a travesty.” Listen to the whole show on 710 KNUS on 3/21/25, 9 am, starting around 12 minute mark. See the original story on 9news.com Photo credit from CommonSpirit

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Site Plan for the Ex-Superfund Landfill

Site Plan for the Ex-Superfund Landfill

March 24, 2025/

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 developer a phased development status since remediation plans have not been set. Our reader supplied a full list of instructions to access this information online, which were not provided with Lakewood’s CORA response. To view the plans, the public must register with the eTRAKiT site and login. The address associated with the project is 11601 W 2nd Pl. In eTRAKiT, search for the following project numbers: The master plan reveals the area north of 4th Ave that is currently labeled “do not disturb” will eventually have more residential housing than the south end, totaling about 2000, rather than 2000 only on the south end. There is currently no public plan for remediation or start times while the developer, Lincoln Properties, works to secure the pieces necessary to get a metropolitan district approved. The metro district will be used as a funding mechanism, rather than a service mechanism, and nothing can proceed without funding. The difference between a funding mechanism and service mechanism is important because metropolitan districts are granted government privileges based on providing public services. To get any kind of infrastructure built on the landfill, the site will need remediation. The safety of the future...

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