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Zoning- What Hasn’t Been Told

March 9, 2026/

Guest post from Lenore Herskovitz Although the City has touted their 2 year effort to produce and inform the public about the updated zoning code, there remains a large number of residents who are unaware of the upcoming special election challenging the zoning changes that were passed by the City Council at the end of last year. Ballots will be mailed out on March 16 but how many people will know why they are receiving one? Why did communication efforts fail? Did the City ever reach out to its residents and ask what would be the most effective way to notify them about policies, meetings, developments that would affect their lives? Perhaps that is something the City should consider doing moving forward.

Lakewood Declares Support For Anti-ICE Actions

March 7, 2026/

Anti-ICE protestors came out in support of the first step Lakewood City Council took against ICE policies. Wearing red shirts with “Keep our neighbors safe” written on them and anti-ICE pins, protestors thanked City Council for making a declaration to honor people who recently died during ICE enforcement actions. The declaration made no mention of immigration status, surrounding circumstances or any actively threatening actions taken by those who died. In other words, Lakewood’s declaration was a one-sided, virtue signaling, political statement about a non-Lakewood specific issue. Lakewood Council Members called it “beautiful.”

Tips From Your Winter Tire Safety Experts

March 7, 2026/

As cold weather approaches Colorado, Discount Tire is sharing important tire safety tips to help your neighboring communities stay safe and prepared for the winter conditions to come.

Op-Ed: Lakewood’s zoning updates are a necessary step to protect the future of our community

March 6, 2026/

Guest post from George Mugerian Many residents understandably worry about development in their neighborhoods. We value the character of Lakewood. We value stability. But we also have to ask an important question: at what cost do we preserve the status quo?

Tell The Truth About Upzoning

March 6, 2026/

Repost from savebelmarpark.com The City of Lakewood, Colorado has approved a city-wide upzoning scheme largely in response to the influence of private equity developers and the ‘redress’ movement as described at their website redressmovement.org. Redress posted an article titled: ‘A Step Closer to Ending Segregation Zoning in Lakewood, CO’