Tag: Lakewood City Council
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Lakewood swears in new city councilmembers
Lakewood City Council got a new member Monday when Liz Black was sworn in. The City Council swore in five members during its normally scheduled meeting Monday evening, with Black being the only new councilmember to join the board. Black will represent Ward 2 — bordered by West Alameda Avenue to the south and Sheridan…
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All Lakewood City Council incumbents re-elected, still focusing on affordable housing
The Lakewood City Council looks mostly the same following the Nov. 4 elections. With that, the council’s goals remain the same: affordable housing for the missing middle — or families that don’t qualify as low-income but don’t earn enough to obtain a mortgage on a single-family home. The city had four incumbents running for re-election…
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All Lakewood City Council incumbents re-elected, still focusing on affordable housing
The Lakewood City Council looks mostly the same following the Nov. 4 elections. With that, the council’s goals remain the same: affordable housing for the missing middle — or families that don’t qualify as low-income but don’t earn enough to obtain a mortgage on a single-family home. The city had four incumbents running for re-election…
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Lakewood City Council launches food drive for the Action Center
The Lakewood City Council has begun a food drive amid the federal shutdown, during which federal workers have not received salaries and uncertainty hangs over a food stamp assistance program. The council announced the Pack the Pantry food drive on Thursday to “ask the community to help working families and those in need during the…
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Lakewood City Council approves sale of elementary school
The Lakewood City Council unanimously approved the land-swap project between the city and the Action Center after an injunction pushed the move back a week. Three key ordinances in the deal between the city and the nonprofit organization were approved Monday evening during a special meeting, hours after the corresponding trial in a Jefferson County…
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Lakewood elementary school sale injunction pushed until next week
The Lakewood land swap with the Action Center has been pushed back again following the trial between a local attorney and the city. The Lakewood City Council was supposed to meet Wednesday evening for a special session regarding the three-ordinance process involving the city purchasing the current Action Center, leasing it and then selling part…
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Lakewood City Council discusses sale of elementary school amidst lawsuit
The Lakewood land swap with the Action Center was supposed to be voted upon Monday, but has been pushed to Wednesday due to an ongoing legal case. The Monday Lakewood City Council meeting was planned to include three ordinances involving the handshake deal struck with the both Jeffco Public Schools and the Action Center —…
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Lakewood City Council approves zoning map
Lakewood finalized the last ordinance for its nearly 400-page zoning code proposal on Monday and approved the zoning map, ending a heated process that had sparked controversy in the city since the beginning of the year. The final ordinance of the new Lakewood zoning code was approved with an 8-3 vote during the City Council…
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Lakewood City Council approves reconfiguring of single-family zoning
The controversial section of Lakewood’s new proposed planning document that aims to add more affordable housing to the city was approved Monday evening. The Lakewood City Council approved an amended version of Article 3 of the city’s 2026 zoning code proposal — a 400-page planning document covering residential, commercial and mixed-use site design standards, parking…
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Lakewood City Council zoning discussion goes nearly 8 hours
The Lakewood City Council’s Monday meeting stretched into early Tuesday morning as councilmembers considered various amendments to a proposed planning document that aims to add more affordable housing to the city. The council, joined by Planning Director Travis Parker, reviewed four sections of a 400-page planning document covering residential, commercial and mixed-use site design standards,…