These posts have been BANNED on social media site Nextdoor allegedly as being spam even though they personally invited me to keep posting because I was ‘making a difference in the neighborhood.’
Struggling social media site Nextdoor published and raved about these 13 recent posts on their site. They described the author as a ‘trusted neighbor’ who was ‘making a difference in the neighborhood’! They also repeatedly encouraged the author to keep posting and asked ‘What will you share next?’ and displayed a large button to create…
City of Lakewood, Colorado says there is a housing surplus! “A large surplus (over 9,000) of rental units priced between $1,250 and $2,500 per month is estimated to exist in relation to household incomes.” p93 City of Lakewood 2024 Strategic Housing Plan https://savebelmarpark.com/download/HousingPlan.pdf According to Lakewood’s own data, there is a LARGE SURPLUS of rental…
Here is the future of zoning reform in Lakewood. Many demographics are impacted by unaffordable housing today. But simply building structures closer together is a nice gift to developers. Developers will typically produce housing that is priced at the going market rate. That market rate is often not considered ‘affordable’. Here’s is how upzoning often…
Lakewood’s Future Plans for closing rec centers were approved by a vote of city council as part of the Imagine Tomorrow plan! These plans are published in detail by the city and are made available by SaveBelmarPark.com at the following link since the AWS hosting provider the city uses has been unreliable of late as…
Action Center – Colfax Action Center location near Colfax Ave Action Center – Emory Action Center new location at Emory Campus Is Lakewood ‘s well known and respected Action Center ready to abandon some of their most vulnerable clients? Specifically, their 14th Ave area community of socially vulnerable persons and move to a location with…
Is Lakewood, Colorado trading recreation center subsidies for homelessness? The question should be asked whether Lakewood is trading homelessness and housing affordability to subsidize rec centers. Keep in mind Lakewood rec centers can cost more than for-profit centers like VASA Fitness depending on the membership level. Plus Lakewood subsidizes the rec centers to the tune…
– Addenbrooke Park in Lakewood, Colorado located at 600 S. Kipling Parkway, should be reviewed as a location for a new, regional recreation center according to a majority vote of city council. – The city should explore how to reduce the cost burden associated with operating older recreation facilities. One recommendation is to eliminate several…
Could a fire like the Pacific Palisades disaster happen in Lakewood? That fire burned over 6,000 structures and there were over 12 fatalities. Lakewood is legalizing the placement of some housing structures closer together than under previous zoning restrictions. This is called ‘densification’ because it results in more people living closer together. High-density communities have…
A major supporter of Lakewood’s extreme citywide ‘densification’ admits it won’t help produce much affordable housing for at least 10-20 YEARS! Folks – now you know the claim that we need ‘densification’ to promote affordable housing is completely fake. Why is it FAKE. Because people are buying into the expectation that ‘densification’ will help make…
178 new apartments for only $14 million? Why doesn’t Lakewood do something like this to make housing more affordable? Lakewood also has an office vacancy rate which was in excess of 22% in 2024 according to: https://www.commercialcafe.com/office-market-trends/us/co/lakewood/ Example: The Academy Park Plaza building appears to be vacant with over 54,000 square feet on offer. https://www.denvergazette.com/2025/11/19/downtown-denvers-petroleum-building-gets-14m-for-office-conversion-from-ddda/…