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 Located just minutes from Denver, along the west egde of the Metro Area against the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Lakewood supports a number of private and government entities. Lakewood has grown to become Colorado's fourth-largest city, yet it still retains much of its small-town flavor and open space. With more than 6,500 acres of park land and over 145,000 residents, the city has one of the highest ratios of parks and recreation facilities per capita in the country.
The Denver Federal Center is surrounded by development. Today, the Denver Federal Center houses 28 agencies and 6,800 employees. It is the largest concentration of Government agencies outside the Washington D.C. area.
Lakewood has a wide variety of neighborhoods and businesses. Homes nestled on large lots with mature landscaping attract traditional buyers. Newer developments feature open floor plans, vaulted ceilings and three car garages. There are more than 80 parks, the largest being Bear Creek Lake park at approximately 2600 acres. It is unique as a city park since it offers picnic sites, camping, fishing, horseback riding, bike trails, boating, swimming and water skiing.
The city is presently encouraging economic development while devoting its energies to maintaining a high quality of life for its residents. The recent opening of BELMAR, billed as "Lakewood's New Downtown" is the first real downtown for this exciting community.
More information about Lakewood can be found on the Chamber of Commerce web site.
Lakewood one of the modern yet historic places to live in the Denver Metro Area …
 The name “Lakewood” first entered Jefferson County, Colorado records on July 1, 1889, to designate a proposed subdivision. The developers were three Colorado Gold Rush era pioneers: William A. H. Loveland; his wife, Miranda Ann M. Loveland; and Charles Clark Welch. Both men had played vigorous roles in mining, railroading, education, manufacturing and government. They purposely chose the anniversary of July 1, 1976 when Colorado voters elected to enter the Union as the Centennial Sate. The plat laid out showed a peculiarly shaped lake with woods around it!
Lakewood lies at the top of a layer cake of rocks filling a broad bowl called the Denver basin. These rocks were deposited near the end of a long and varied sequence of geologic events which are recorded in the rocks of the foothill area just west of Lakewood. Ancient stream deposits rise dramatically as the famous red Fountain Formation at Red Rocks Park. Built by the CCC in the 1930’s this natural amphitheater just west of Lakewood has an international reputation for offering concerts of many of the most well know musical artists around the country.
 Dinosaurs flourished in the swamps nearby and their bones and their tracks can be viewed to this date preserved in the red and green mudstone of the Morrison formation just to the west of Lakewood in a wonderful park. The family truly enjoys this outing.
Today the City of Lakewood Colorado, while rich in history, is building a community that looks to the future. They’re on the western edge of the Denver metro area, right up against the foothills of the majestic Rocky Mountains. A beautiful new Court House and government offices have been built in the last three years. Link: www.lakewoodcolorado.com
Lakewood attracts many residents who want to be closer to the mountains than Denver proper. Parks and recreational areas abound. Golfers have a wide choice of public and private courses from which to choose. Fox Hollow and the Homestead Golf courses are pleased to announce that they are joining the “Play Golf America” national campaign. In conjunction with this program, they are offering lessons for women, families, couples, and children. Link: www.playgolfamerica.com Lakewood Community recreation centers include the Charles Whitlock Recreation Center, the Carmody Recreation Center and Green Mountain Recreation Center. Training in Pilates to yoga to tai-chi to ballet or jazz or modern dance are some of the recreational classes provided. At Clements Community Center ... for anyone age 50 and better ... programs are so engaging, you’ll want to lie about your age! You might enjoy night hikes in Bear Creek Lake Park where the darkness provides a unique backdrop for hiking adventures, keeping a lookout for nightlife such as coyote, raccoon and owls. For the kids Lakewood features youth enrichment and martial arts programs plus cheerleading, gymnastics, climbing walls, soccer, volleyball, running clubs, American Red Cross babysitter’s courses and even etiquette and dining skills workshops! Link: www.lakewood.org
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Lakewood features a new Senior Living Community at
Carmel Oaks with spacious one and two bedroom homes.
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Homes in Lakewood can be found in the $750,000 range
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 LAKEWOOD’S BELMAR DEVELOPMENT RECEIVED NATIONAL AWARD:
Denver-based Continuum Partners and the City of Lakewood have received the internationally recognized Phoenix Award for their work cleaning up and redeveloping a former mall in Lakewood into a new downtown district now known as Belmar, a mixed-use redevelopment. Projects are judged by the EPA on the magnitude of the project, use of innovative techniques; cooperative efforts of multiple parties; and positive impacts on the environment. When completed in 2007, the 105-acre, 750 million Belmar project will consist of about one million square feet of retail space and one million square feet of office space, including a major conference and event center; a 250 room hotel; and four acres of public and open space. Also included in the project are 1,300 new residences providing a variety of housing choices. The entire project is expected to generate more than 7,000 jobs! The environmentally friendly approach included transplanting 150 mature trees from the original mall site to a temporary nursery and then back into streets and public spaces within the Belmar development; recycling more than 85 percent of the mall materials; constructing “green” or environmental friendly buildings; installing solar parking kiosks and custom designing outdoor lighting to reduce light pollution. Green buildings meet industry criteria and include features such as recycled steel, carpeting made from recycled products, wood from renewable source and even low-water toilets. Phase One of the construction is well under way. Link: www.lakewood.org
TRANSPORTATION:
Major highways that bring Lakewood close to either the Rocky Mountains or to downtown Denver, easy access to DIA or anywhere east-south-west-north in our state include I-70, U.S. Highway 6, and Denver metro’s beltway C470. A light rail line is already planned for Lakewood, linking it to downtown Denver and the airport and other planned lines converging in historic Union Station in downtown Denver.
PARKS: Lakewood is close to over 50 family community parks and major metro parks. Bear Creek Lake Park and the Soda Lakes park attract those interested in fishing, boating, sailing, wind surfing, archery, horseback riding, overnight camping, walking trails, open space, swim beach and hundreds of miles of bike paths and trails. Just a few miles west on I70 the City of Denver manages a herd of American bison, sometimes called buffalo, kept in the wild in an effort to allow easy viewing of a part of our American heritage.
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