🌱 Air Quality + Pumpkin Patch Visit + Bicycle Building Community

Good morning, Lakewood! Here's what you need to know to get this Friday started off right!

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Friday's weather: Mostly sunny and cool. High: 55 Low: 32.

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Here are the top stories in Lakewood today:

1. Front range air quality continues to decline: The pandemic didn't decrease air quality, as study shows Boulder had polluted air 41 percent of days in 2020. (coloradopolitics.com)
2. What can a fall pumpkin patch visit teach kids? Visiting a local pumpkin patch can teach children about agriculture, science, economics and their community. (Patch)
3. Lakewood has one, too: Seven marijuana questions appearing on ballots across Colorado. (Westword)
4. Bike build builds more than bicycles: Volunteers came together to build and donate bikes to second-graders at Secrest and Swanson Elementary Schools in honor of fallen officer Gordon Beesley, passing on his love of bike riding. (YouTube)
5. AirBNB rules could change, the proposal would tax vacation homes like hotels and motels: Property taxes would more than triple for Colorado short-term rental owners under statehouse proposal. (CO Sun)

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Today in Lakewood:

• Vaccine Bus today: at Alameda Crossing Shopping Center. (10 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
• At Belmar BBQ : West Metro Chamber of Commerce. (3:30 p.m.)
• Teen After Hours: Creepy Halloween Movie Night. (6 p.m.)

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Lakewood Patch Notebook

• The 2021 Jefferson County SLASH program ending soon: JeffCO's Sustainable Lands And Safer Homes weekend collection season in the foothills area comes to a close on Oct. 31. (More Info)
• Master plan survey for Walker-Branch Park: The City of Lakewood, the City of Edgewater and Livable Cities Studio have teamed up to develop a master plan to revitalize Walker-Branch Park. Share your ideas for the future of the park by taking a short survey. (Here)

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