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🌱 CO Homeless Plan + New Edgewater Top Cop + Red Rocks Ticket Fees

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Hey, Lakewood! Let's get you started this Wednesday with what's going on today in Lakewood.

Wednesday's weather: Partly sunny and mild. High: 71 Low: 43.

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Here are the top stories today in Lakewood:

  1. Colorado hatches plan to spend $200M on homeless. Gov. Polis and state lawmakers are proposing to spend $200M on transitional housing, addiction treatment, and a repurposing the Ridge View campus in Arapahoe County to become a treatment facility for addiction. (CO Sun)
  2. Edgewater is getting a new police chief. Eric Sonstegard, 51, is headed to Colorado to become Edgewater's police department after 26 years with the Oxnard Police Department in California. (VC Star)
  3. Metro Denver is way behind when it comes to bridging the gender pay gap. A recent study from the Pew Research Center indicates that across the metroplex, men still outpace women when it comes to pay equality. (KDVR)
  4. Red Rocks and most of Denver's venues add 30 percent fees to ticket prices. It never feels great to pay those pesky ticket fees. You know, they're those 20 to 30 precent fees that are added to the listed ticket price for shows at your favorite concert venue. Some of the fee revenue is remitted to the City and County of Denver, some is used for venue upkeep, and some is kept by AXS, and rarely do the bands see any of it. (FOX31)
  5. King Soopers' union employees that crossed the picket line facing steep fines. UFCW Local 7members that crossed the picket line when the union was striking against the grocery chain last January, are being fined as much as $250 per day. (9News)

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Today in Lakewood:

  • WCCA Community Meeting: West Colfax Community Association's monthly meeting. (7:30 a.m)
  • Online Interviews: How to set the stage for success. (9 a.m.)
  • Chromebook Basics: Jeffco Business & Workforce Center. (9 a.m.)
  • Brown Bag Lunch & Learn: Putting Out the Fires, Preventing & Managing Burnout. (Noon)
  • Library for All: Interactive Programs for Adults with Disabilities. (1 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Here's a list of the national parks that are closest to Lakewood. (MSN)
  • A special thank you: Thank you McLain Community High School along with Benefits in Action West Colfax and more for this volunteer clean up Colfax effort. (Facebook)
  • Colorado Mills is going green: Learn how Colorado Mills, their retailers, and their community partners are going green — plus details on the pollinator garden with Denver Botanic Gardens. (CO Mills)

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Events:

  • Social Security Seminar on April 20 & April 21 (April 20)
  • Breast Ultrasound Screening Coming Direct to You! (April 22)
  • Interactive Theatre Coming to Denver — 8 Sundays Only! (April 24)
  • Real Estate Investment Hour (April 26)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Wednesday off right. See you all first thing on morning for another edition of the Lakewood Daily. I hope you have a fantastic day! — Brad K. Evans

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