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🌱 Everyday Eats + Real Estate Madness + Brittany Pettersen To Run

The quickest way to get caught up on the important things happening in Lakewood today.

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Up and at 'em, Lakewood! Let's get this Thursday started off right. Here is what's happening in and around town today.

Thurday's weather: Mild with some sun. High: 57 Low: 38.

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Here are the top five stories in Lakewood today:

  1. Everyday Eats offers monthly food boxes to older Coloradans. Coloradans 60 and over, that lack access to consistent nutritious meals, are now eligible to receive monthly deliveries of healthy food from a program called Everyday Eats. (FOX31)
  2. Brittany Pettersen is running for the Colorado congressional seat being vacated by Perlmutter. Pettersen is a Democratic state senator from Lakewood who has spent nearly a decade in the Colorado legislature. She announced her campaign to represent the 7th Congressional District on Tuesday, a day after Perlmutter, an Arvada Democrat, said he wouldn't seek a ninth term in Congress. (CO Sun)
  3. COVID-19 spreading fast, nearly 30 Percent of Coloradoans are testing positive. The omicron variant is spreading at lightning speed across the state. Cases and transmission are hitting record levels in Colorado. Hospitalization rates are rising too, and staffing at area hospitals are at its most precarious point since the pandemic started in 2020. (CPR)
  4. Just when you thought real estate prices couldn't go any higher. Denver's real estate market continues its upward growth, as Denver's average home price has zooms past the $700k mark. (Westword)
  5. King Soopers employees went on strike in Boulder and across the Front Range. Members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 7 union walked off the job at 70-plus King Soopers locations Wednesday morning in protest of unfair working conditions and poor pay. (5280)

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Today in and around Lakewood:

  • Young Professionals: Morning Meeting. (9 a.m.)
  • Family Time: Lakewood Library. (10 a.m.)
  • Applewood Business Association: Monthly meeting. (11:30 a.m.)
  • Theater and Improv: Golden Library (4 p.m.)
  • Golden Real Estate Ribbon Cutting: Golden Chamber of Commerce. (5 p.m.)
  • Economic Development Commission Meeting: City of Golden. (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Positions available on boards and commissions for the City of Lakewood. One way to serve your community is to apply for a position on these invaluable roles that help move our city forward. Get engaged, sign up today. (Lakewood)
  • What real estate is available in Lakewood? Check out the Lakewood real estate roundup. (Patch)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Thursday off right. See you all Friday morning for another edition of the Lakewood Daily! — Brad K. Evans

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