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🌱 Fed Center Goes To Zero + Affordable Senior Housing + Home Prices $$

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Good morning, Lakewood! It's Friday, so let's get you started with what you need to know going on around Lakewood today.

Thursday's weather: Partly sunny and warmer. High: 68 Low: 36.

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Here are the top stories today in Lakewood:

  1. Zero Emission plan announced for the Federal Center in Lakewood. The updated energy sources will provide renewable energy to the entire 640 acre campus. (CBS)
  2. Affordable housing for seniors and veterans coming to Lakewood. Archway Communities broke ground on a $25M affordable housing project last week and will include 67 units for seniors and senior veterans. The project is located at 2275 Wadsworth Blvd. (Business Journal)
  3. Colorado's new gas relief fee might be delayed. The new gas fee, which is slated to begin on July 1, was part of a 2020 transportation funding bill. That measure was designed to raise billions of dollars for transportation projects – those increases may be delayed as part of a proposed consumer relief package moving toward passage in the final days of the state legislative session. (CO Sun)
  4. Inflation spiking in Denver metro area. Whatever you are buying, is probably more expensive than it was last year. Prices going up most on things like energy, gas, utilities and food. (Axios)
  5. Denver's average home price could hit $1 million by Memorial Day. The Colorado Association of Realtors is projecting that single-family home prices could hit $1 million by the end of May in Metro Denver. Average prices for the same homes rose from $810,0914 in February, to a staggering $918,850 today. (Denverite)

Today in Lakewood:

  • West Colfax Cleanup: With McClain High School. (9:30 a.m.)
  • Cuentacuentos: Edgewater Library. (10:15 a.m.)
  • Gorgon City: At Red Rocks. (6:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Lakewood Police Department: "This week is "National Public Safety Communications Week" and we are celebrating our 911 dispatcher partners who work at Jeffcom 911. This week is a combination of Christmas and Halloween for our dispatchers with the amount of gifts, tre..." (Facebook)
  • Free Mulch Pickup. Lakewood residents are invited to pick up free mulch 7 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Saturdays, May 14 and 21 at the city's Greenhouse located at 9556 W. Yale Ave. Staff will be available with a loader to assist residents. (Facebook) or more information, call 720-963-5240.

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Thanks for following along and staying informed! I'll see you first thing on Friday morning with a brand new edition of the Lakewood Daily. — Brad K. Evans

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