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🌱 Seasonal Closures + $ For Housing Crisis + Lakewood Skier Dies

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Lakewood news you can use! Happy Groundhog Day, it's snowy out there today, and wow, it's gonna be cold tonight!

Wednesday's weather: Colder with a little snow. High: 20 Low: 0.

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Here are the top five stories in Lakewood today:

  1. It's Groundhog Day! Punxsutawney Phil predicts the weather this morning. The world famous groundhog has predicted whether there will be six more weeks of winter or if spring will come early. (9News)
  2. JeffCo Open Space Parks' seasonal closures to protect wildlife now in effect. Several trails are off-limits due to the county's annual wildlife closures. These closures are part of an annual effort intended to protect species during sensitive times of their life cycles. Most of the closures are in effect from Feb. 1, and will continue for several months. (7News)
  3. State lawmakers try to figure out how use federal funds to address Colorado's housing crisis. Officials want to spend $400 million from the American Rescue Plan Act to help with affordable housing. The Strategic Housing Working Group has spent months looking into the state's housing crisis in hopes of coming up with solutions. (7News)
  4. Coroner IDs Lakewood skier who died in crash at Copper Mountain. Lakewood resident Nicholas Vigil, 24, died on Jan. 20, when he was skiing with friends in a treed area when he lost control and crashed. (Summit Daily)
  5. The state's spotty record on behavioral health care could improve. Colorado task force wants to spend $450M in one-time federal money on mental health and substance use treatment.(CO Newsline)

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Today In and Around Lakewood:

  • Art House: At Conifer Library. (3-8 p.m.)
  • The Liar: Arvada Center for the Arts. (7:30 p.m.)
  • Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show: Denver Center for the Performing Arts. (7:30–9:30 p.m.)

From my notebook:

  • Looking @ Lakewood: The February edition is available now. Focused on providing Lakewood residents with information about their city government, the printed newsletter is mailed to all residential and business addresses in Lakewood, new editions are produced 4-6 times a year. (Lakewood)
  • Lakewood Cultural Center: "New music bonding with old images in rich, provocative, and moving ways." - The New York Times. ETHEL joins comes to Lakewood in just a few weeks for a powerful show. Get your tickets here: (LCC)
  • Why are Primary Jobs Important to Lakewood? Economic developers focus on attracting primary employers to their communities, and the Lakewood team is no exception. Primary employers are businesses that produce products or services that are exported outside of the community. Learn more about Lakewood's Economic Development initiatives.

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