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 Forklift Attachments Lakewood - Lakewood, Colorado is the most heavily populated city within the county of Jefferson. It is considered the state of Colorado's 5th most densely inhabited city. The U.S. Census Bureau estimated the population Lakewood to be 142,980 as of April 1, 2010. Lakewood is part of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and is situated west of Denver.
Lakewood was a community with policing that was provided by the Jefferson County Sherriff, before being incorporated in 1969. They had few sidewalks and street lights at that time and were looked after by a volunteer fire service. During 1969, Lakewood became incorporated. The population of the city was already more than 90,000 at the time of incorporation.
The economy of Lakewood is rather diverse, though the largest employers in Lakewood are in Government. A medical devices manufacturer called CaridianBCT employs over 1600 people and the Jefferson County R-1 school district employs approximately 3930 people.
The city of Lakewood has never truly had a conventional downtown area, with most of the commercial establishment is established on West Colfax Avenue from Harlan west to Kipling and beyond. Also, the JCRS or the Jewish Consumptive Relief Society for TB patients, along with the small frame Methodist Church was some of the very first main establishments within the area. By the 1950s, drug stores, gas stations, restaurants and taverns, grocery stores, a bowling alley, a movie theatre, several motels and used car lots emerged.
The city supports a lot of strip malls to which are home to numerous multi-business establishments. Numerous larger complexes have been build more recently at JCRS and Westland. On Alameda Boulevard, the Villa Italia Mall, located 20 blocks south of Colfax, reflected the southward expansion of the Lakewood settlement. It was home to a bigger area of retail property. As soon as the mall went into decline, the Lakewood City Council devised a plan to take down the Villa Italia Mall and replace it with a new development called Belmar.
Lakewood High School is home to an International Baccalaureate school within the county of Jefferson. In addition, Alameda High School is also an International Baccalaureate or I.B. School. There is the Colorado Christian University situated within the city as well.
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