WCCA Meeting Archive

Find resources from previous West Colfax Community Association meetings below. Links may include PDF presentations, downloadable spreadsheets, or links to other web content. 

2024

September Programs

August Programs

July Programs

May Programs

This Month’s Call to Action - School Supply Drive in partnership with Lakewood Elks and The Action Center.

THANK YOU - Todd & Denise Lansing for sponsoring our coffee and breakfast items today! Visual Resource

Colorado Gives Foundation Overview - CEO, Kelly Dunkin

  • 40 West Arts - Chicken Fest Overview - Liz Black, Exec. Director

  • West Colfax Safety and Streetscaping/ Placemaking Project - Roger Wadnal, City of Lakewood, and team

  • BUSINESS SPOTLIGHT: Denise & Todd Lansing, Thank you for your sponsorship!


April Programs

This Month’s Call to Action - Click Here! Sponsor a Jefferson HS graduating senior with a $60 donation to cover costs of caps & gowns.

THANK YOU - Mint & Serif Coffee House for sponsoring our coffee and breakfast items today!

Quick Updates: Local Jurisdictions (7:35-8:00)

Program – (8:00-8:45)

Welcome / WCCA Update, WCCA Chair - Don Calahan

March Programs

Welcome / WCCA Update, WCCA Chair - Don Calahan

February Programs

Welcome / WCCA Update: Don Calahan, WCCA Chair

January 2024 Programs - to come


2023

December - NO MEETING

November Programs

  • Welcome / WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Affordable Housing Update from Metro West Housing Solution

  • Bayaud Enterprises BEST Program Overview

  • Partnering with Jeffco Public Schools - Jim McKenney, Director of Family & Community Partnerships

  • Update on West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal, City of Lakewood, and team

  • Greeting from Casa Bonita’s Community Outreach Manager - Jen Kenline

October Programs

Welcome / WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

Lakewood West-Colfax BID

September Programs

Candidate Forum - (8:15-8:50) (3 minutes or less per speaker)

Mayoral Candidates:

  • Don Burkhart

  • Cathy Kentner

  • Wendi Strom

City Council Ward 1

  • Fred Clifford

  • Glenda Sinks

City Council Ward 2

  • Peter Anthony Del Duca II

  • Isabel Cruz

Jeffco School Board - Dist. 2

  • Erin Kenworthy

  • Joel Newton

Jeffco School Board - Dist. 4

  • Michelle Applegate

  • Thomas Wicke (not confirmed)


August Programs

Welcome / WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Overview of the upcoming Colfax Chicken Fest (on 9/16), honoring the legacy of The Hub building (formerly The Denver Drumstick) with a fun, family friendly festival about “All Things Chicken!” - Liz Black, 40 West Arts

  • Lakewood Comprehensive Plan Update - Roger Wadnal, City of Lakewood

  • Member Spotlight: The Furnace Glassworks - Leanne & Corey Silverman

  • Update from Lakewood Historical Preservation Commission - Poppie Gullett, Chair

  • Update on West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal, City of Lakewood, and team

July Programs

  • Welcome / WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Overview of the upcoming Colfax Chicken Fest (on 9/16), honoring the legacy of The Hub building (formerly The Denver Drumstick) with a fun, family friendly festival about “All Things Chicken!” - Liz Black, 40 West Arts

  • Update on the 40 West ArtLine Framework Plan - Alexis Moore, City of Lakewood

  • New Member Spotlight: RecoveryWorks - James Ginsburg, Executive Director

  • Update on the latest edition of West Colfax Lately magazine - Nancy Crego. AdWest / The Publishing House

  • Update on West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal, City of Lakewood, and team

Welcome / WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Key Highlights from recent legislative session - Rep. Chris deGruy Kennedy

  • Overview of the upcoming new immersive art experience by Prismajic at Colorado Mills - Eric Jaenike & Jennifer Mosquera

  • Update on the latest edition of West Colfax Lately magazine - Nancy Crego. AdWest / The Publishing House

  • Update on West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal, City of Lakewood, and team

May Programs

Welcome / WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Update from Sprout City Farms about Mountair Park Community Farm - Jessica Cunningham, Community Navigator

  • Overview of new Colfax festival planned for The HUB in 2023 - Liz Black and Terra Marks, 40 West Arts

  • Update on West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal, City of Lakewood, and team

  • (If time permits) Overview of the latest updates to the West Colfax Vision 2040 Action Plan - Kevin Yoshida and Bill Marino, Lakewood-W Colfax BID

April Programs

  • Welcome / WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Update on the Bayaud Enterprises Program - Frank Cordova and Alfonzo Suazo (from Bayaud) (No visual resource)

  • Overview of progress on the 40 West ArtLine Framework Plan - Alexis Moore, City of Lakewood, and team

  • Affordable Housing 101: Update from Lakewood’s Housing Authority (Metro West Housing Solutions) - Brendalee Connors, Chief Real Estate Officer

  • Update on West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal, City of Lakewood, and team

  • Special Appearance by Dana “Loca” Rodriguez (GM & Executive Chef) at Casa Bonita

March Programs

  • Welcome / WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Extended update on major real estate developments in the West Colfax Corridor – Laura Moody – Lakewood Economic Development

  • Private Property vs Public Property, Cmdr. Jonathan Alesch, Lakewood Police Dept. (No visual resource)

  • Update on the Bayaud Enterprises Program – Nakisha Moorman Lakewood Planning & Homeless Response Coordinator (No visual resource)

  • Update on West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal, Lakewood Planning

  • SPOTLIGHT: Vance Street Hub Businesses – Aurora Hendrix and Shanna Powell

  • TIPS: Social Media Advice from Bloom Media, Stephen Shumaker & Bailey Sutton

February Programs

  • Welcome / WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Update on redevelopment plans for 10th & Sheridan - Scott Watkins, Trailbreak Partners

  • Overview about the City of Lakewood for a Strategic Housing Plan - Amy Deknikker Lakewood Planning

  • Introducing Nakisha Moorman, Homeless Response Coordinator for the City of Lakewood. Please welcome her to her first WCCA meeting!

  • Overview of the next West Colfax Lately Magazine - Community Partners with 40 West Arts & WCCA Nancy Crego (AdWest) and Angie Flachman (The Publishing House)

  • Update on Lakewood’s West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal and team

  • Quick Overview of New WCCA Member Benefit: Bloom Media will offer a FREE Video for WCCA Business Members - Bailey Sutton & Stephen Shumaker

January 2023 Programs

  • WCCA Update Welcome - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Colfax Marathon Update - Andrea Dowdy, Denver Colfax Marathon - CEO

  • Overview of the 40 West ArtLine Framework Plan - Alexis Moore, Lakewood Planning, and team

  • Bayaud Enterprises Overview and Partnership with Lakewood and the West Colfax Corridor - Sarah McCarthy, Director of Development

  • Update on Lakewood’s West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal and team

  • Photo of the two new murals, part of the Ward 1 Beautification Projects on West Colfax

2022

December 2022 — NO MEETING

November 2022 — ARCHIVE FILE DAMAGED

October 2022 Programs

  • WCCA Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Overview of Prestige Import’s plans for a new Porsche Dealership on West Colfax – Scott West, Prestige Imports, General Manager

  • Update from RTD – Brandon Figliolino, MPA, Senior Specialist, Community Engagement and Steve Martingano, Deputy Chief of Transit Police

  • Update on Ward 1 Beautification Project on West Colfax – Christy Ivanov, Lakewood Planning

  • Overview of the new Pilot Day-work Program – Bill Marino/Kevin Yoshida, Lakewood-W. Colfax BID

  • 5-minute report on the latest activity of Lakewood’s West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal and team

September 2022 Programs

  • WCCA General Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

    • Instructions: Each candidate will have 3 minutes to speak about his or her qualifications and their vision about how they can help improve the West Colfax Corridor. Speakers will hear a bell as a 30-second warning, and a 2nd bell when their time is up; they will have 10 seconds or so to wrap-up before being muted.

  • 2022 Candidate Forum

    • Jefferson County Commissioner – District 3

      • Donald Rosier

      • Lesley Dahlkemper

    • County Clerk and Recorder

      • Rep. Vicki Pyne

      • Amanda Gonzalez

    • County Treasurer

      • Rep. Faye Griffin

      • Gerald “Jerry” DiTullio

    • County Assessor

      • Libby Szabo

      • Scot Kersgaard

    • County Sheriff

      • Ed Brady

      • Regina “Reggie” Marinelli

    • County Coroner

      • Matt Archuleta

      • Annette Cannon

  • If time permits . . . Report on the latest activity of Lakewood’s West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal and team

    • Presentation to come

August 2022 Programs

Lakewood Advisory Council - Kip Kolkmeier, Vice Chair

  • WCCA General Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Update on Westland Property – Matt Taylor, Artesia

  • New 40 West ArtLine Audio Tours – Corrine Anderson, Owner of The Street Art Network

  • Demonstration of the new Virtual Reality technology from Factor Earth deployed in 40 West Arts District – Katie Peterson, Education and Outreach Specialist

  • Energy and money-saving opportunities from Xcel Energy and Lakewood’s Sustainability Office – Jeff Wong, Senior Sustainability Planner

  • Report on the latest activity of Lakewood’s West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal and team

  • If time remaining . . . 5-MINUTE SPOTLIGHT: Best practices to avoid banking or online fraud by Brandon Friedman - SVP, Southwest Market, FirstBank (May move to a future month.)

July 2022 Programs

  • Molholm Elementary Update - Principal Jim McKenney

  • WeCAN Community Event - HERE

  • WCCA General Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Update on Lakewood School of Music and its partnership with the Notable Apartment Community - Robin Braun

  • Conversation with Zane Gordan, new property owner that includes the historic Lakewood Grill and buildings to south of it, about his vision for the future - Zane Gordan and Corey Wiegand

  • Update on West Colfax Beautification Project in Ward 1 - Christy Ivanov, City Planner

  • Report on progress of the 40 West ArtLine Revitalizing Mail Street grant - Alexis Moore, City Planner

  • Report on the latest activity of Lakewood’s West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal and team

    1. July Presentation

    2. Project Website

June 2022 Programs

May 2022 Programs

WCCA General Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Update on the North Dry Gulch project, specifically the first phase and coordination with the West Colfax Safety Project - Chris Proper - City of Lakewood, Public Works

  • Briefing on the preliminary vision and commitments to community for the Brickyard redevelopment – Riverpoint Partners

  • Update on the Beautification Project(s) for West Colfax (west of Kipling in Ward 1) - Christy Ivanov, City of Lakewood

  • Report on the latest activity of Lakewood’s West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal and team

April 2022 Programs

  • WCCA General Update - Todd Lansing, WCCA Board Chair

  • Briefing on the new real estate developments along West Colfax and a demo of Lakewood’s interactive development map by Laura Moody – Lakewood Economic Development

  • Report on the latest activity of Lakewood’s West Colfax Safety Project - Roger Wadnal and team

  • Update on Colfax Clean-up Efforts - Westside Clean-up results from 4/15, Tamara Orndoff - Benefits in Action;

  • Next Colfax Clean-up on May 7th, Maddie Nichols - Two Creeks Neighborhood CLICK HERE TO VOLUNTEER (Please put “Colfax Clean-up” in the Subject line. Include your name and phone number in the email — Thank You!

March 2022

  • State/County Elected Officials

  • Lakewood City Council/Other Elected Officials

  • Lakewood Mayor

  • Lakewood Economic Development

  • 40 West Arts District

  • Lakewood West-Colfax BID

West Metro Fire / Lakewood Police


Programs

  • WCCA General Update - Ron Seigneur / Todd Lansing

  • Briefing on the New Enhanced Development Menu - Lakewood Sustainability Planner, Caitlin Hasenbalg Long

  • Results from the Community Survey about the Beautification Project(s) for West Colfax (west of Kipling in Ward 1) - Christy Ivanov, City of Lakewood

  • Project Update: Lakewood Colfax Pedestrian Safety Project - Roger Wadnal, City of Lakewood

  • Colfax Clean-up Update - Maddie Nichols, Two Creeks Neighborhood & Tamara Orndoff, Benefits in Action


February 2022 - archive to come


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(No meeting in Dec.)