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Lakewood may dust off the wrecking ball as plan forms to target blight

City to discuss a comprehensive distressed properties plan Monday night

Maddie Nichols looks for trash to collect near a burned out car in the parking lot of the vacant Holiday Shops shopping center at W. 10th Ave. and Sheridan Blvd on Friday, March 31, 2023, in Lakewood. Nichols has lived in the neighborhood since 1969 and is concerned about the area. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
Maddie Nichols looks for trash to collect near a burned out car in the parking lot of the vacant Holiday Shops shopping center at W. 10th Ave. and Sheridan Blvd on Friday, March 31, 2023, in Lakewood. Nichols has lived in the neighborhood since 1969 and is concerned about the area. (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
DENVER, CO - OCTOBER 2:  Staff portraits at the Denver Post studio.  (Photo by Eric Lutzens/The Denver Post)
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On Monday, Lakewood leaders will engage in a full-throated discussion on the best course of action to take to get rid of the numerous boarded-up and decrepit commercial properties that are sprinkled throughout Colorado's fifth-largest city and hope for something better to rise in their place.
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