January 7, 2019

Lakewood Business Brainiac

Happy New Year and welcome to 2019! How many pounds of confetti was dropped in Times Square when the ball dropped?

To answer, please reply to this email. If you have won in the past year, please give other businesses the opportunity to win. 

Test Your Lakewood Knowledge 
If you enjoy a brain-busting question like we do, visit Lakewood.org/50 every Monday to answer a new Lakewood-related trivia question on the city's 50th Anniversary website. These weekly quizzes will include questions on Lakewood's celebration, history, city services, community hot spots and more. Take this week's quiz here!

Impact of High-Speed Transit Survey
Development Research Partners has been retained by the Collaborative Effort, the I-70 Coalition, and other interested stakeholders to conduct a study to evaluate and estimate the economic impacts of development of a high-speed transit system that would connect Eagle County with Denver International Airport, a 155-mile stretch through the I-70 Mountain Corridor and the Metro Denver region. You can take the survey online. Detailed background information and assumptions are provided at the beginning of the survey.

Colorado Minimum Wage Increasing in 2019
Effective January 1, 2019: the state’s minimum wage will go up to $11.10/hour, and $8.08/hour for tipped employees. The increase comes as a result of Amendment 70, which will increase Colorado’s minimum wage annually by $0.90 until it reaches $12/hour in 2020.

Enterprise Zone
It is a new year; remember to pre-certify for the Enterprise Zone. The Enterprise Zone is a state-wide incentive program for businesses, encouraging them to invest in their business, buy equipment, hire employees, train them and more. Most commercially zoned areas in Lakewood are in the Enterprise Zone. To check your status and to pre-certify, visit the website.

In the News 

Holiday retail sales up 5.1 percent
 
Curtain Time: Stage shows abound around metro area
 
RTD Fare Increases Now In Effect
 
Denver housing market suffers dramatic swing in 2018
 
Denver housing market softens in December after record-breaking year
 
Where is Denver’s housing market headed in 2019?
 
Frontier Airlines to add service from Baltimore-Washington to Denver in March
 
Lakewood 40 West Artists Displayed At Colorado Mills
 
With 80,000 new residents, Colorado is the seventh-fastest growing state in the U.S.
 
Will Denver’s tech growth continue in 2019?
 
Will international tourists shy from Colorado in 2019?
 
Crane Watch: 2018 ends with more residential, industrial projects
 
Colorado businesses facing uphill, defensive legislative session in 2019
 
National Blood Donor Month

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