City Conducting Exam for Entry Level Firefighter/Paramedic Applicants
The Lakewood Civil Service Commission will be conducting an examination for Entry Level Firefighter/Paramedic on Saturday, May 31st, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the Lakewood High School cafeteria, 14100 Franklin Boulevard, Lakewood, Ohio. The first 100 properly completed and legible applications for examination along with a non-refundable fee of $30.00 (money order or cashier’s check […]
Lakewood Police Department Introduces Blue Envelope Program
The Lakewood Police Department is launching a new program to help residents with special needs communicate with officers during motor vehicle operator interactions. The Blue Envelope Program helps individuals on the autism spectrum or with other disabilities provide documents to officers, along with details on any communication issues they may have, especially during stressful situations. […]
Request for Proposals: 2025 Spectacular Vernacular
The City of Lakewood’s public art program creates opportunities for collaboration between artists, and the City to create art designed for the public in our commercial corridors. Since 2016, the City has been investing in public-private art projects to increase its value as a place that attracts and retains residents, entrepreneurs, employees, and entertainment offerings. […]
Driver Charged with Aggravated Vehicular Homicide in Death of Bill Safos
City of Lakewood Police Department completes evidence gathering and evaluation of crash data that support felony charge in senseless death LAKEWOOD, OH – On Thursday January 16th, Zachary Saliba was charged in Lakewood Municipal Court with Aggravated Vehicular Homicide for causing the death of Bill Safos of Lakewood. Safos was walking at the intersection of […]
Update from FirstEnergy Regarding December 2024 and January 2025 Power Outages
In light of the string of power outages in the past month, the City of Lakewood reached out to FirstEnergy to gather details and advocate for a resolution to the problem. The statement we received from FirstEnergy can be read below: *** We understand being without power is difficult—especially in these frigid conditions. The outages […]
Downtown Development Community Update, October 18, 2024
The final approval process for the Downtown Development project has now moved through two of the three required review steps – with Planning Commission providing approval in early September and Architectural Board of Review (ABR) providing approval last week (Thursday, October 10th). In addition to the plans provided to ABR at their Sept 25 meeting […]
Downtown Development Community Update, October 1, 2024
Last week, the Administration provided an update to City Council on the Downtown Development project at their Committee of the Whole meeting (Sept 23rd) while the Architectural Board of Review (ABR) met on Wednesday (Sept 25th) to continue their review of the project plans. ABR will meet again on the project at their next/upcoming regular […]
Downtown Development Community Update, September 13, 2024
Last week, at their September 5th meeting, the City’s Planning Commission (PC) provided their final approval for the Downtown Development project. The project now continues under review by the Architectural Board of Review (ABR) – still working towards advancing the project to City Council by late October. As part of the Planning Commission approval – […]
Downtown Development Community Update, August 30, 2024
Over the past two months, the final review for the Downtown Development project has gotten underway. Guided by the City’s zoning code for planned developments, this final review process has started with the project team, led by CASTO and Dimit Architects, working collaboratively in joint public meetings with the City’s Planning Commission (PC) and Architectural […]
Downtown Development Community Update, August 8, 2024
This week, the second Joint PC/ABR review meeting was held on 6 August at 6pm in the City Hall Auditorium. Casto presented an updated plan in response to the recommendations provided by Board & Commission members as well as members of the Public at the 23 July meeting. Among the substantive updates were improvements to […]