Your Hub Lakewood "Save Belmar Park" by Celia Greenman | September 9, 2024

"Belmar Park was voted into existence in 1973, after a long-contested struggle of what the original Bonfils Stanton estate should become: a development that would provide a tax base for the newly incorporated City of Lakewood or a large, centrally located park. The outcome, Belmar Park, is described on the city website as one of the “true jewels of the city park system, a peaceful enclave in the center of town” that comprises 132 acres of natural area. It is valued for its (avidly photographed) wildlife and also for the serenity and tranquility it provides to park visitors."

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Explore Lakewood's Belmar Park

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Westword “Save Belmar Park Fighting Luxury Apartments Planned for Lakewood” by Catie Cheshire | January 24, 2024

"Described on the Lakewood website as “one of the true jewels of the City of Lakewood park system,” Belmar Park has been a popular refuge for residents who go to the 132-acre park to relax and connect with nature. But now they're worried that a proposed luxury apartment complex abutting the park could dull the shine of that jewel.

“I would say 95 percent of the people I talk to when I'm walking around or something, they're passionately against this,” says Barbara Millman, a resident who's part of Save Belmar Park, which formed last fall to fight the development."

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