Mixed Use / Mixed Results

[Stan Austin]

To take the graph down to everyday reality, the new retail built at Manor Park and Detroit is still largely unrented. So---- a "shrewd" developer says--Let's do that and multiply it by a factor of 10,15,20. No risk to me if the City is backstopping me. Just like the proposed financing of the West End project.

[Mark Kindt]

The Lakewood Population Decline Trend

Here is the census data:

Population 1970: 70,173

Population 1980: 61,963

Population 1990: 59,590

Population 2000: 56,500

Population 2010: 52,039

Population 2015: 50,621

Population 2016: 50,500

Population 2017: 50,249

At this rate, the City of Lakewood should arrive at a population number below 50,000 before the next census in 2020.