Lakewood Patch At 1 Year: Thank You Readers

LAKEWOOD, CO – Thank you, Lakewood Patch readers, for taking time in your busy days to spend a few moments with Patch. We appreciate your visits and contributions, and we want you to know we take nothing for granted here. Thank you for helping us to grow and thrive this year.

Patch is your hyperlocal online news service (always free) built around local community: Schools, first-responders, real estate, business, the arts and food.

Lakewood Patch celebrates one year of publication this month. We've come a long way, and you're a big reason why.

We like to make things fun at Patch, so check out our contest this week to win two tickets to Elitch Gardens Fright Night!

In August, Lakewood Patch recorded 9,141 visitors. That's a lot of readers. That figure — compiled and verified through Google Analytics — includes readers on desktop, laptop, tablet, mobile and our app, and our visitors often access Patch on several devices over the month. Since Jan. 1, our Facebook page has grown to 810 users.

Here are five of the most-read articles on Lakewood Patch in the past month.

• Youth Vaping a 'Public Health Crisis' In Jefferson County
• Lakewood Government Agency Seeks Public Help With Theft [WATCH]
• Car Fire Fizzles Out In Front Of Lakewood Home
• Lakewood Lawyer Stole Millions From Trust Fund
• Mars Society Founder: Human Colonies Are Possible On Mars

You can also get your JeffCo Athletics fix at Patch with stories from Dennis Pleuss.

Got a news tip? My name is Jean Lotus, field editor of Patch.com for Colorado’m metro Denver Patch sites. I grew up in Northern Colorado and spent some time working for news sources in and around Chicago. Now I’m back to cover the Mile High state that I’ve always called home. Send your tips, ideas and questions my way at Lakewood@patch.com.

We especially want readers to participate in Patch. If you would like to post on Lakewood Patch, too, you may easily to sign up for a free user profile. As a Patch user, you can post articles, events, jobs, and announcements. And the "rules of Patch" are easy to follow: "no abusive content, no commercial spam, keep it local, and be awesome."

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Here's another fun fact about Patch: Did you know that Patch is among the 100 most trafficked websites in the United States? Patch ranks 91st on the most viewed websites in the country, according to Alexa. Lakewood Patch is part of a broad network, with nine Patches in Colorado and more than 1,200 across the United States. That's a lot of local news!

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