We Are the True Grassroots Movement

A grassroots movement is driven by ordinary residents—formed from the bottom up, powered by volunteers, and accountable only to the community it represents.

✅ What is grassroots

✔ Started by local residents—not politicians or institutions
✔ Volunteer-led and community-funded
✔ No paid political consultants or professional advocacy firms
✔ No institutional donors or industry backing
✔ Built through neighbors, conversations, and civic participation
✔ Independent of City Hall, state agencies, and special interests


❌ What is not grassroots

✘ City Council members or sitting elected officials
✘ Government-aligned boards or quasi-government entities
✘ State-level political organizations or coalitions
✘ Industry or trade associations
✘ National or state advocacy groups parachuting into local issues

Grassroots means:

Neighbors – not networks.


People

not power structures.


Lakewood residents

not outside agendas.

Examples of non-grassroots actors include:
✘ Mayor and City Council members
✘ Colorado Association of Realtors
✘ YIMBY movement
✘ Housing Forward Colorado
✘ AARP
✘ Conservation Colorado
✘ SWEEP
✘ Metro West Housing Solutions
✘ State legislators and state-directed policy campaigns