Lakewood Civic

Light Up Lakewood Time for Original Lakewood Subdivision – Awards issued on December 21.

Well, friends and neighbors, it is that time of year again.  Time to light up Lakewood like never before with that good ol’ holiday spirit. This year more than ever, we are all in need of some good cheer and bright lights. 

For those of you new to the neighborhood, Light Up Lakewood is a long-standing tradition organized by the Garden Club that we all look forward to at Christmas time.  Just to be clear for new people Light Up Lakewood only includes the original part of Lakewood down to Oak Haven. Around Thanksgiving, or shortly thereafter, households go digging through their stored Christmas decorations (or go out and buy some new ones) to create an outdoor display that brings joy to other neighbors. It can be as elaborate or as simple as you choose, so long as you are having some delight while doing it.  Shortly before Christmas, on a designated night, our volunteer Garden Club Committee then drives through the neighborhood selecting the top 5 homes. Those 5 homes are then awarded a small prize for their efforts and a sign is placed in front of their home announcing them as a Light Up Lakewood Winner , like we do with Yard of the Month.  Winners homes will also be photographed by Karen Knight and published on Nextdoor, the LCA website and in the Baytown Sun.  Again, the areas the Garden Club judges homes on are originality, general appeal, implementation/idea/design.  We also always abide by an established rule of no repeat winners within a 3-year period. 

Since 2020 is so far from a normal year, we have decided to do something different that we hope you will enjoy.  This year we are going to let the Lakewood residents decide the winners.  Residents will select the top 5 houses that meet the criteria of originality, general appeal, implementation/idea/design.  You will submit your 5 nominations by Sunday, December 20th to this email address lightuplakewoodgc@gmail.com  Only one submission per email address is permitted and we ask that residents not nominate their own homes.  The objective of this is to get you out with your family to view other homes and have some fun while doing so.  Votes will be tallied up and winners announced on Monday, December 21st. 

Here are the 15 addresses that do not qualify to win this year because they have been selected in the last 3 years: 

2017

503 South Burnett, 401 Post Oak, 419 Azalea, 213 Mayhaw,101 North Holly.

2018

208 Hackberry, 112 Redbud, 502 Post Oak, 209 Burnet, 205 Yaupon

2019

301 North Burnett, 304 Post Oak, 302 Greenbriar, 410 South Burnett, 316 Burnet

If you have any questions, feel free to ask. 

In 2020 let us all join in lighting up Lakewood like never before.  Through the lights, Christians are reminded of the powerful illumination of Jesus. Light Up Lakewood also signifies the powerful nature of the holiday irrespective of your religion and affirms that each of us are connected in love and hope in this beautiful enclave of Lakewood! 

I love Light Up Lakewood.  I hope you do too!  Now let us get started on firing up our neighborhood.  Good luck.

ExxonMobil will begin work on replacing a underground pipeline that crosses Lakewood starting Nov 9th. They plan to bore under the streets to minimize disruption. Residents near the construction have been notified. For more details see their website: ExxonMobil Pipeline Replacement Project

Congratulations to our first ever Halloween Decorating Contest!!!

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From Asst. City Manager Kevin Troller about Mosquito spraying:

“I am providing this as an update since National Night Out; and hope you can share this info with your neighbors and the HOA. The attached maps” (link below) “show each night that we’ve sprayed since Oct. 7th . We still receive complaints from the Lakewood subdivision, still stating that our spray trucks are not coming down all the streets – which we are. We continue checking as all of our trucks are chipped; our trucks are spraying up and down the complete lengths of all streets. The months of September and October are typically bad for the neighborhoods that are closest to the bay. These months have excessively high tides that bring water into the coastal areas where the Aedes taeniorhynchus mosquito flourish. To top that, the two tropical storms that have been just to the East of us has made even more impact on our tides than normal. In many cases, these areas where these particular mosquitoes breed, in high tide pools, we rely on adulticiding (spraying) to reduce the populations which takes several treatments to reduce the populations effectively. Our mosquito division has sprayed this area 8 times in the past 20 days since NNO. Dates of spray missions are: Oct 7, 11, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 26. I hope this information is helpful.”

Kevin G. Troller, ICMA-CM
Assistant City Manager | City of Baytown
Office: 281-420-6503 | www.baytown.org

https://lakewoodcivic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Oct.-Lakewood-Mosquito-Spraying-7th-_.pdf

For the first time ever, the Lakewood Civic Association is having a Halloween house/yard decorating contest. The judging will be Oct 24th and 25th with the top 3 winners announced on Tuesday Oct 27th. The prizes will be small gift cards and yard signs. We thought this may be a fun way to lighten a pretty somber year. Good Luck!!!

During the Neighborhood Night Out (NNO) in Lakewood this week, the concern about mosquitos was raised.

The key way to reduce mosquitos around your property is for you and your neighbors to find and empty all standing water where they breed.

This message is from Kevin G. Troller, Baytown Assistant City Manager about City spraying:

“Lakewood has been sprayed 32 times this year, which is more than any other zone in the City which is typical with their proximity to the bay.  Attached are graphs of the last three spray missions which show Lakewood in general and the 200 block of Post Oak where I heard the concern during NNO.  The graphs show, as we have all our vehicles chipped, that the last 3 spray dates/times are September 29 ^th at 9:12pm; October 2 at 8:42pm; and October 5 at 8:39pm.  Also, knowing Lakewood’s proximity to the Baytown Nature Center, know we both spray and larvicide there.  The problem this year has been the numerous tropical storms and the high tides caused by them.  I’ll include a link to an article that might be helpful as well. Lastly, please call our Health Department main line as we log all calls, and we do respond to areas where heightened concerns are raised.  That number is: (281) 420-5384.  I hope this information is helpful to you.  We really appreciate the dialogue we’re able to have with our citizens during NNO.  Sincerely,  Kevin”

Link to graph of Post Oak Spraying

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2020/10/07/feeling-the-sting-lately-fort-bend-harris-counties-combat-spike-in-mosquito-population/