Lakewood Civic

The City of Baytown has a grant program to improve neighborhoods. Last year 3 grant proposals were submitted: Beautification of entrances into Lakewood with flowering plants and trees (Lakewood Garden Club), a Back to School party with school supplies (Lakewood Neighborhood Watch), and a 2nd Lakewood sign with flower bed at Lakewood Drive and Bayway Drive (Lakewood Civic Association). Suggestions for a Dog Park as well as a Park for teens and adults were also sent in but those two suggestions were deemed too expensive by the City. However we were very fortunate and excited to have received grant money for the 2nd Lakewood sign and we now have a beautiful sign thanks to the City with volunteer help from the Sea Scouts, Civic Association and neighbors.

The City is again offering grants and we are willing to turn in grant applications although other groups are welcome to apply for a grant too. Please send us suggestions on what you would like to see to help enhance Lakewood. More info on these grants can be found at: https://www.baytownengage.com/grants

Our 2^nd annual Halloween Decorating Contest has started. Vote for your top 3 favorite house/yard decorations by emailing: Halloween@lakewoodcivic.org 

The voting deadline is October 25^th and the winners will receive a gift card and yard sign. Good luck!

The Lakewood Community Garage Sale is coming back! It’s time to start cleaning out your closets and the garage. The Lakewood Civic Association (LCA) will be sponsoring it again this year for residents to sell items at their homes. It is open to everyone and there is no cost to participate. LCA members will get a yard sign to highlight the garage sale as well as have their addresses listed to attract customers. The Garage Sale date is October 16, 2021 from 8am to 2pm. Please PM us your name and address if you would like to participate.  Start cleaning out so you can sell those unneeded items and make some money!

Click on these links to view the July and August 2021 Crime Reports provided by our neighborhood liaison Officer Hockless:

July 2021

August 2021

All good things must come to an end and the Lakewood Pool is now closed. It’s been wonderful to see people enjoying themselves in the pool this year; families spending time together instead of on the phone or in front of the TV, making memories that will last a lifetime. This validates all the hard work that has been put in and makes it all worth while. If you want an opportunity to give a little of your time, to join a fun and thankless group of great people, to get a phenomenal feeling of volunteering for the greater good, please think it over and let us know. We thank you for an incredible season. You are the reason we do this. Until next spring…

Lakewood is truly blessed to have so many neighbors that help, and look out for, one another. The list below are some of our neighbors (in alphabetical order) who have been nominated for the Good Neighbor Award. We give thanks to the wonderful people in Lakewood.

• Gary Beltz (quarterly award recipient)
• Bobby Bonds (quarterly award recipient)
• Tammy Calaway (quarterly award recipient)
• Mike Lively
• Wayne Herron (quarterly award recipient)
• Jennifer Hogan (quarterly award recipient)
• Ken Martin (quarterly award recipient)
• Madalyn Marquit (quarterly award recipient)
• Duane McLendon (quarterly award recipient)
• Lynda & Byron Nelson (quarterly award recipient)
• Luis & Rosa Ortega
• Fran & Kevin Parent (quarterly award recipient)
• Ray & Liz Pena
• James Springer (quarterly award recipient)
• Jamie and Kerry Watts (quarterly award recipient)

Please see the attached flyer to help school aged children in our area. It’s a wonderful opportunity to assist others who can greatly benefit from clothing you no longer need.

Click on these links to view the March through June 2021 Crime Reports provided by our neighborhood liaison Office Hockless:

February 2021

March 2021

April 2021

May 2021

June 2021

Please help us congratulate Bobby Bonds for being recognized as our first recipient of the Lakewood Good Neighbor Award. Those of you that are acquainted with Bobby know he is always one of the first people to volunteer to help others. Recently Bobby has assisted with almost every aspect of the new Lakewood sign and also with the Lakewood Boat Club registration. His selfless acts of kindness have made our neighborhood a better place. CONGRATS BOBBY!

If you would like to recognize someone for the Good Neighbor Award, please visit https://lakewoodcivic.org/?page_id=2404   This distinction will be awarded on a quarterly basis and recognized with a yard sign, certificate and gift card.

Drive by the corner of Lakewood Drive at Bayway Drive and you’ll see the new entrance sign to the Lakewood subdivision. It looks fantastic!

The Lakewood Civic Association (LCA) was selected to receive a grant from the City of Baytown to install this second neighborhood sign along with landscaping to replace the old sign that was destroyed when a vehicle hit it.

This project demonstrates the great teamwork we have in Lakewood. The new property owner gave us permission to have the sign at that location, the sign and landscaping was completed with all volunteer labor from Sea Scouts Ship 208, LCA members and others in the neighborhood, the LCA will maintain the sign and the Lakewood Garden Club will maintain the landscaping.

Constructing the sign has so many details that three Sea Scouts oversaw parts of it to help earn their Quartermaster award. Alex Primeaux was in charge of clearing the area and setting the foundation, Luke Clayburg was responsible for the sign casting and flagstone, and Kera Adamson coordinated the landscaping and watering system.

Special thanks to Randy Dickey for designing the sign as well as working on every aspect of this project, Spencer Carnes for his pro bono engineering work to show the sign meets City wind load requirements, Bobby Bonds for his assistance with every phase of the project, Ken Martin and Randee King for help running water lines and border, Frank McKay for the installing the lighting, and the City of Baytown for this grant money.