Lakewood Civic

Please help us recognize Fran and Kevin Parent as the latest recipients of the Lakewood Good Neighbor award. Fran and Kevin are pretty well known in our neighborhood. They have hosted several Christmas parties for children, providing homemade hot chocolate, snacks and photos with Santa. The children get to make a craft while enjoying some yummy food and the adults were given a beautiful flowering amaryllis or paperwhite that Kevin personally grows. Fran is also very crafty and has made and donated the yard signs for our Community Garage Sale and Halloween contest and now they get to enjoy the sign she made for this Good Neighbor award. We thank Fran and Kevin for being such good Lakewood neighbors.

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 and gift card.

Great news! For the 2nd year in a row the Lakewood Civic Association (LCA) has been selected to receive an empowerment grant from the City of Baytown. Last year’s grant funded the supplies to build a 2^nd entrance sign to Lakewood. This year’s grant will fund street sign toppers for the major entrance roads into the Lakewood subdivision.

The picture included in this post is just an example of a sign topper and not necessarily the one that will be installed. While the LCA asked if we could hold a contest for people to submit ideas for a graphic for the sign toppers we were told that the City will come up with 3 different designs and let us pick one. We can also decide if we want the neighborhood established date on the toppers. Once we receive the sign topper mock-ups we will post them via social media to get feedback to select the most popular one.

The purpose of the Neighborhood Watch program is to create an alert neighborhood by using simple crime prevention methods.  There are no membership fees and all Lakewood residents are members. LWN will be meeting this Saturday, January 8^th at 2 pm. The location is TBD; please contact Chet Theiss if you would like to attend.

Happy New Year Lakewood Subdivision Neighbors.

It’s time again to recruit volunteers for the Lakewood Civic Association Board of Directors. The Lakewood Civic Association (LCA) began in the 1940s to maintain Lakewood as a wonderful place to live. The LCA is a voluntary organization comprised of Lakewood residents, both homeowners and tenants, with 8 board members. Each year four Board positions come up for election.

You may ask, “What is it like to be part of the Board of Directors?” Although the purpose of the LCA is to solve community problems of common interest to the residents and property owners of the Lakewood subdivision, it is so much more than just enforcing deed restrictions. Some activities this past year include construction of the new Lakewood sign, starting the Good Neighbor Award, holding our 2nd annual Halloween Decorating contest, providing a Welcome Packet to new homeowners, supporting National Night Out, the Lakewood Garden Club, Boat Club and Lakewood Pool, having a clothing drive for local school children, and much more. Many people volunteer with LCA activities and the more volunteers the LCA has, the more that can be done.

The LCA Board typically meets once a month so it’s a small investment of time with a potential for big community impact. If you are interested in running for the LCA Board please send in your name, address and phone number by using the ‘Contacts’ tab on this website. You can also turn in a request to run for the LCA Board through the LCA Facebook site (https://www.facebook.com/LakewoodCivicAssociationBaytownTX/) or PM Randee King through Facebook. Nominations will be open until February 28th.

Thanks!

Lakewood Civic Association

Congratulations to the winners of the Lakewood Civic Association’s Halloween decorating contest.  Awards went to:

1^st Place – 400 Willow Lane

2^nd Place – 313 Pin Oak Drive

3^rd Place – 115 Red Bud Lane

Please help us recognize Jamie and Kerry Watts as recipients of the Lakewood Good neighbor award.

Jamie and Kerry epitomize being good neighbors.  They have helped neighbors scrub floors, make home repairs, and assist with remodeling. They have mowed their elderly neighbor’s yard, comforted and supported another neighbor after the loss of their spouse as well as assisting many other neighbors when help was needed. Jamie and Kerry are happy to devote their time, talent and neighborliness to help others. We thank Jamie and Kerry for being such good Lakewood neighbors.

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 and gift card.

Click on this link to view the September 2021 Crime Report provided by our neighborhood liaison Officer Hockless –> Sept 2021

The Lakewood Community Garage Sale is Saturday, October 16th, 2021 from 8 am – 2 pm. Below are addresses for the 30+ homes that are participating:

Come meet your neighbors and local first responders October 5^th  from 5:30 – 7:00 pm at Travis Park. There will be snacks, games and door prizes. This event is hosted by Lakewood Neighborhood Watch and a BIG ‘thank you!’ to ExxonMobil, Community Resource Credit Union, El Toro and the Lakewood Civic Association for their support.