Lakewood Civic

The Lakewood Civic Association is sponsoring a special performance of Baytown Little Theater’s “Queen of Bingo” on September 26^th for LCA members.

In the tradition of the hilarious Harvey Korman and Tim Conway sketches from the old Carol Burnett Show, comes the stage comedy The Queen of Bingo! ‘Sis’ and ‘Babe,’ two sisters on the other side of 50, want to add a little fun and excitement to their lives…but where to find it? BINGO!

Jeanne Michels and Phyllis Murphy’s The Queen of Bingo explores the worlds of Bingo, family ties, diet crazes, widowhood, hot flashes and winning! The audience joins in the fun during the “Middle Bird Special” – a real Bingo game where some lucky audience member will win a Special Gift! There will also be a Cake Walk ($5) during intermission. Theatregoers young and old will howl with laughter as two zany gals, light up the stage in the comedy hit The Queen of Bingo!

The show starts at 8 pm and there will be light refreshments available starting at 7 pm. Space is limited to 50 people for this free event.

If you would like to attend please respond to this email with your name, if you want 1 or 2 tickets and your phone number. You will receive confirmation if you will have a seat for this performance or will be placed on a waiting list.

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September 21^st – Bayway Drive Cleanup

September 24^th – Listening Tour with Chief of Police Stringer and Councilman Griffith

September 26^th – Baytown Little Theater performance of Queen of Bingo; free for LCA members

October 1^st – National Night Out

October 5^th – Community Garage Sale

Ongoing – Good Neighbor Award

BAYWAY DRIVE CLEANUP – Come volunteer and help pick up trash to make our neighborhood look better. This event on September 21st will be a “come and go” activity where you can pick up and drop off supplies anytime between 7 am and 2 pm. Please mail Jennifer at lakewoodadoptaspot@gmail.com to RSVP and/or get more info!

LISTENING TOUR – The City of Baytown wants to hear your thoughts, concerns and ideas for public safety in our City. This is an opportunity to engage directly with City Leadership and public safety officials to help shape the future of Baytown. This meeting will be held on September 24th from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm at the Fire Training facility located at 7022 Bayway Drive.

BAYTOWN LITTLE THEATER – The Lakewood Civic Association has arranged for our members to attend a special comedy performance of Baytown Little Theater’s “Queen of Bingo”. In the tradition of the hilarious Harvey Korman and Tim Conway sketches from the old Carol Burnett Show, comes the stage comedy The Queen of Bingo! ‘Sis’ and ‘Babe,’ two sisters on the other side of 50, want to add a little fun and excitement to their lives…but where to find it? BINGO! The show starts on September 26^th at 8 pm and there will be light refreshments available starting at 7 pm. Space is limited to 50 people for this event which is free for LCA members (limit of 2 tickets per membership).  These tickets sell for $20/person, but if you become a LCA member you get 2 tickets to this performance for only $30, plus snacks and drinks.

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT – Come meet your neighbors and local first responders October 1^st from 6:00 – 8:00 pm at Travis Park. There will be snacks, games and door prizes. This event is hosted by Lakewood Neighborhood Watch and the Lakewood Civic Association.

COMMUNITY GARAGE SALE – The Lakewood Community Garage Sale is coming back on October 5^th from 8 am – 2 pm. It’s time to start cleaning out your closets and the garage. The Lakewood Civic Association (LCA) will be sponsoring it again for the second time 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.
Please send us your name and address to garagesale@lakewoodcivic.org if you would like to participate.
Start cleaning out so you can sell those unneeded items and make some money!

GOOD NEIGHBOR AWARD – Lakewood is a wonderful place to live and we have so many residents that go out of their way to make it even better. Acts of kindness and good deeds will be recognized on the LCA website and the outstanding “good neighbor” will be recognized with a yard sign & gift card.  Examples of good deeds are picking up trash in Lakewood, helping a neighbor with yard work or home repairs, checking in on elderly neighbors, etc.

 For more information and to make a submission for this award please visit the LCA website at: http://www.lakewoodcivic.org/?page_id=2404

Nominate someone today!

We hope everyone is safe and well after the derecho storm that greatly impacted Lakewood. As you might be aware we had to cancel our previously planned Lakewood Civic Association (LCA) meeting when the storm blasted through and power went out at the meeting location. 

Our ANNUAL MEETING has been rescheduled to TUESDAY, JUNE 11th at 7 pmat the Baytown Fire Training Facility located at 7022 Bayway Drive, just across Bayway from Lakewood. Our guest speakers will be our City Councilman Kenrick Griffith, ‘Toni TNR Tails, Inc.’ owner Toni Graham and ExxonMobil Public Affairs Manager Aaron Stryk.

The LCA is a voluntary organization designed to maintain our neighborhood as a wonderful place to live. Although it is voluntary, the more members we have the more we can accomplish. Our annual meeting is open to ALL Lakewood residents. There will also be prize drawings for LCA members (members do not need to be present to win). If desired, people can join the LCA that evening; membership is only $30: https://lakewoodcivic.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/Lakewood-Civic-Association-Application-Fillable_r2.pdf.

BOAT CLUB registration and key distribution will also take place at these facilities that evening from 6 – 7 pm. If you plan to join the Lakewood Boat Club and have not yet turned in a Boat Club application please use this fillable form and bring it with you:  https://lakewoodcivic.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/LCA-BOAT-CLUB-APPLICATION-Agreement-2024-2025.pdf

We hope to see you on Tuesday, June 11th.

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May 16^th – LCA Annual Meeting and Boat Club Registration

May 18^th – Lakewood Pool Clean-Up

May 25^th  – Opening Day at Lakewood Pool with free swim

July 16^th – Listening Tour with Police Chief Stringer

Lakewood Annual Meeting – May 16^th, 7 pm – 8:30 pm.

The Lakewood Civic Association Annual Meeting will be held on May 16th at the Baytown Fire Training Center located at 7022 Bayway Drive, which is just across the street from our subdivision. New keys for the Boat Club will be distributed from 6 – 7 pm and the annual meeting will be held from 7 – 8:30 pm.

The Guest speaker will be our City Councilman Kenrick Griffith. This meeting will be a great opportunity to learn more about what’s coming to Baytown and to our neighborhood, plus a chance to have questions answered.

All Lakewood subdivision residents are invited to attend. We hope to see you there.

Lakewood Pool Work Day – May 18^th

Come out and help get the Lakewood Pool ready for another great season. Assistance is needed in trimming trees, cleaning the pool house and pressure washing table and chairs.

Lakewood Pool Club Free Swim & Summer Kick-off Party – May 25th

The pool is located at 233 Greenbriar and is open weekends starting Memorial Weekend. Family There will be free swim and a summer kickoff party on May 25th.
Memberships are only $199 for the summer! Grandparent memberships are available for $125. The pool will also be available for party rentals. Call/text James @ 832-541-3505 for more info and pool availability for party rental.

Listening Tour – July 16^th , 5:30 pm – 6:30 pm.

The Public Safety Listening Tour will include Police Chief John Stringer and Councilman Kenrick Griffith. This tour will give you an opportunity to talk directly to Police Chief John Stringer and visit with Councilman Griffith about public safety in our city. 

The Lakewood Community Garage Sale is Saturday, April 6th, 2024 from 8 am – 2 pm. Below are addresses for the homes that are participating:

401 Azalea Drive
112 Honeysuckle Drive
204 Mayhaw Drive
128 N. Burnett Drive
156 N. Burnett Drive
407 N. Burnett Drive
117 N. Holly Drive
210 Pin Oak Drive
303 Pin Oak Drive
501 Pin Oak Drive
128 Red Bud Lane
409 Rollingwood Drive
113 Tanglewood Street
215 Wildwood Street

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IT’S SPRING-CLEANING TIME! Gather all your treasures for the bi-annual Lakewood Community Garage Sale held on Saturday, April 6 from 8am-2pm. There is no cost and you set up your garage sale at your house. The Lakewood Civic Association is collecting addresses to be posted on the LCA website and published in a newspaper ad. Please send your name and address to: garagesale@lakewoodcivic.org to get on the list, Lakewood residents only please. If you are a LCA member, we have yard signs available on request.

In January City Manager Reynolds and Councilman Griffith held a Listening Tour for District 3. Click this link to view a summary of the questions asked and the City’s response to those questions. –> Listening Tour

Another Listening Tour is planned for June with Police Chief Stringer.

Like most neighborhoods, we are seeing many stray cats, and kitten season is here. In an effort to control and reduce the population of stray cats, the Lakewood Civic Association is partnering with Toni TNR Tails, Inc. to trap, neuter/spay, vaccinate and return (TNR) stray cats in the Lakewood subdivision.

The initial priority will be for cats that someone is pretty confident are pregnant. If you are aware of any stray cats that are likely pregnant please message me with their location and description (photos are even better). Also let me know if you would like to assist in the effort of trapping and later releasing cats that have been spayed/neutered.

Thank you.

Please join us in recognizing Madalyn Marquit as the latest recipient of the Lakewood Good Neighbor award. If you enjoy seeing the plants and flowers around the Lakewood sign at Post Oak Drive, give thanks to Madalyn. For years she has been taking care of the landscaping around the sign to beautify this entrance into the Lakewood subdivision. She has kept the plants alive through droughts, torrential rain and freezing weather. We thank Madalyn for her “green thumb” and being such a caring Lakewood neighbor.

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

If you are interested in getting more involved with our neighborhood, please consider running for the LCA Board.

The purpose of the LCA is to solve community problems of common interest to the residents and property owners of the Lakewood subdivision, but it is so much more than just enforcing deed restrictions. Some activities this past year include working with the City to make street repairs, representing Lakewood in emergency response discussions with ExxonMobil, participating in the City’s focus group for broadband access, improving the driving surface at the Lakewood Boat ramp with a generous donation from ExxonMobil, holding the 2nd annual Holiday Parade while collecting food donations for Helping Hands, continuing oyster growing in Burnet Bay to improve water quality, partnering with Texas Search and Rescue on their training operations, recognizing individuals with the Good Neighbor Award, holding another Summer Kickoff Party at the Lakewood Pool, providing a Welcome Packet to new homeowners, supporting National Night Out, the Lakewood Garden Club, Boat Club and Lakewood Pool, and coordinating Community Garage Sales. 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 use the ‘Contacts’ tab and choose “Lakewood Civic Board’ to respond and send in your name, address and phone number. Self-nominations will be open until February 28th.