Lakewood Civic

At the meeting with the City of Baytown on September 12, 2022, the City presented location options for a park along with several pros and cons for each location. Below are the charts they presented. We have also requested the City create a survey so people who could not attend the meeting will have a chance to provide their opinion. It’s exciting that the process has begun to create a park for Lakewood.

Would you like to see more amenities for Lakewood? The Lakewood Civic Association has been working with the City to build a Dog Park for our neighborhood, and with input from residents there’s also a potential to include a separate play area for children or teens and perhaps even a walking track. A park would be a great enhancement for Lakewood which could increase home values and make Lakewood an even more desirable location to live.

We need your attendance to make this project happen. Please join us on Monday, September 12^th at 6 pm at the Fire Training Field, located at 7022 Bayway Drive. The City of Baytown will be providing information and soliciting input.  

Where to locate the park is key to having a safe, accessible location that takes into account the needs of the park users as well as the effect the park will have on neighbors and the environment. These pictures show maps where the City owns property in and around Lakewood where a park could be situated.

We hope to see you on September 12th!

Also, please mark your calendars for these other upcoming events:

• October 1^st – Community Garage Sale from 8 am – 2 pm. If you would like to sell items at your home and have your address listed, please send an email to garagesale@lakewoodcivic.org  There is no fee to participate and yard signs are available to LCA members upon request.

• October 4^th – Neighborhood Night Out from 6 pm – 8 pm at Travis Park. Everyone in the neighborhood is invited and there will be food, games, prizes and more. Come out and meet your neighbors and some City officials at this fun event.

Hello Neighbors! It’s Community Garage Sale Time! Lakewood and Lakewood Estates will join forces again for a Community Garage Sale on Saturday, October 1 from 8am-2pm. The LCA will be collecting addresses in Lakewood to be posted on the LCA website and linked through several online sites plus a newspaper ad. All residents can participate.

Please send your address to garagesale@lakewoodcivic.org if you would like your address listed. If you are a LCA member, yard signs are available upon request. So, clean out those closets and get ready to make some extra money at your own home.

The City of Baytown is moving the discussion for a Park for Lakewood. It will now be held on September 12th at 6 pm at the Fire Training Field which is located at 7022 Bayway Drive.

Please support this initiative which will enhance on neighborhood by attending this meeting.

Thanks!

Please help us recognize James Springer as the latest recipient of the Lakewood Good Neighbor award. James is well known for his dedication and the numerous hours he volunteers running the Lakewood Pool. James also is one of the first people to help people out with questions on our neighborhood and makes a special effort to keep our neighborhood looking nice. We thank James for being such a good Lakewood neighbor.

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.

The Lakewood Civic Association has partnered with the Galveston Bay Foundation to pilot growing oysters in Burnet Bay. Did you know one oyster filters 50 gallons of water a day helping to remove unwanted pollutants? However, oysters and their habitat are threatened by increasingly powerful storms (60% of oyster habitat was lost in Hurricane Ike), overharvesting and pollution. Our goal is to grow oysters and create an oyster reef which will serve as shelter for crabs, shrimp, and juvenile fish, and in turn serve as a food source for other wildlife. In addition, the oyster reefs help stabilize sediment on the bay bottom and can prevent erosion along shorelines while the oysters remove pollutants for a healthier bay.

The new officers for the Lakewood Civic Association can be found via this link:

2022-23 LCA Officers and Members

Renita Price was appointed to replace Spencer Carnes.

It is with deep sadness that the Lakewood Civic Association (LCA) mourns the passing of our long term Board member and friend D. Spencer Carnes. Spencer had a long and distinguished record as a community volunteer. As a LCA Board member and professional engineer, Spencer provided pro-bono services to projects in Lakewood, including analysis to show our new Lakewood entrance sign met the City’s wind load requirements and permitting calculations for the sign and fence at the Boat Ramp. Spencer’s company, Carnes Engineering, also recently donated Lercy’s gift certificates for the first 50 people who joined the LCA.

Spencer and his wife Joy took great pride in living in Lakewood. They have previously won the ‘Light Up Lakewood’ award for their beautiful holiday decorations and ‘Yard of the Month’ for their immaculate landscaping.

We were honored to work with Spencer and will miss him greatly.

The Lakewood Civic Association in conjunction with the Lakewood Pool will be holding a Summer Kick-Off Party on May 28th. It will be a FREE fun day to meet your neighbors, with swimming (noon – 8 pm) and games for children and adults (1 pm – 4 pm). Volunteers are welcome and needed to assist with the activities. Please private message us if you can help.

The Lakewood Pool (located at 233 Greenbriar Street) has plenty of parking, tables, and chairs with shaded areas. The children’s pool and the large pool have been cleaned and are ready for your enjoyment.

We hope you and your family can attend.