Lakewood Civic

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.

Please help us recognize Gary Beltz as the latest recipient of the Lakewood Good Neighbor award. Gary’s welding skills are well known by many and he has used his talents to help make improvements at the Boat Club. He has also helped out with a neighbor’s plumbing problems and is always looking for ways to improve our neighborhood. We thank Gary 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 Community Garage Sale is Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 from 8 am – 2 pm. Below are addresses for the homes that are participating:

Hello Lakewood Neighbors!

The Lakewood Civic Association would like to invite you to join us for the Lakewood Community Garage Sale being held on April 2 from 8am to 2pm. All you have to do is gather your items, set up at your house and make some extra money. Please send me your address if you’d like to participate. We will post all addresses on our website, Facebook page and a newspaper ad with a link to all addresses. LCA members can request a garage sale sign, only 12 are available.

It’s time to clean out those closets, garages and attics. Good luck and have fun!

Please mark your calendars for the following meetings and event. More info to come as we get closer to these dates. We hope you will participate.

April 2^nd – Community Garage Sale

April 11^th – Lakewood Neighborhood Watch Meeting at 6:30 pm

May 9^th – Lakewood Civic Association Annual Meeting at 7:00 pm

May 28th – Lakewood Pool Opening

The street sign topper that received the most votes for the major roads into our subdivision was the blue sign with houses, seagulls and waves. However some people were concerned that the houses looked like they had snow on the roofs with snow drifts in front. We went back to the City to see if the colors of the sign could be inverted or if the graphic color could be inverted inside an oval. While the City’s contract with the sign manufacturer does not include having a white sign with blue lettering, they are able to make blue houses and waves inside a white circle. So please vote for your preferred Street Sign Topper.

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.