Lakewood’s Michelle Polasek and John Harris received signs designating Lakewood a Firewise community. Fire prevention and evacuation routes in wooded neighborhoods get renewed focus around Austin.

Neighborhood volunteers from across the area met Nov. 20 at the Lakewood Clubhouse to hear updates from Fire Department wildfire experts and others. The Fire Department’s wildfire division reported completing more than 500 property safety reviews out of 833 requests this year, all of them in Northwest Austin.

Fire Department wildlife personnel at the meeting recognized Lakewood as a participating site in Firewise USA, a nationwide designation for communities working to reduce wildfire risks. Firewise USA earlier this year conducted a community risk assessment of Lakewood. Travis County now has 27 active Firewise communities.

The Austin American-Statesman on Nov. 18 reported on the challenges of one-way-in, one-way out neighborhoods.

Polls are open from 7 am to 7 pm today at the Lakewood clubhouse for the election on Austin’s Proposition Q and the 17 proposed amendments to the Texas constitution. The Lakewood HOA Board of Directors meeting normally held at the clubhouse on the first Monday of the month has been rescheduled to 6 pm Nov 17.

A forum on the upcoming tax rate election is scheduled for 7 p.m. Thursday on Zoom. Register today by copying the link in this image.

Here are the addresses for the Saturday, October 4 garage sales in Lakewood. This is a great time to get out and meet some neighbors — and shop for a few bargains.

Lakewood’s communitywide fall garage sale is back! The date is Saturday, Oct. 4. Lakewood residents hold their own garage sales at their homes, from 8 a.m. to noon. If you’re planning to have a garage sale at your house, sign up on this Google form. You don’t need to give your name. The HOA will provide a list of addresses where sales are held as the date nears.  

Earlier this year the HOA board developed a regular schedule for spring and fall sales: the fourth Saturday in April for the spring sale and the first weekend in October for fall.