Lakewood has an exciting new way to communicate. It’s TownSq (call it “town square”), and we think you’ll love it.
TownSq is Lakewood’s new web app designed for homeowner associations. This powerful communication tool will help you connect and engage with others, enhance our community experience and make HOA functions a breeze – anytime on any device.
TownSq is easy to join, easy to use and has many benefits. Here are a few examples of what it will provide:

• Easy access to HOA documents: Quickly find and download important documents like bylaws, financial reports, meeting minutes and more.
• Seamless communication: Stay informed with updates and announcements, engage with the community through discussions on online forums, and communicate with HOA management via private texts.
• Simple service processes: Easily submit architectural requests and track them with a few clicks.
• An event calendar: Never miss a community event or meeting with TownSq’s integrated calendar for Lakewood.
• Easy reservations to common areas: Book the clubhouse for your family or community event.
• A pet registry: Register your pet to help you find them if they become lost.

Look for more information on TownSq in the next few weeks.

How to sign up:  First, please complete this consent form and type in your email address. When TownSq launches on May 20, download the TownSq app on the App Store on your iPhone or Google Play on your Android. You will receive a welcome email from TownSQ with instructions on how to create a password to access your account.
Look for more information in the next few weeks.   TownSq already serves more than 20,000 communities and 9.5 million people, so we are excited about this. We believe this efficient communication system will strengthen connections in our community, so please tell your neighbors and stay tuned!

Workers poured new plaster Friday on the floor and steps as the Lakewood pool renovation moves ahead. Once all plaster is installed, the pool will get an acid wash before it’s refilled with water next week. But more work will follow before the pool reopens. The crew then will treat the water with chemicals and brush the pool. Then the deck needs patching in places, the children’s pool will get a new fence, and the pool drain will be unclogged. There’s lots to do. The project is on track to open by the start of summer if the weather holds up!

Lakewood’s communitywide spring garage sale returns Saturday, May 3. This is the date for Lakewood residents to 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.

The HOA board has developed a regular schedule for future spring and fall sales: the fourth Saturday in April for the spring sale and the first weekend in October for fall.

The Lakewood pool project is moving ahead with installation this week of new blue tile at the pool edge. All of the existing tile has been removed, and workers are now busy installing its colorful replacements. The pool is closed while the work continues.

Work is underway on the long-awaited renovation of the Lakewood swimming pool and children’s pool.

The HOA has contracted with Solid Group of Hutto at a cost of $74,834 to complete the work by about the start of summer, weather permitting. Work began March 29 with removal of plaster in the children’s pool. The pools closed at that time.

The project includes:

• Repair of broken coping (the decorative edge where we sit with our feet in the water), using pieces salvaged on site
• Demolition of plaster waterline tile, depth marking tiles at the waterline, swim lane tiles, kick pad tiles and step edge tiles
• Replacement of plaster, tile, wall steps, rope anchors and drain covers
• Replacement of sand filter media (used to filter out debris) with modified glass media for the four filters of the main pool
• Replacement of filter with equivalent-sized glass media filter for the children’s pool
• Refilling of both pools with water from Lakewood’s source; provide chemicals, balance water chemistry, maintain water chemistry and brush plaster as required for 21 days after refilling the pools
• Instruction to maintain the pools properly

Colors of the new tile are shown below. The first two images below show tile samples for (at left) the swim lanes and kick pads and (at right) the border under the coping. The photo at bottom shows the sample for the plaster.

The Solid Group proposal was one of three received and reviewed by the HOA Board. A separate contract was awarded to Empire Fence Co. of Leander to replace the ornamental iron fencing around the children’s pool at a cost of $3,520