Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Construction of the new hoops at Lakewood Park is under way, but council still had a couple of questions.
As construction of the Mark Vincent Dickens court at Lakewood Park is under way, council gave its stamp of approval on the proposed basketball initiative at its meeting on Monday. At a recent council meeting, at-large councilwoman Monique Smith raised a few concerns over the hoops at the park. Among her questions, she said, was how the courts would be funded. With private donations, the Lakewood Outdoor Basketball Committee is raising the $30,000 costs for the courts, located just to the west of the Lakewood Skate Park. “The only remaining piece is the supervision piece, and we all agreed that we need to talk more about that,” Smith said. “Young people don’t always make the best decisions in the world. "I’d like to see more supervision. …
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012
One day after the plans were officially unveiled, the construction of the Mark Vincent Dickens court got underway.
The project to build the new basketball courts at Lakewood Park got under way on Monday. The Mark Vincent Dickens Memorial Basketball Courts — located just to the west of the Lakewood Skate Park — are expected to be finished in a couple weeks. The second phase of the project, including fencing and brick pavers, is expected to be completed in the spring.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
Work set to begin on new court at Lakewood Park today; hoops to open within a couple weeks.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
The Lakewood Outdoor Basketball Committee hosted a ceremony at Kauffman Park to unveil the plans to install two middle-school sized, half courts in the grassy area just west of the Lakewood Skatepark.
The area — just west of the Lakewood Skate Park — will be known as the MVD Memorial Court. Work on the court is beginning today.
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Monday, September 24, 2012
The basketball court that will be built at Lakewood Park in the coming weeks will bear the name of a Lakewood native whose life was cut short by cancer. The area — just west of the Lakewood Skate Park — will be known as the MVD Memorial Court, honoring Mark Vincent Dickens, a 1996 graduate of Lakewood High School who died a month short of his 30th birthday. At a special ceremony at Kauffman Park on Sunday, organizers from the Lakewood Outdoor Basketball Committee recalled how several residents approached the organization about honoring Dickens. Nadhal Eadeh, an LOBC organizer, said that the dedication made perfect sense. “We came together as a group to bring basketball back to the community,” he said. “They told us about Mark and about his…
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Friday, July 20, 2012
City officials and volunteers are working to raise the necessary $30,000 to get the ball rolling.
Lakewood city officials and volunteers are looking to put a full-court press on a plan to erect a couple of basketball hoops at Lakewood Park. The Lakewood Outdoor Basketball Committee is working with the support of Lakewood City Hall to install two middle-school sized, half courts in the grassy area just west of the Lakewood Skatepark. The area will be known as the MVD Memorial Court, named in memory of Mark Vincent Dickens whose life was cut short by cancer. But the organization still needs some help from the community to get the project off the ground. While the city will likely help out with the work, the effort is being coordinated by the LOBC. “These are hard times to make these kinds of investments,” said Mayor Michael Summers. “We …
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Monday, June 20, 2011
What most of them showed up for wasn't even on council's agenda.
About 100 people — of all ages — showed up for Lakewood's City Council meeting on Monday night. Many of them came out to support the Lakewood Outdoor Basketball Committee. Recently, at city council meetings, there have been complaints about noise and profanity at Kauffman Park — the city's only outdoor basketball hoops. The city's administration shortened the hours at the park, and closed it on Saturdays. But LOBC's supporters came out Monday in full force to demonstrate their side of the story. A Facebook page dedicated to promoting the group encouraged fans of basketball in the city asked people to attend the meeting. There were basketball players, their parents and mentors. Some of them asked to expand basketball in the city. Others …
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Hope R
4:22 pm on Friday, October 26, 2012
Want to Solve the problem, don't just "worry" about it, gripe about it or post about it. Get out there and volunteer to be a mentor for these kids and help your community. My son appreciated the men who volunteer there. He said they really help you play better. They aren't just there make sure you aren't a trouble maker. That's how you avoid the "undesirables" at the parks. You have a real … more ›