I Love Lakewood! Why would you want to live here? For starters, this community offers more bang for the buck! Here is my very personal journey with Lakewood: 

It was 1992 when we sold our North Tacoma home, near University of Puget Sound to move to a sweet home in Lakewood. Our family was in a time of transition, I was pregnant with Madison, and we chose Lakewood because we could afford a larger home and there was something special about the community and proximity to the lakes.  I didn’t know much about Lakewood at the time, and it looks a little different now than it did then. The home we ended up buying needed a little love, but it also conveyed with a small piece of Lakefront at Lk. Steilacoom just down the street. I loved walking the neighborhood, and shortly after moving in I would take the stroller around the tree-lined neighborhood streets, over to the library and Lakewood Town Center. 

Thirty years had passed before we recently moved back to Lakewood! This time we chose a unique home on Chambers Creek. It was time to sell our family house in University Place and this next home was to represent our empty nester chapter. This home also needed a fair share of updating but it was features such as the peaceful creekfront, killer wine cellar, and many different spaces to entertain that had excited to move yet again. 

My husband grew up in Lakewood and had roots as a Clover Park graduate. It's been fun revisiting some of the classic spots and new businesses. Our favorite places are: H&L Produce–a specialty farmers market store, Adriatic Grill at Oakbrook–a non-chain owned restaurant with a wonderful golf-course backdrop, L&L Hawaiian BBQ–a spam musubi and some Kahlua Pork cures the soul, Tuladhara Yoga–curated yoga studio with various classes. One of our all-time favorite spots, Pizza Casa in Tillicum, has been missed. They closed after 65 years, but the space welcomes a new generation of Pizza, Puget Sound Pizza. 

Here are my top 5 reasons to live in Lakewood:

1. Lakes: Public Access, Friends with Boats (you know who you are), and have paddleboard will travel.
2. Shopping: Lots of grocery options and specialty ethnic grocery stores.
3. Golf: One of the oldest and most prestigious Country Clubs west of the Mississippi – Tacoma Golf and Country and Oakbrook’s Public Course.
4. Parks: Ft. Steilacoom Park, Chambers Bay Trail Hike, American Lake Park, Kobayashi Park, Edgewater Park.
5. Space: Lots are bigger in most places, there are plenty of trees and we are close to amenities and freeway access.

If you have any questions or want to explore what Lakewood has to offer with neighborhoods, housing, or things to do – consider us a valuable resource. Email or call me at Regina@Windermere.com or 253-381-6685.