Lakewood Community Progress Inc. (LCPI) hosts Lakewood's 1st Annual Cornhole Tournament on Saturday, August 11 starting at 9 a.m. The event will be held at the parking lot located at the corner of Mathews and Detroit in the West End Entertainment District.

Proceeds from the tournament will benefit LCPI, the nonprofit, 501-c(3) community development corporation in Lakewood. LCPI is the oversight organization for Main Street Lakewood, a program of the Nation Preservation Trust to revitalize historic downtown areas. Main Street Lakewood activites include Clean-Up Crawl, Lakewood Walks Main Street, Light Up Lakewood, and advocacy work on behalf of downtown merchants, building owners and all Lakewood residents who value a vibrant, inviting and safe downtown area.

Participants must register by Wednesday, August 8th and be 16 yrs. of age or older. Cost is $50 per two-player team. A minimum of four games per team is guaranteed in this flighted tournament. Rules can be downloaded from www.americancornholeassociation.com.

Registration forms can be found at Geiger's-Lakewood or at Around the Corner or they can be downloaded from their websites: www.shopgeigers.com or www.atccafe.com. A last-minute in-person registration session will be held at Around the Corner from 6p.m.- 8 p.m. on August 8th. Checks should be made out to LCPI.

Food and drink will be available for purchase by players and spectators.

First place prize is $500; second place is $250 and third place finishers will receive $100.

Along with Around the Corner and Geiger's-Lakewood, event sponsors include: The Lakewood Observer, Sweet Designs, City of Lakewood, Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, David Estrop, Laskey CPA and Computer Systems Development Services. The volunteer tournament committee includes: Leslie Favre, Ed Favre, Mickey Krivosh; Suzanne Metelko, Mikelann Rensel and David Shaw.

A great time will be had by all......get your team together and join in the fun!