March issue of Business News marks third anniversary

Corpus Christi Business News is now three years old and growing. The monthly free publication, which is mailed to 10,000 business in the city and given away on news racks around town, will land in mailboxes this week bigger than ever at 20 pages. News includes new Spring Break rules in Port Aransas, a new ordinance that will mostly likely mean the end of Uber in the city and a new children’s Science Center opening at the Corpus Christi Museum of Science and History.
This month’s issue also includes the March issue of Corpus Christi Living magazine as a bonus to readers and local business owners looking for bargains, more timely features and — best of all — a great place to advertise. Find out how businesses advertising in the magazine have benefited from the exposure to 50,000 of the city’s highest income homes every two months has helped them by checking out their testimonials on Page 2. 
Features on local businesses include: 
• Coastal Bend Fitness, 4730 S. Padre Island Drive, where James Elizalde works to keep exercise equipment healthy;
• STS Consultants, 4220 S. Padre Island Drive #B, a accounting firm that reaps millions of dollars in tax refunds for its clients;
• Air and Filters with two locations for cleaner air and Circle E Candles at 1620 S. Padre Island Drive and 5206 Williams Drive; 
• RH Cabinets at 5821 Ayers St., where true wood-working artisans create top cabinets and displays the best in hardware.
You’ll also find news about: 
• Fiesta de la Flor, which is expected to double in size in its second year;
• The Mayor’s State of the City address; 
• How to make Corpus Christi Hockeyville, U.S.A., which would bring a National Hockey League game to the city;
• How to comment on proposed new federal red snapper fishing regulations; 
• The success of Del Mar College students seeking second degrees and career changes; 
• Spring Break Events; 
• How to help with the Mission of Mercy raise funds at its first-ever M•A*S*H BASH.
A lot of new business are are coming to town and old ones growing, strengthening the business community in the Coastal Bend: 
• Regal Quality Cleaning, a company we’ve featured before, is now expanding its services to whole building maintenance management;
• Mike Shaw bought Stanley Bryan Buick-GMC dealership in Robstown just across from where the new outlet mall is under construction; 
• Permits were filed for a $28 million senior living facility, a new Chicken Express and Wonders Bar and Grill in the city;
• PlainsCapital Bank held a grand opening for its new regional headquarters;
• Driscoll Children’s Imaging Center opened at a new Southside location;
• Sugarbakers is opening a deli and market downtown to be called Urbana. 
In Legal News, attorney Andrew Greenwell discusses the rising number of bankruptcies in the oil and gas industry. Also,Corpus Christi Business News publishes a chart of the most recently available sales tax receipts (December 2015) and tax filing deadlines for March. New this month, a two-page spread honoring businesses new and old in a first-ever Chronology of Business feature. 
The mission of Corpus Christi Business News, as always, is to report on the people and businesses that work hard to generate the economic prosperity of the Coastal Bend.