The front page of Corpus Christi Business News, April issue. Get one and open it up to find out about local business owners, the latest business news and the most exciting events in the Coastal Bend.
Pick up the latest copy of Corpus Christi Business News for stories about your fellow business owners, upcoming events and news about the growing economy in the Coastal Bend. The April edition has the best advice on how to beat the Texas SandFest traffic jam on the beach, how to tour downtown from the palm of your hand, and the latest on the mayor’s race and ExxonMobil’s pending decision to build the world’s largest steam cracker plant in Portland.
You’ll also find out why advertising in Corpus Christi Living magazine pays off in a rate of return on your advertising dollars. (We’ve got the numbers and the testimonials!)
Business owners profiled this month include:
• Popcorn Etc, where afternoon snacks come in a multiplicity of flavors;
• Affordable Walt’s Painting and Repair, which promises quality work at the right price;
• Mobile-Crete, concrete mixed by job on site;
• and Alaskan Adventurer, how a local entrepreneur turned his dad’s Port Aransas fishing boat into a sport-fishing charter in Sitka, Alaska.
If you’re looking for a place to volunteer, check out our story on Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas. Mentoring enriches the lives of the volunteers as much as it does the kids who are being mentored, said Racheka Hook, the branch manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Texas.
Along with SandFest info, Business News has the scoop on all the latest events in the area. Highlights can be found on Page 8, but a full interactive listing can be found at 101corpuschristi.com/EVENTS. With the touch of a finger or a click of a mouse, you can load the events in which you’re interested directly to your digital calendar or email details to yourself, friends or family.
In other news:
• the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Annette Medlin resigned;
• the city settled its differences with the Chapman Wind Ranch;
• Del Mar College’s GrowSmart course on how to grow your business is set to begin;
• a 750-mile pipeline will connect the Permian Basin to the Port of Corpus Christi;
• 138 J.C. Penney stores are closing, so what about the one in La Palmera mall?
• and the court ruling about whether Mark Scott can run for city mayor came down, but then what happened?
If you are not one of the 10,000 business owners that get Corpus Christi Business News free in the mail each month, you can find free copies on racks at any of the businesses on this list.
