This month’s issue of Corpus Christi Business News reports on the seven candidates for mayor, the Selena wax figure coming to Fiesta de la Flor and the possible loss of federal funding for the new Harbor Bridge.
Local business owners profiled in the February issue include:
• Floro Distributing, a family owned and operated business that now sells both wholesale and retail to decorators and craftspeople all over South Texas
• Hamlin Barber Salon, celebrating 50 years of award winning hairstyling and cutting in the same location
• Farmers Insurance Agent Aubrey Bryan, a Renaissance Man who plays in a band, goes on missionary trips and registers voters
Find out what the United Corpus Christi Chamber of Commerce is doing to train workers to fill available skilled jobs in the industrial district.
In other news:
• Christus Spohn opened the Dr. Hector P. Garcia Clinic on MLK Day
• A family friendly food court and bar will soon replace the abandoned Greyhound bus station
• Protestors gather together their arguments against the ExxonMobil ethylene steam cracker plant proposed for the Gregory-Portland area
• An opportunity to turn in unsightly, abandoned boats for free
A sampling of the hundreds of events posted online at 101corpuschristi.com/EVENTS can also be found, along with easy step-by-step instructions on how to email event details to family and friends or download to your digital calendar automatically.
There’s plenty more in the February issue of Corpus Christi Business News. If you don’t get one in the mail this week, go by the office at 4455 S. Padre Island Drive #4 (next to the Indian restaurant) or look for any of our racks around town. Locations are listed here.
