The September issue of Corpus Christi Business News reports on the aftermath being in the path of a Category 4 hurricane. Follow the stories online as this resilient community pulls together to help each other and those in neighboring towns who took the brunt of the storm.
Corpus Christi Business News delayed its regular print date for the September issue by a week to add coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey for the benefit of our readers, some 10,000 business owners in Corpus Christi.
As part of our aftermath coverage, you can find out how to help victims of Hurricane Harvey and why you need to file an insurance claim as soon as possible.
We also updated events to note those that were cancelled and which were postponed. You can keep track of local events online at 101corpuschristi.com/EVENTS, an interactive site that downloads directly to your digital calendars. You can email event information to yourself, friends or family.
To follow continual daily coverage of the economic impact of Hurricane Harvey, visit our website at ccbiznews.com. You can also sign up for a weekly newsletter that is emailed directly to you every Wednesday afternoon at ccbiznews.com/newsblast.
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While being hit by a Category 4 hurricane tends to overwhelm all else, Texans and the Coastal Bend in particular, are busy with cleanup, recovery and assisting those less fortunate. Things are rapidly coming together and moving to normalcy.
We at Texas Publishing Co., which produces Corpus Christi Business News, Corpus Christi Living and the Corpus Christ Area-wide Telephone and Internet Directory are proud to be a part of this caring community. We will continue to cover the outstanding efforts of the individuals, businesses and organizations that are stepping up and helping out.
In this month’s paper, along with our hurricane coverage, you’ll find news stories about:
• three Nueces County representative districts (one federal and two state) that were declared invalid by a federal court;
• the Convention and Visitors Bureau and Welcome Center moving to Heritage Park;
• yet another pipeline being built to bring Permian Basin oil and gas to Port Corpus Christi;
• how to get on the list to provide goods and services to the new ExxonMobil steam cracker plant coming to the Coastal Bend;
• and the Chapman Ranch Wind Farm, which is expected to go into full operation sometime this month.
Local businesses highlighted this month include:
• A&A Bail Bonds, an age-old business that has gone high tech;
• Manufactured Housing Consultants, which is working closely with banks and housing factories to help people buy new homes — a major issue after the destruction of Hurricane Harvey;
• Harbor Playhouse community theater, which is hoping to add more performances to its current production of “In the Heights” to make up for cancellations due to the hurricane;
• and South Texas Music Mart, working hard to get local marching bands up to speed for the coming football season.
You’ll also find news about important events such as:
• the Celebration of Flight, an annual counting of raptors as they migrate to Central and South America;
• Arts Alive! an annual Labor Day weekend event postponed because of Hurricane Harvey;
• and BikeFest 2017, which was cancelled this year, but not because of the hurricane.
Our monthly spotlight on volunteers falls on the Boys & Girls Club of the Coastal Bend.
You can read us online at ccbiznews.com, where you’ll find stories posted on the website as well as in the digital flipbook of the actual newspaper. Corpus Christi Business News is mailed free to 10,000 business owners in Corpus Christi. An additional 2,000 copies can be found on newsstands across the city. Find out where here.
