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Tuleta, TX · Business
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Town of Woodsboro barred from raising property tax rate
WOODSBORO — The Town of Woodsboro is among more than 110 Texas municipalities prohibited from raising property taxes above the no-new-revenue rate because of alleged failures to comply with state financial audit and transparency requirements, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced. The Texas attorney general’s office sent Woodsboro a violation...
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$108M water project begins as Corpus Christi races to secure supply
Officials hope this $108 million wastewater project will ease the strain on the Coastal Bend's fragile water supply.
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Rockport gallery owners to launch hands-on jewelry studio
ROCKPORT — Rockport’s coastal arts scene will add a hands-on silversmithing destination this fall as local gallery owners expand their downtown business into an instructional space for jewelry makers. Kimmi Norvell Moake and Danya De León, co-owners of Moon Over Water Gallery and Artisan Market, plan to open...
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Beeville residents strongly oppose proposed 20% property tax rate hike
BEEVILLE – Dozens of residents packed the John C. Fulghum Beeville Event Center Aug. 18 to voice sharp opposition during a public hearing on the city’s proposed tax rate. The proposed property tax rate of $0.82036 per $100 valuation—up 20.24% from the current rate of $0.68225—drew heavy criticism from local business owners, retirees and homeowners struggling with rising living costs and inflated property appraisals. If approved, the tax on an average homestead valued at $146,099 would rise by $249.01 annually, a 26.22% increase.
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Texas measure would raise drought water rates up to 280% for major industrial users
Corpus Christi City Council has approved a referendum for a citizen-backed Fair Water Amendment that would increase drought-time water charges for major industrial users in the area. In Texas, Corpus Christi's reservoirs have climbed back from near-crisis levels, but a growing fight over who should pay more during periods of...
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U.S. Under Secretary of Energy says $3 billion AEP loan will strengthen Texas grid
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Rising Lake Corpus Christi water brings new life to businesses, real estate
Businesses around Lake Corpus Christi are experiencing a rebound in customers as water levels rise after years of drought conditions. After years of struggling with low water levels, businesses around Lake Corpus Christi are seeing more customers return as the water comes back. For Paul Brittain, owner of The Tacklebox,...
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H-E-B, Sprouts and Barnes & Noble fuel a wave of South Texas openings
Business is booming in South Texas. From the border at Laredo, over to Corpus Christi, and down south to the Rio Grande Valley, there are a whole bunch of new places to shop or grab a bite to eat. Here's everything that's on the way in deep South Texas. Laredo's...
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Timon Bay Hospitality Acquires Corpus Christi Knights Inn
In Brief: HVS Brokerage & Advisory closed the sale of the 29-key Knights Inn Corpus Christi at North Beach to Timon Bay Hospitality LLC. HVS Brokerage & Advisory closed the sale of the Knights Inn Corpus Christi at North Beach, located at 3615 Timon Boulevard in Corpus Christi, Texas. Timon Bay Hospitality LLC, based in Irving, Texas, purchased the 29-key property from Ranjit & Gita LLC, based in Kingsville, Texas.
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Miss A to Open New Store at La Palmera in Corpus Christi
A discount beauty retailer is expanding its Texas footprint with a new store planned for La Palmera in Corpus Christi. Miss A lists La Palmera among its upcoming locations, with the store marked as “coming soon” on the retailer’s official store locator, according to the website. The location is at 5488 S. Padre Island Drive, Corpus Christi, TX 78411.
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Power restored after downtown Corpus Christi outage leaves 8,800 customers without electricity
Downtown Corpus Christi experiences major power outage affecting 8,800 AEP Texas customers, restored by 7:30 p.m. Power has been restored to downtown Corpus Christi after a major outage left about 8,800 AEP Texas customers without electricity Saturday evening. The outage impacted several businesses and other customers throughout the downtown area.
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Corpus Christi Voters Will Decide Whether Refineries Pay More for Water During Drought, and Lawsuits Are Already Expected
Corpus Christi's City Council voted 6-2 this week to put a citizen-led water pricing measure on the November ballot, setting up a fight that's expected to land in court well before anyone casts a vote. The proposal, called the Fair Water Amendment, would raise water rates sharply for the city's largest industrial users, including ExxonMobil, Occidental Chemical and Valero, whenever the region's reservoirs run low.
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Veteran builds second career on decades of construction experience
Theron VanMeter spent more than two decades in the Air Force, and when it was time to retire, he knew home inspections could be a good second career. VanMeter retired as a master sergeant after 21 years in the Air Force. During his time in the service, he worked in a structural career field, where his work involved “constructing, maintaining, repairing, and understanding buildings and their structural systems.”
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Data centers don’t have to drink the town dry
This is partner content, brought to you by Arbor Energy. Brad Hartwig is the company’s CEO and co-founder. This year, Corpus Christi, Texas was on track to become the first American city to run out of water. Recent floods bought it another year, but nobody there is calling it solved, not with industrial users alone responsible for more than half of regional demand. That’s the backdrop against which every new data center announcement now lands.