Robstown woman creates remembrance bears for grieving families<\/a><\/p>\nThe downtown courthouse has sat empty for nearly 50 years and has continued to deteriorate, prompting county officials to move forward with demolition planning. Before any demolition can begin, the county must complete state-required documentation to preserve the building\u2019s historical record.<\/p>\n
Commissioner Mike Pusley said the county has hired an engineering firm to guide the tear-down process.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe county has hired an engineering firm that is our consultant on the tear-down process and how that has to happen,\u201d Pusley said.<\/p>\n
He said the county has also hired a second company to help meet preservation requirements by documenting the building and identifying historical items that may be saved.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat includes doing things like large-scale photography work on the inside and outside of the courthouse and identifying artifacts that we may be able to save,\u201d Pusley said.<\/p>\n
The county hopes to begin demolition in the first quarter of 2026.<\/p>\n
As demolition planning continues, county leaders are also looking for ways to reduce the financial impact on taxpayers. Officials have asked Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone No. 3 for up to $2 million to help cover demolition costs.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe thought two million dollars was a fair ask, but we\u2019ve run into some difficulty with that. I don\u2019t know if that is going to happen or not,\u201d Pusley said.<\/p>\n
County Judge Connie Scott said the request aligns with the purpose of the downtown TIRZ.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think that\u2019s exactly what that TIRZ money is supposed to go for,\u201d Scott said. \u201cThe county has been a 100 percent participant for 18 years, and we have never asked for any money out of that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Nueces County is one of several taxing entities that contribute incremental property tax revenue to TIRZ 3, which is set to expire in 2028 unless it is extended.<\/p>\n
Corpus Christi City Councilman Everett Roy, who chairs the TIRZ 3 board, said the county\u2019s request is under review as leaders also consider the long-term redevelopment potential of the courthouse site.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe county has asked us to take a look at their participation in TIRZ and made some suggestions. We\u2019re trying to do that diligently,\u201d Roy said.<\/p>\n
Roy said the property is considered a key piece of future downtown redevelopment.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s a prime piece of land right there. When you think about future development downtown, it\u2019s going to be a very important part of that area,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Pusley said demolition will move forward regardless of whether TIRZ funding is approved.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have the money to tear it down,\u201d Pusley said. \u201cWe\u2019re just trying to soften the blow to taxpayers as much as we can.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The vacant 1914 Nueces County Courthouse is set for demolition in 2026 as leaders seek up to $2…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":{"0":"post-100409","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-corpus-christi","8":"tag-corpus-christi","9":"tag-corpus-christi-headlines","10":"tag-corpus-christi-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100409","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}