Local beach cleanup program expanding statewide<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cThis is gonna be very big for the Island and big for the citizens of Corpus Christi,\u201d said Robert Dodd, director of the city\u2019s Parks and Recreation Department.<\/p>\n
The City Council is expected to vote this week on awarding a $3.4 million construction contract to Weaver and Jacobs Constructors. The project will be funded through a mix of 2022 and 2024 bond dollars and money from the city\u2019s Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone, or TIRZ, which directs reinvested property tax revenues toward improvements in growing areas.<\/p>\n
Dodd said his team worked closely with residents before finalizing the design.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ve done public outreach with the citizens out at the Island and we\u2019re going to give them what they want,\u201d Dodd said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s something we strive to do here at Parks and Recreation.\u201d<\/p>\n
If approved, construction on Phase One is expected to begin later this fall and wrap up by next August. The first phase will include new playground areas, walking trails, shaded seating, and community green space \u2014 upgrades Dodd said will give the Island a park worthy of its growth.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen it\u2019s all said and done, this is going to be an amazing park,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s gonna be, you know, one of our gold jewels that we have to go up there with Cole Park and Salinas Park and things like that. So this is just putting a regional park in a different part of our city.\u201d<\/p>\n
The improvements come as the Island continues to expand rapidly beyond its traditional reputation as a beach destination.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to continue to grow,\u201d Dodd said. \u201cYou know, there\u2019s so many good things going on out there besides the beach that Parks and Rec takes care of as well. Just our little niche into all the growth that\u2019s going on out there is something we\u2019re excited about.\u201d<\/p>\n
When complete, Commodores Park would become the Island\u2019s largest city-owned recreational space, designed to serve both longtime residents and new families moving into the area.<\/p>\n
And in true Island fashion, Dodd said even the parking lot will have a local twist.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe parking lot out there, that\u2019s going out there, will include some golf cart parking areas as well,\u201d he said. \u201cSo that\u2019s something new that we\u2019ve done to accommodate the Island community.\u201d<\/p>\n
If approved, construction could be visible before the end of the year \u2014 marking another step in Corpus Christi\u2019s ongoing effort to expand access to parks and recreation across every corner of the city.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pending council approval, the small park could become a 12-acre neighborhood staple CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 A long-awaited…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13090,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-13089","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089","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=13089"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13089\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13089"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13089"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13089"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}