{"id":162335,"date":"2026-02-12T23:48:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/162335\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T23:48:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T23:48:07","slug":"city-breaks-ground-on-improvements-at-commodore-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/162335\/","title":{"rendered":"City Breaks Ground on Improvements at Commodore Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, TX \u2013 The City of Corpus Christi celebrated the start of park improvements at Commodore Park on the Island with a groundbreaking ceremony this morning.<\/p>\n<p>The $3.4 million project will greatly enhance this regional park. New amenities will include:<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Covered Basketball Court Pavilion: Providing a year-round sports venue.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Tennis and Pickleball Courts: With two tennis courts and four pickleball courts.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Playground: A fenced-in, shaded area with poured-in-place surfacing for safety.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Bird Observation Blind: Encouraging wildlife appreciation and education.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Concrete Walking Trail: For strolls and exercise.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Picnic Area: Designated space for family and community gatherings.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Parking and Accessibility: A concrete parking lot with golf cart accommodations and ADA accessibility throughout.<\/p>\n<p>\u00b7 Park Lighting: Ensuring safety and extended use during evening hours.<\/p>\n<p>This project is backed by the voter-approved Bond 2022 and 2024. The design of the park improvements has been entrusted to Turner Ramirez Architects and the construction will be carried out by the team at Weaver and Jacobs Constructors.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, media representatives can contact Bryan Quitania, Senior Public Information Officer, at 361-826-3884 or by email at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.corpuschristitx.gov\/news\/posts\/city-breaks-ground-on-improvements-at-commodore-park\/mailto:BryanQ@CorpusChristiTX.gov\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">BryanQ@CorpusChristiTX.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/groundbreaking-commodore.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of groundbreaking with shovels.\" width=\"763\" height=\"509\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, TX \u2013 The City of Corpus Christi celebrated the start of park improvements at Commodore Park&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25015,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-162335","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\/162335","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=162335"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162335\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}