The City of Corpus Christi says about 60 similar structures remain as an abandoned Flour Bluff home was demolished after years of fires and unsafe conditions.<\/p>\n
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 A long-standing problem property in Flour Bluff is finally gone.<\/p>\n
The abandoned home on Scotland Street had become a magnet for homeless activity and repeated fires, leaving neighbors worried it was only a matter of time before someone was seriously hurt.<\/p>\n
While the City of Corpus Christi did not have the budget to tear it down, a local company stepped in and did the job at no cost.<\/p>\n
Before demolition began, Corpus Christi Police Department Officer Javier Cantu walked through the home, showing the dangerous conditions inside. The structure was filled with trash, debris and evidence of a number of small fires.<\/p>\n
Cantu said fires are often started inside abandoned homes by people trying to stay warm, but those fires can quickly spread and get out of control.<\/p>\n
Neighbors raised concerns, prompting the Flour Bluff Citizens Council to step in and ask for help.<\/p>\n
Shirley Thornton with the council said the demolition shows what can happen when residents and community groups work together to improve safety.<\/p>\n
Corpus Christi City Councilwoman Kaylynn Paxson said the project is an example of making neighborhood safety a priority through cooperation.<\/p>\n
The demolition would have cost the city thousands of dollars, but White Star Services volunteered to handle the work.<\/p>\n
Owner Fernando Flores said the city\u2019s demolition program has helped remove dangerous structures in the past, but funding ran out this budget cycle.<\/p>\n
According to city code enforcement, there are roughly 60 similar structures across the city currently slated for demolition.<\/p>\n
City Manager Peter Zanoni confirmed the demolition program was not funded this year due to a budget shortfall. He said funding could be restored in the next budget cycle if council and staff approve it.<\/p>\n
For now, neighbors in Flour Bluff say the removal of the home brings relief and a safer street.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of Corpus Christi says about 60 similar structures remain as an abandoned Flour Bluff home was…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":177280,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-177279","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\/177279","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=177279"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177279\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}