{"id":195338,"date":"2026-03-08T03:04:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195338\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T03:04:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T03:04:06","slug":"marker-37-marina-welcomes-community-back-after-blaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/195338\/","title":{"rendered":"Marker 37 Marina welcomes community back after blaze"},"content":{"rendered":"

The blaze destroyed dozens of boats, leaving visible damage across the marina, but operations are slowly returning to normal.<\/p>\n

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Marker 37 Marina on North Padre Island reopened Saturday morning, welcoming back fishermen, families, and community members after a fire swept through the area last week. The blaze destroyed dozens of boats, leaving visible damage across the marina, but operations are slowly returning to normal.<\/p>\n

Despite the recent fire, the marina\u2019s boat ramp, retail shop, and fish cleaning services have officially reopened according to a Facebook post. The popular Polynesian Bar is also back in operation, offering a place for visitors to relax and enjoy the waterfront once again.<\/p>\n

Marina officials expressed<\/a> their heartfelt gratitude for the community\u2019s support during the recovery. \u201cWe are so excited to share that Marker 37 will reopen Saturday morning for some of our activities, and we truly can\u2019t wait to see the marina come back to life!” the post read.<\/p>\n

Boat Ramp & Retail Shop: Open from 7:00 AM<\/p>\n

Fish Cleaning Services: Provided by Sunset Bait Co.<\/p>\n

Polynesian Bar: Open from 11:00 AM to 5:30 PM<\/p>\n

As repairs continue, visitors are asked to respect areas marked by orange fencing, which remain closed under Fire Marshal orders. Crews are working diligently to reopen the bait house and fuel pumps as soon as possible.<\/p>\n

The marina concluded their message with a note of thanks: \u201cThank you for standing with us. We\u2019re ready to welcome you back to Marker 37.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The blaze destroyed dozens of boats, leaving visible damage across the marina, but operations are slowly returning to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":195339,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-195338","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\/195338","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=195338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/195339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}