{"id":472093,"date":"2026-10-20T23:46:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472093\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T23:46:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T23:46:09","slug":"rockport-earns-grand-slam-of-friendly-texas-certifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/472093\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockport earns &#8216;Grand Slam&#8217; of Friendly Texas Certifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 <\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\">Rockport has earned statewide recognition after Governor Greg Abbott announced the community\u2019s designation as a Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community, completing the state\u2019s prestigious \u201cGrand Slam\u201d of Friendly Texas certifications.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p lang=\"EN-US\">Rockport-Fulton is one of only seven communities in Texas to earn all four certifications and the only community in both the Coastal Bend and along the Texas Gulf Coast to achieve the distinction.<\/p>\n<p>                                                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kiiitv.com\/assets\/shared-images\/icons\/arrow-circle-down.svg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                                                This story continues below.<\/p>\n<p>The recognition follows Rockport\u2019s achievement of Film Friendly Texas, Music Friendly Texas and Digital Media Friendly Texas certifications. Together with its new Tourism Friendly Texas designation, the four certifications recognize communities committed to attracting visitors, supporting creative industries and fostering economic development.<\/p>\n<p>The certifications also provide opportunities for Rockport to strengthen partnerships with state agencies, including Travel Texas, the Texas Film Commission and the Texas Music Office, while connecting local businesses and creative professionals with industry resources and potential opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>The City of Rockport said in a press release, &#8220;Together, these four designations demonstrate that Rockport is more than a beautiful coastal destination. It is a community ready to welcome new ideas, new industries, and new economic opportunities.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 Rockport has earned statewide recognition after Governor Greg Abbott announced the community\u2019s designation as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":472094,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-472093","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\/472093","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=472093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/472093\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/472094"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=472093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=472093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=472093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}