Some Rockport residents say their concerns went ignored leading up to a May election. They are asking for accountability from the city. The mayor says the issue was a clerical error.
Police, mayor react to citywide flooding in Rockport
and last updated 2021-07-07 23:45:10-04
ROCKPORT, Texas â Rockport Mayor Pat Rios urged residents to stay home Wednesday with much of the city experiencing deep and damaging floods.
âWeâve received more rain in the past few hours than we do in half a year, Rios said. Itâs difficult for people to comprehend that.â
A longtime Rockport Police officer was equally surprised by the torrential downpours.
âWe have had, what I would consider, record flooding, Commander Larry Sinclair said. In the 32 years that Iâve worked for this agency we havenât experienced flooding quite like this.
The annual meeting of the Aransas County Partnership Economic Development Corporation (ACPEDC) was held Friday, Jan. 29 at the Rockport Country Club. Members heard featured speakers, including Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation CEO Iain Vasey, Principal of AMSquared, LLC Anne Marie Maloney, and Del Mar College Executive Vice President and COO Lenora Keas. Talking about the Communities As A Start Up (CASU Series) were Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) Director of Coastal Bend Innovations Center Russel Franques, and TAMU-CC Professor and Director of Entrepreneurship Education Kent Byus, PhD.
Vasey congratulated the local EDC on its accomplishments during its first year of operation.