Category: Community

City of Corpus Christi officials celebrated the opening of a new West Side community center for a program aimed at empowering young people through mentorship, education resources, and career development opportunities. The new building for the program, Elevate 361, which first had its ‘soft opening’ in Oct 2023, located on Morgan Avenue and will serve young people between the ages of 16 and 24 years old who want to finish their education or finding employment. “When it comes to the future, for any community, especially for Corpus Christi, it is all about our youths.” Corpus Christi Mayor Paulette Guajardo said…

Local Nueces Brewing and Barbecuing Company hosted their inaugural festival dedicated solely to pickles on Mar. 23. Though food festivals centering pickles have been common in major cities, Corpus Christi has never had one. Many local vendors joined together to help produce the first one aptly titled ‘Nueces County Pickle Fest.’ The celebration ran from 11:30A.M. to 6P.M. “We have a vision of growing it city-wide, little bit bigger. We feel that ever city has their own festival and we like to make Corpus Christi the official home of the Pickle Fest.” Brandon Harper, Co-Owner of Nueces Brewing Co. said. …

Throughout history, women have faced many obstacles in their quest to break boundaries in the workplace. A great way for them to break these boundaries is by coming together and uplift each other. To inspire and motivate by example, which was exactly the type of goal in mind for the Empowered Women Seminar hosted inside Del Mar College’s Harvin Center on March 28. The Empowered Women seminar, directed by Jennifer Gonzales, was hosted in the Harvin Center’s Retama Room. It was an event that welcomed students and shot out an inspirational message to women of all backgrounds. “The message at…

The Delmar Intramural Sports department is throwing a Glow PooI Party to help cool things off this semester. The party will take place April 11th at Heritage campus in the Aquatic Center. It is completely free for all enrolled students at Del Mar. The party will take place from 6-9:30pm.   “I am planning on Pizza, snacks, music, games, prizes and some giveaways.  Food will be served at 6:00pm and the movie will start at dark.” Carla Vela, Director of Intramural Sports Office said.   The Glow Pool Party will be a fun event to catch up with friends and take a…