Coastal Bend Business
Community Unites to
Help Small Businesses
Impacted by
Hurricane Harvey
H urricane Harvey impacted the entire Coastal Bend busi-
ness community in a big way and the business community
is working together to rebuild, restore and recover our region.
Representatives from area chambers of commerce, visitors
bureaus, economic development corporations, elected officials
and other special guests have joined forces to host the "Boots,
Business and BBQ" fundraiser presented by AEP Texas. Event Production Team includes the
Port of Corpus Christi who will pro-
vide the venue, the Corpus Christi
Mustangs who will provide the food,
and Budweiser's Corpus Christi
BikeFest members who will provide
desserts.
"It is important that we all work as a region and show those small
businesses that we care and that we want them to rebuild," said
Cleo Rodriguez, Jr., President and CEO of the United Corpus
Christi Chamber of Commerce. "These small businesses are the
backbone of our communities." A limited number of sponsorships
are still available and may be pur-
chased online at unitedcorpuschristi-
chamber.com.
The event will be held at 5 p.m. on Thursday, November 16 at
the Congressman Solomon P. Ortiz International Center. The
fundraiser is designed to help small businesses devastated by
Hurricane Harvey to get back to normal. The participating orga-
nizations have agreed to a distribution of event proceeds that
guarantees the small businesses in the areas most impacted by
Hurricane Harvey receive a fair share and that all the funds stay
in the Coastal Bend. An application process for small business-
es needing to rebuild and re-open will be administered through
area chambers. A committee composed of third-party/ neutral
representatives will determine recipients.
PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
United Corpus Christi
Chamber of Commerce
Portland Chamber of Commerce
Rockport-Fulton Chamber of
Commerce
Port Aransas Chamber of
Commerce and Tourist Bureau
Aransas Pass Chamber of
Commerce
Ingleside Chamber of Commerce
"There is still a lot left to do to help communities in our Coastal
Bend move forward," said State Representative Todd Hunter.
"I am pleased to see the business community of this area work
together to organize this event to make sure that the Coastal
Bend is not forgotten." Corpus Christi Black Chamber of
Commerce
The "Boots, Business and BBQ" fundraiser presented by AEP
Texas will be a wonderful evening of food, music and fun. The Corpus Christi Convention and
Visitors Bureau
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BUSINESS MATTERS
NOVEMBER 2017
Corpus Christi Regional Economic
Development Corporation
San Patricio Economic
Development Corporation