Cluck stops here: After months constructing its coop, chicken-finger purveyor Raising Cane’s is planning a 9 a.m. Tuesday grand opening of its La Marque restaurant in front of the former Gulf Greyhound Park, 3001 FM 1764.
After almost 100 years, the Port of Galveston’s towering grain facility will soon be no more. The Galveston Wharves is demolishing the decommissioned elevators and silos to make room for other types of cargo, like roll-on/roll-off — ro-ro — cargo and giant wind turbine pieces.
Mortgage misunderstanding: A lender’s posting of foreclosure of the former Gulf Greyhound Park property in La Marque — which a developer is transforming into a Las Vegas-style concert arena — was made in error and has been canceled, all parties involved said Friday.
Most of us know that Galveston Island’s peak tourism season spans about 14 weeks. That’s a short amount of time for business owners who have invested in real estate, equipment, product development and their staff to earn revenues to get them through the remaining 38 weeks of the year.
Grocer gossip: Inquiring island shoppers want to know what’s to become of Randalls, which this month was named among 579 stores to be sold as Alberstons and Kroger, which operates a seawall store, attempt to appease federal regulators in a $25 billion merger.
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Big cargo changes are coming as the Galveston Wharves continues to execute its 20-Year Strategic Master Plan, designed to maximize revenues and jobs at the 840-acre Texas port.
Gina Spagnola is president and CEO of the Galveston Regional Chamber of Commerce.
It’s tough to balance the needs of a community with the needs of a tourism destination. While those needs are not completely mutually exclusive, they do vary. As the entity charged with directing tourism efforts and keeping the beaches clean and safe, the Park Board makes it our goal to prio…
Ten-hut! Demolition crews this week were knocking down walls and building up buzz as they worked to renovate the space formerly occupied by shaved ice seller Bahama Buck’s in commercial center Piazza Blanca, 500 Seawall Blvd. in Galveston.
Since its inception in 1963, the Park Board has been governed by a group of nine trustees all of whom are appointed by the Galveston City Council.
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Bare market: This week’s abrupt departure of Hooters from Galveston sparked speculation about what might replace what for seven years perched on high-profile property at 6028 Heards Lane.
Galvestonians tell me that the phenomenal growth of our cruise business is great, but then they ask, “What are you doing to manage the traffic?” The short answer is we’re doing a lot.
About 99 percent of seasoned cruisers have a transatlantic crossing on their bucket lists.
The contest includes more than 200 categories and eligible businesses must operate in Galveston County.
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Biz Buzz: Sign promising resort beach chairs makes waves; second Dutch Bros coffee shop on slow drip
Are you sitting down? A sign the Grand Galvez posted promoting chairs for hotel guests on a 1/4-acre patch of beach stirred quite the buzz this week. Some locals worried the endeavor violated laws protecting public access to Texas beaches.
Texas Insurance Commissioner Cassie Brown was among more than 200 people who gathered May 31 to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Henry Freudenburg Insurance Agency.
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Pray tell: Have a hardhat handy? ELS Development, a subsidiary of national construction firm ELS Construction, last week finalize its acquisition of the First Baptist Church of Dickinson property, 2504 44th St.
Through the decades, the 199-year-old Port of Galveston has prepared for and recovered from dozens of major storms, including the 1900 storm, still the deadliest weather event in U.S. history. An estimated 6,000 people lost their lives during that hurricane.
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