CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Things are looking up for businesses in Rockport after Hurricane Harvey did damage to the city a year and a half ago.
City officials in Rockport are expecting a boost in their economy come spring break.
According to the Rockport-Fulton Chamber of Commerce, 93-percent of businesses have bounced back post-Harvey. Around 10-12 new businesses restaurants and other shops have come into Rockport-Fulton.
According to relator business developer of the Chamber of Commerce Glenn Gomez, businesses are almost all up and running, but the same can't be said for hotels.
Only 50-percent of lodging is currently available in Rockport.
"That equates to about 1,000 rooms. We have another wave of 200 to 300 rooms that are going to be coming online between now and spring break and Easter," Gomez said.
That's not good news for small business owner Connie Garcia.
Garcia doesn't doubt there will be many tourists coming for spring break.
"But whether they are going to come down here to stay because we don't have housing available, you know hotels. I don't know where they are going to go," Garcia said.
According to Gomez, what will help generate sales is more people moving back to Rockport permanently.
"It's a slow process like I said. We don't have the workforce that we need to get everything going at once, but little by little they are coming back," Gomez said.
Garcia will hosts different store events to entice shoppers.
The Chamber of Commerce estimates it'll take about another year for everything to be back 100-percent.