Parks & Recreation

The Corpus Christi Parks and Recreation Department invites you to get your Beach Parking Permit and explore our amazing Gulf Coast beaches!

 All City of Corpus Christi non-essential offices will be closed during the week between Christmas and New Year's. Most offices will be closed beginning Monday, December 25, 2023, and reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.

Get your kids set to play basketball in the Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department’s upcoming league or camp.

During today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, Mayor Paulette Guajardo and the City Council approved a resolution to authorize a License Agreement with the City of CC SSN-705 Submarine Memorial, Inc. for the placement and maintenance of the "USS City of Corpus Christi” Submarine Sail at Sherrill Veterans Memorial Park (SVMP), located at 222 S. Shoreline Drive.

The City of Corpus Christi and H-E-B have partnered again for the 35th Annual H-E-B Feast of Sharing community-wide events including free holiday meals and entertainment.

The City’s Parks & Recreation Department and the American Bank Center invite you to lace up your skates for some family fun at the ice rink for the “2023 Holiday by the Bay” event.

The Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department will be accepting beach and park vending permit applications from December 5, 2023, through January 5, 2024. 

The Corpus Christi Parks & Recreation Department is hosting “Letters to Santa – The Grinch Edition” on Sunday, December 10, from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Lindale Community Center, located at 3135 Swantner Drive.

 At today’s regularly scheduled City Council meeting, Mayor Paulette Guajardo and the City Council approved an ordinance accepting a grant in the amount of $346,991 from the Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program Human Uses Team for improvements to the Hans & Pat Suter Wildlife Refuge.

 Looking for a chance to give back? Join in the effort to plant 50 trees at a local city park.