The City of Rockport marked a major milestone in its recovery from Hurricane Harvey on Friday with the ribbon-cutting of its new $11.7 million City Hall, a project years in the making after the storm’s devastation in 2017.
Mayor Tim Jayroe, State Rep. Todd Hunter, and community leaders gathered to celebrate the long-awaited facility, which replaces the original City Hall destroyed by Harvey’s 150 mph winds.
Rockport celebrates grand opening of new City Hall after Harvey’s Destruction
For nearly seven years, city staff worked out of cramped, temporary spaces after inspections deemed the old building unsalvageable due to structural damage, mold, and asbestos.
“We worked real hard to get the building done and to get something that the city can be proud of for the next 50 or 100 years, and we think we did that,” Mayor Jayroe told KRIS 6…