b'C o m m u n i t yIS THE DREAM STILL ALIVE? In 2019, hundreds of Corpus Christians turned out at Corpus Christi City Council meetings in support of the proposed redevelopment of North Beach, once the center of recreation on the Texas Gulf Coast. The proposal included a mile-long, navigable canal that would both relieve the chronic flooding problem on North Beach and provide a new entertainment and commercial zone that would impact Corpus Christi as significantly as the Riverwalk impacted downtown San Antonio. $42.5 million for the canal was approved 9-0 by City Council in December 2019, but no action has been taken.54THE COASTAL BEND GUIDE TheCoastalBend.com'