b'C o m m u n i t yMajor Expansion of PublicIn January 2023, the newly sworn-in Corpus Christi City Council approved over $4.3 million in improvements to the Gabe Lozano Golf Center that are intended Golf Facilities Now Open to greater expand public access to the sport for residents and visitors. The new 41-acre Firefly facility features the LED-illuminated and newly constructed 9-hole executive course, plus the new, state-of-the-art practice facility with both a light-The two public golf centers owned by the City of Corpus Christi, Oso Creek in theed driving range and putting green. After over a decade of declining popularity southeast corner of town off South Alameda, and Gabe Lozano, located on Oldof golf among the American public, the resurgence of the sport has been driven Brownsville Road on the west side, have earned a reputation of being beautiful,by lighted facilities where working people and students can fit golf into their daily well-maintained, and affordable, since management was contracted out to Sanlivesas well as avoiding the daytime heat in the summer months.Antonio-based Foresight Golf over a decade ago. Since the mid-2000s, publicAs economic prosperity has filled public coffers in the Coastal Bend in recent and daily play golf holes in Corpus Christi and Port Aransas have shrunk by moreyears, this new investment in public recreational facilities by the City of Corpus than half, from 117 to 54and today, 45 of those holes are owned by the City.Christi can be declared a public works success that improves quality of life.78THECOASTALBENDMAGAZINE TheCoastalBend.com'