Gregory News

TIMES FILE Floodwater surrounds the San Patricio County Courthouse in Sinton after Hurricane Fern on Sept.

China's Tianjin Pipe Corp. broke ground recently on a Gregory, Texas, $1.3-billion pipe manufacturing plant, which represents the largest investment in a manufacturing facility in the U.S., the company claims.

The designation means certain homeowners could get reimbursed for repairs or rebuilding following April 16, when up to 15 inches of rain fell in less than a day, flooding at least 70 homes in Gregory and more than 26 in the Tradewinds subdivision 5 miles to the north.

The bond election is one of many items on ballots in cities and school districts around the Coastal Bend.