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🌱 How Port Lavaca’s new film-friendly status could boost local jobs

Port Lavaca, Texas Patch AM: a 3 min read

Greetings Port Lavaca! We’re your go-to source for what’s happening in town. Read on to get plugged in! ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • How Port Lavaca’s new film-friendly status could boost local jobs
  • Why Port Lavaca is praised as a quiet coastal escape

Also on today's calendar: Ecosystem Summit 2026.

Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 90 and low of 77 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Saturday: A t-storm around in the p.m., temps: high: 89, low: 80.
  • Sunday: A thunderstorm; breezy, humid, with a high of 89 and low of 80 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Port Lavaca named Film Friendly Texas Certified Community (portlavacawave.com) — Port Lavaca has officially been named a Film Friendly Texas Certified Community, a designation local and state leaders say could attract film, TV, and digital media projects to town. The certification highlights the city’s coastal scenery and bayfront while promising potential new jobs, tourism, and business for hotels, restaurants, and other local services. Officials describe it as a fresh tool for economic development and wider exposure.
   

• 12 Hidden Texas Cities Off The Tourist Map (myfamilytravels.com) — Port Lavaca earns a spot on a list of lesser-known Texas destinations, praised for its quiet bayfront, long pier, and relaxed pace on Matagorda Bay. The writer highlights Bayfront Peninsula Park’s waterfront path, birdwatching, and the Calhoun County Museum for local history. For residents, it’s a reminder of how the town’s uncommercial, slow rhythm stands out on the Gulf Coast.
   

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Other local events
    Monday June 15
  • CCISD Board Meeting
    CALHOUN COUNTY ISD Port Lavaca, TX 77979
    • Friday June 19
  • Ecosystem Summit 2026 →
    Community Center of Aransas County, 302 N Live Oak St, Rockport
    11:00 am

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  • Walmart posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate in Port Lavaca. Apply here.
  • Disabledperson, Inc posted a job opening for Stocking Team Associate at Walmart in Port Lavaca, Texas in Port Lavaca. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Port Lavaca here.

🗞 Nearby News

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  • A Look At Unsolved Homicide Cases In Deep East Texas (kicks105.com)

Ok Port Lavaca! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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