US Congressman Michael Cloud for the 27th District announces a $5 million grant from the Department of Commerce's Economic Development Administration. The award will assist Rockport Center for the Arts in designing and building a campus that will house its sculpture garden and visual arts and art education programs. The project will include a venue center that will be instrumental in developing a new tourism initiative to draw convention visitors to the area, something that has been lacking as an offering in Rockport and Fulton, Texas. Tourism is Rockport’s most significant industry.