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Drink this in: Grapevine has landed a Chicken N Pickle.
The North Kansas City, Missouri-based company has announced that next year it will open its eighth location, and third in Texas, at Delaney Vineyards off of State Highway 121.
The Grapevine location is planned to sport multiple dining areas on the mai...
It started as a way to cope with COVID-19.
Now, Grapevine residents Ron Olsen and Chris Penny can say their pandemic project is one for the record books.
The duo began collecting and painting rocks and forming a trail with them through the city’s Parr Park in March 2020.
On Wednesday, the displa...
Dislocation, Dislocation, Dislocation
Sep 6 2021Remote work is full of paradoxes and ironies.
Start with that word: “remote.” It sounds like you’re far, far away, speaking into a tin can. But a fair number of suddenly remote workers have never been more present and accounted for.
It also lends itself to the easy joke: “You’re working remotel...
A business park north of DFW International Airport has sold for $123 million.
The Port America industrial campus has 15 buildings near State Highway 114 in Grapevine. California-based PS Business Parks Inc. purchased the more than 717,000-square-foot business park.
The warehouse and distribution buildings were built between 1981 and 2002 and wer...
Texas once again in 2021 took the top spot in Site Selection Magazine’s Global Groundwork Index, a measure of the state’s success in combined infrastructure and corporate end-user project investment, the Atlanta-based magazine announced Thursday, Sept. 2.
While Texas has maintained its #1 spot in the rankings for four years, th...
Creative Funding to Enable Sustainability
Aug 31 2021Many building managers have realized that — in the same way that they have a responsibility to keep their occupants safe and healthy — they also have a responsibility to keep the planet safe and healthy. In fact, Johnson Controls found in its 2020 Energy Efficiency Indicator Survey that 6...
At mid-year 2021, Texas leads the nation in export trade — with $171.9 billion as of June 2021. This should come as no surprise to anyone who knows that Texas has been the nation’s No. 1 state for exports for the past 19 years.
But did you know that Texas expor...
U.S. Supply Chains Face Critical Stage
Aug 30 2021It’s too soon to gauge the ultimate result of the Biden administration’s efforts to address long-standing vulnerabilities in the nation’s supply chains. But findings from the comprehensive Executive Order (E.O.) 14017 “America’s Supply Chains” released on June 8th set out to put the nation on a stronger course. Following th...
Governor Greg Abbott and the Governor’s Commission for Women today announced six extraordinary Texas women, recognized for outstanding achievement in their fields and for changing the course of history, have been selected for induction into the Texas Women’s Hall of Fame.
“The Texas Women’s Hall of Fame recognizes and celebrates remarkabl...
Saturday, Aug. 28, is National Red Wine Day, and the wineries and tasting rooms of Grapevine have quite a selection to help you celebrate. Many offer online orders, curbside pickup, or in-store pickup, and some are hosting guests at their tasting rooms.
While this is not an exhaustive list of Grapevin...
Entrepreneurship isn’t an easy or simple profession, but as with any field, there are basic principles that govern success. The most fundamental truth in entrepreneurship is this: find a problem and be the solution. If you want to become a successful entrepreneur, your business must fill a gap, solve a...
5 Effective Ways To Reinvent Your Business
Aug 27 2021When a business is experiencing a decline in revenue or has simply plateaued and is not growing, there can be a number of contributing factors. A global pandemic, new competition, loss of a major customer, weak management, turnover of key employees, or off-target marketing could all have a negative effec...
The number of women entrepreneurs grows to unprecedented levels and shows no sign of stopping, as the younger generations eschew their reliance on corporations for lifelong employment and as immigrants, who are risk-takers by nature, start their own businesses.
To mark Women’s Equality Day, which commemorates the 101st anniversary of th...
The landscape has changed dramatically for businesses accessing the labor market pool. Employers have to rethink how to approach prospective employees if they plan on meeting their hiring demands. Job shortages have created a frenzy where companies are scrambling to adopt a new approach to hiring new team members i...
7 Ways to Successfully Manage Managers
Aug 14 2021Managing managers can be similar, in some ways, to managing a team — you need to align priorities, communicate goals, provide feedback and serve as a mentor. But the difference in managing managers is that you have to not only oversee their work, but make sure they’re effectively supporting thei...
Grapevine-Colleyville ISD’s director of health services Amy Taldo has received a national honor.
Taldo has been named the 2021 National Certified School Nurse of the Year by the National Board for Certification of School Nurses, according to a Grapevine-Colleyville ISD news release.
The award, which she received in a virtual ceremony las...
The Grapevine Police Department is looking for emergency dispatchers, and is offering hiring incentives for those who answer the call.
The department will give $1,200 to new hires, the agency announced Friday in a press release.
Successful new hires will receive $600 upon offer, $300 after a successful completion of the initia...
Texas shows significant gains in trade exports as of June 2021 over June 2020, according to this month’s U.S. International Trade in Goods and Services June 2021 report by the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.
Texas moved significantly ahead of 2020 June reported export trade, with an increase of 60% an...
COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS — Texas A&M has been awarded an Adult Education and Literacy Statewide Professional Development Center Grant in the amount of $2,500,000.
“Maintaining a strong adult education system in Texas is an important component in closing the middle-skills gap,” said TWC Chairman Bryan Daniel in a press release. “AE...
Broadband Development Office comes to Texas
Aug 3 2021Most Americans take high speed internet for granted but there’s two million Texans who don’t have broadband access. Glenn Hegar and the Texas Comptroller office are beginning the process of bringing internet to the state’s most rural areas.
Up until this point, Texas has been only 1 of 6 states tha...
A few weeks ago, when I posted an image of the building known as Grapevine Main on my Instagram feed, the replies were, well, a lot: quizzical comments, derisive comments, approving comments, emojis of all kinds.
What exactly is Grapevine Main? I’m not sure how to answer that question, but ...
A 2021 report by Business Facilities Magazine ranks Texas as No. 1 in the nation for semiconductors and installed wind power capacity and in the Top 10 in its global rankings for Austin’s start-up ecosystem.
Business Facilities published these rankings in its State, Metro and Global Rankings Report, the magazine’s annua...
Grapevine’s destination dining scene is adding two more restaurants to its roster.
Plano-based Velvet Taco and California-based Rock & Brews are headed to a new seven-acre development, according to the city of Grapevine.
“We can’t wait to see Rock & Brews and Velvet Taco move into their new homes in our destinatio...
In the spring of 2020, millions of people were losing their jobs as the pandemic shuttered entire industries and sectors. Individuals who remained employed craved job security, so they hunkered down in gratitude, hoping that they wouldn't be one of the unlucky ones to become unemployed. Fast-forward to June 2021...
