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Preparations for the “New Normal”
Jun 26 2020Until an effective treatment is proven or a vaccination is widely distributed, we’ll continue to have more questions than answers regarding a succinct definition or timing of the “new normal.” However, what we do know now is that the COVID-19 crisis has exposed the over-reliance on just-in-time global supply chains...
COVID-19 has significantly altered the landscape for businesses globally that will reverberate well beyond and into the future. Manufacturing and supply chain decisions for corporations have had to make adaptations due to the massive disruption from this pandemic. Understanding and implementing the new norms will be quintessential to success i...
Economic development compliance is historically a long process, one that is typically managed over a multi-year time frame. Companies have negotiated incentives to help offset costs associated with growth and expansion and count on the economic benefits as part of their strategic growth plan — specifically, their plan for buildin...
GRAPEVINE, TX -- The City of Grapevine, TX Economic Development Department recently launched a newly designed website to further strengthen its online presence and economic growth by offering a more robust and informative tool to prospective companies. The newly revamped website, ChooseGrapevineTX.com, offers a dedicated search engine designed to easil...
Finding Talent in a Time of Economic Change
Jun 24 2020The coronavirus pandemic has caused more economic disruption than the U.S. has seen since the Great Depression. No one can say for sure what the landscape will look like as the economy recovers, but it’s clear that a lot of puzzle pieces won’t snap back into the same places a...
Innovation in America Reaches New Heights
Jun 24 2020The concept of an “innovation center” is certainly not new. However, without much fanfare, over time, some operations have reinvented the traditional center model, changing how and where they operate, leaning upon new partners and resources, and switching out the types of clients or markets served.
Unfortunately, due to the COVID-1...
MAY 21, 2020 — Since 2010, populations in cities in the southern and western regions of the United States experienced rapid growth. The South leads the way with 10 of the top 15 fastest-growing large U.S. cities, with a population of 50,000 or more, according to new population estimates for cities an...
Texas Gov. Abbott Welcomes Kubota to Grapevine, Celebrates Official Opening of North American Headquarters
Jun 18 2020GRAPEVINE, Tx., (Apr. 7, 2017) – Kubota Tractor Corporation unveiled its new North American headquarters building in Grapevine, Texas, today in a special ribbon cutting ceremony with Governor Greg Abbott, Masatoshi Kimata, President and Representative Director of the Kubota Group, along with State and local officials and supporters from the Grapevine community wh...
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The Frontier Spirit 2
Jun 18 2020GRAPEVINE: OPEN FOR ADVENTURE!
In this video, Mayor William D. Tate recounts the journey Grapevine has been on through the COVID-19 pandemic. Enjoy a stroll back into Grapevine's past - and a bit of the present.
Grapevine, Texas (June 6, 2018) — The Grapevine City Council and Paycom are proud to announce that Paycom Software, Inc., (“Paycom”) an award-winning U.S.-based human capital management technology provider, will be relocating its Texas operations center to Grapevine, Texas.
Oklahoma City-based Paycom will occupy approximately 14 acres of the City of Grapevin...
Harvest Hall, the coming-soon food hall inside downtown Grapevine’s Hotel Vin, has announced four of its seven culinary concepts ? Arepa TX, Chick & Biscuit, Four Sisters: A Taste of Vietnam, and Spuntino ? all expected to open this summer.
Each of the restaurants is already local and family-owned-and-operated, and ther...
Renewable Energy Powerhouses Merge In Texas
Jun 1 2020AUSTIN, TX — Two of the state's most prominent nonprofits focused on clean enregy have merged to yield more robust efforts to accelerate growth of renewable energy, officials announced Monday.
Officially aligning their goals with the merger were Texas Renewable Energy Industries Alliance, founded in 1984 to advance renewable energy i...
In the interstate economic-development wars, few rivalries can match the long-running one between California and Texas. At a time when so many Americans have such sharply divided attitudes on the proper role of government, these states illustrate the extremes. They're both also thought to be, in their own way, model...
In a bid to create the most connected, smart, and resilient region in the U.S., a consortium called the North Texas Innovation Alliance (NTXIA) has been launched by a number of key cross-sector stakeholders. The Alliance aims to work collaboratively to solve pressing challenges to improve quality of life, expedite inclusive economi...
At a time when more people are working from home but business deliverables and deadlines remain the same, managers are seeking tangible ways to make remote work function just as well as the usual methods for employees they support. Below are four tangible steps that managers can take to combat communicatio...
It's Time To Close The Digital Divide
May 22 2020With so many school districts around the country working feverishly to implement distance learning programs, there is no better time to talk about the digital divide and a student’s right to education.
While the term "digital divide" can be used to describe many instances in which marginalized kids and those tha...
Texas’ pro-business climate has made it an ideal place for investment. Powered by the oil boom, technology and life sciences, our economy topped more than $1.9 trillion in the fourth quarter, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis, making it among the largest economies of the world.
As recently as December 2019...
Start Dreaming of Travel Again; In Texas
May 14 2020If you have traveled around the country or the world you know the importance of immersing yourself in other cultures.
How about immersing yourself into the Texas culture? As the economy reopens in the state, Texas certainly has a lot to offer.
The Texas Travel Alliance and the Texas Association of Convention...
Tesla’s flirtation with Texas just got a tad more serious.
Days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk threatened to move production out of California, Texas Governor Greg Abbott told a local television reporter he has talked with the mercurial billionaire about setting up shop in Texas.
“I’ve had the opportunity to talk t...
AUSTIN, Texas — As state leaders begin to restart the Texas economy, policy experts from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at The University of Texas at Austin and the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston have issued a nine-point playbook with their vision for rebuilding a mor...
