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GRAPEVINE -- Mustang Drive is home to yet another headquarters. After three years in a 2,200 square-foot facility in neighboring Southlake, Solo Brands (DTC) took a sizable leap forward. Their new facility stretches across 430,000 square feet, including a product development lab, open-concept office space, a full-service marketing suite, and ...
Texas is a state full of fun and adventure all year round. It is not only the second-largest state in America, but it also welcomes more than 72 million visitors every single year. They come to witness the various unique attractions that the state has to offer. From San Antonio’...
The 2 Types of Fear That Stop Most Entrepreneurs and How You Can Use Them to Fuel Your Success
Nov 8 2021Too often, we talk about fear as if it were only for people destined to fail. Cowards who never had the courage to succeed. But, if we're honest, we can admit that we all feel some fear. In particular, we have all feared that we are not good enough an...
House of Shine, the Grapevine interactive museum, will host a holiday craft fair featuring goods made by entrepreneurial kids.
It will be the fourth year for the event, set to take place from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 13, according to Colleen Monroe, House of Shine’s chief operating officer.
“It reall...
Site selection professionals travel all over the United States, looking at hundreds of potential sites for development with a goal of finding suitable sites for their clients. What does it mean to achieve success? Ultimately, they must be incredibly efficient in evaluating and narrowing site lists, while balancing a seemingl...
With heightened pressure for businesses to adopt sustainable business practices, the commercial real estate industry has a viable role to play in the fight against climate change. In fact, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the built world accounts for more than 40 percent of the planet’s carbo...
In August, Rocki Rockingham was named Chief Human Resources Officer for GE Appliances. Area Development’s editor recently asked her about the company’s strategy to build upon its recent global “Great Place to Work” recognition and to create a workplace culture that attracts and retains top talent.
Area Development: Despite the hig...
Fueled by an explosion of technological innovation and entrepreneurial enthusiasm, dozens of new space and aerospace startups are coming online each year. Such is the power of brilliant people with big ideas.
From small electric-powered aircraft, some with vertical takeoff and landing abilities, to space planes that take off from ordinar...
Messina Hof Winery is a triple threat.
The Grapevine winery took home three awards last month at the 38th Lone Star International Wine Competition, according to a news release.
Messina Hof’s 2019 Gewurztraminer Private Reserve received a Grand Star and was also named Best in Texas. A new Riesling-based rosé, Blushing Angel...
A lot has been written and said about companies and people relocating from California to Texas, but I wanted to know what it was really like for a CEO who actually made the move.
Recently, I had the opportunity to visit with the leaders of two Fortune 500 companies who di...
Dutch Bros Coffee has big plans brewing for North Texan coffee drinkers.
The Oregon-based drive-through chain is opening more than a dozen locations in the D-FW area this year and next.
Dutch Bros offers specialty coffee, smoothies, cold brew, teas and energy drinks. Most locations serve customers through drive-thru windows, although som...
Freedom is a magnet. We saw more evidence of that when Tesla recently announced plans to move its headquarters from California to Texas—joining a growing list of companies that have made the same move.
The fact is, Texas is by far the most popular destination—a decade-long distinction—for company headquarters leaving Californi...
This week, leaders from the G20 (or Group of Twenty), an intergovernmental forum of 19 countries and the European Union, are meeting on a number of issues related to the global economy. One critical item is an international tax agreement on a global minimum corporate tax rate of 15% fo...
How to Stamp Out Employee Burnout
Oct 26 2021There’s been much made of an impending “turnover tsunami” lately, with the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) being one of the first to sound the warning bell for organizations working hard to fill open positions and, especially, to recruit talent for hard-to-fill roles during a pandemic that continues t...
Even during the best of times, starting a small business is tough. During the Covid-19 pandemic, it became a quest for survival. While roughly one-third of small businesses were closed amid the lockdowns, many have reopened their doors or launched anew as consumer demand roars back.
Each of the 31.7 millio...
Texas Adds 95,800 Jobs In September 2021
Oct 22 2021AUSTIN, TEXAS – In September, Texas added 95,800 total nonagricultural jobs, and the seasonally adjusted Texas unemployment rate was at 5.6%, a decrease of 0.3 percentage points from August 2021, according to data released Friday by the Texas Workforce Commission.
Texas has added a total of 711,500 jobs since September 2020...
Most businesses have not escaped supply chain challenges over the previous 12 months. When everyone expected COVID-19 to slow demand, it accelerated demand to a point where supply chains were stretched to their limits. But it not just COVID — the winter storm of 2021 reduced Texas’ capacity to refin...
Congratulations. Your business is growing! Revenue is up, and you just launched a new product that is flying off the shelves. The only problem is you need to hire more people and you have no place to put them. You have hired a site selector, and they have found th...
Changes in the Incentives Landscape
Oct 19 2021The economic development industry and the site selection process saw significant changes brought on by the events of 2020 — from economic development groups learning how to conduct effective virtual site tours to managing the disbursement of federal funding through the Cares Act. These changes may have been more manageabl...
Fourth Sonic location coming soon to Grapevine
Oct 19 2021A new Sonic restaurant will be coming to 3115 Ira E. Woods Ave., Grapevine, following a permit approval from Planning and Zoning and City Council on Oct. 19. An opening date has not been announced yet. The drive-thru restaurant franchise is known for its burgers, breakfast food and half-priced shake...
The Path Forward for Tech Talent Diversity
Oct 18 2021The tech talent workforce is steadily getting more diverse each year as employers emphasize it in recruitment and retention strategies. Still, diversity remains a challenge for tech employers, and to address it we must first understand its scope and implications.
By most measures, tech talent in the U.S. long has lacke...
Hotel Vin, the year-old Marriott Autograph Collection property along Grapevine’s Main Street, has earned national kudos.
The hotel, which opened in September 2020, ranked No. 10 in Conde Nast Traveler’s 2021 Readers’ Choice Awards for the top 20 hotels in Texas.
Six other Dallas-area hotels are on the list:
Hotel Crescent Court, Dallas...
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Tesla is moving its headquarters from Palo Alto, California, to Austin in a move that highlights the advantages of doing business in Texas, said Robert Allen, President and CEO of the Texas Economic Development Corporation.
“We are really delighted to hear Tesla is moving its headquarters to Austin...
Texas business executive Sanjiv Yajnik can aptly be described as a caring and innovative leader, a modern day Renaissance man.
Aside from Yajnik’s position as president of the Plano-based Financial Services division of Capital One, he chairs the Dallas Symphony Association; serves as treasurer of NAF, a nonprofit that helps ensur...
