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Island Bound Sailing Adventures offers sailing experiences, training and charter services from its location at Scott’s Landing at Grapevine Lake near Dallas, Texas. The company’s instructors are certified by the American Sailing Association. Training programs are available for various skill levels, ranging from beginner to U.S. Coast Guard license preparation.The...
Summer 2026 has been good to North Texas families looking for something new to do. Universal Kids Resort opened its gates in Frisco on July 1, and now Grapevine has entered the mix with an attraction built on an entirely different premise. Instead of rides and characters, Dig World hands...
Texas Is Investing Billions in Job-Ready Talent: Here’s What CTE Funding Means For Businesses
Jul 12 2026In 2025, the Texas Legislature invested more than $7 billion in career and technical education (CTE) training programs over two years, the largest CTE investment in state history. The investment comes as Texas continues to lead the nation in job creation, with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reporting that...
After a retail-heavy June report, Grapevine's local market shifted toward another bread-and-butter industry here in DFW: logistics. From home renovations and repairs to the aviation supply chain, our City's latest batch of new business openings is centered on getting the right things to the right place at the right time...
Texas and Florida consistently rank among the most competitive destinations for business expansion and relocation, driven by population growth, business investment, and economic performance. In fact, both states were recently recognized among the top U.S. states for economic momentum, reflecting their ability to attract talent, capital, and corporate growth. But...
A little over a decade ago, Alex Carroll found himself on the phone trying to explain how a critically-praised independent film could lose money for its investors. Strangely, the man on the other end of the line seemed to be the happier of the two. Carroll, who grew up in...
The world of site selection has always been a high-stakes game of timing, logistics, and negotiation. But the conditions shaping project decisions today are more complex, more compressed, and more punishing of mistakes than at any point in recent memory. The margin for error has shrunk to almost nothing, and...
Soccer fans across the globe have eagerly awaited the 2026 FIFA World Cup and have filled hotels across the United States. Nearly 28 million rooms were sold in the first week alone, with thousands of fans surging into host cities – including the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex.Arlington was already bathed in...
Families searching for affordable, outdoor fun close to the ArkLaTex can find plenty of activities just a short road trip away in North Texas.Lake Grapevine offers a variety of options for those who love the water. The 8,000-acre lake is a destination for boating, water-skiing, windsurfing, and fishing. The shoreline...
The World Cup is already happening, and while the stadiums are the main focus, other venues offer alternatives for enjoying the games — not just with friends or coworkers, but with the whole family. Dallas-Fort Worth is full of restaurants and patios that have set up giant screens to broadcast...
In the two decades since Area Development first started its State Shovel Awards, the economic development landscape has been remade several times over. We’ve watched the rise and partial retreat of the EV gigaplant era, the return of semiconductor fabrication to American soil, the explosive buildout of data center infrastructure,...
Texas has built one of the most resilient and diversified economies in the United States. With a gross state product exceeding $2.6 trillion, Texas ranks as the second-largest state economy in the nation, according to the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis.What makes that scale especially notable is how broadly it...
Something big is coming to North Texas this summer. A monumental occurrence in the world of sports, synonymous with international culture and somehow instantly recognizable to any American while striking most of us as foreign. One game, played almost exclusively with your feet, that may be the closest the world...
The Grapevine economy is built on family-friendly entertainment, quality dining, and a retail market with room for everyone. That's been the goal for roughly half a century now, and it's hard to imagine there being much room for improvement at this point… but making great things even better is the...
GLOBAL BEST TO INVEST 2026
Jun 1 2026Anyone engaged in regional investment attraction knows an essential truth: Things seem to go much better when your area’s economy and policies align with your country’s.Judging by the results of this year’s Global Best to Invest index, things could not be more united anywhere in the world than in the...
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Defined by Grapevine Mills and Bass Pro Shops, this region benefits from family-friendly attractions and the wealth of complementary uses they attract.Visitor Pattern: Reliably Strong (YOY visits up 0.2%)Best Month in Last 12 (based on sales tax collected): Dec 2025Worst Month in Last 12 (based on sales tax collected): Jan...
What Happens in Vegas… Benefits Grapevine?
May 29 2026Every year, tens of thousands of Commercial Real Estate professionals travel to Nevada for ICSC Las Vegas. The trade show, billed as “the world’s largest meet event” in the industry, has birthed countless development deals, lease agreements, and public-private partnerships. Kubota’s North American headquarters landed in Grapevine as a direct...
How Tariffs Are Rewiring Logistics
May 28 2026Over a year on from “Liberation Day,” trading partners and trade routes have changed, propelled by a shift by firms toward importing from countries with more favorable tariff terms. While the effects have not been immediate on industrial commercial real estate, they are starting to cycle through, proving to be...
Visitors to Grapevine, Texas, have several lodging options, but more people than you may expect are packing their tents or rolling up in RVs to stay at one of its campsites. Specifically, the Vineyards Campground and Cabins on Grapevine Lake, managed by the Parks and Recreation Department, offers a unique...
If you want to know how Texas put together a corporate facility deal-making dynasty, it pays to look at the numbers.That’s what we did in assembling the annual Site Selection tally of the top-performing states in the Prosperity Cup rankings. For the second straight year, Texas takes the crown for...
There’s never a shortage of things to do in the Historic Central District, even when it isn’t being activated for a major festival. While vacationers and event-based travel are certainly the leading source of foot traffic in the area, it’s worth noting that seven of the top ten destinations in...
There are no bad months to open any kind of business in Grapevine, but every now and then, the City sees a surge of companies from a specific industry. This month, medical users and supply chain boosters dominated the Certificate of Occupancy list… and the local economy remains powerfully diverse...
If you don’t think officially designated U.S. Foreign-Trade Zones literally energize the economy, you haven’t looked at the energy industry profile in the nation’s top FTZs.Using data sets found in the 86th Annual Report of the Foreign-Trade Zones Board to the Congress of the United States, Site Selection here presents...
How Forward-Thinking Companies Are Redefining Workplace Wellness — and Winning Because of It
May 1 2026I remember the exact moment I knew something had to change. I was answering emails at midnight, physically present but mentally checked out, running on caffeine and the vague promise of a weekend that never felt restful. I wasn’t alone.According to Gallup’s State of the Global Workplace Report, declining engagement...
