Page 10 - Grapevine Budget FY21

Convention & Visitors Bureau / Parks and Recreation

1. Programmed safe events throughout the pandemic to provide activities for residents and
draw visitors to local businesses (Summer activities on Main Street, Fourth of July
fireworks, fall concerts at Meadowmere Park, Carol of Lights, Reverse parade, Christmas
Capital décor).
2. Checked in on active adults daily and provided daily lunches. A total of 5,500 lunches
have been delivered to date.
3. Provided virtual programs for active adults.

Fire/Emergency Management

1. Facilitated with State and County to provide personal protective equipment to businesses
2. Assisted with Hurst vaccine location.
3. Set up Grapevine Cares hotline to answer COVID-related questions and fielded nearly 500
calls from residents and businesses.
4. Put a COVID-only ambulance into service in order to protect non-COVID patients and
minimize transmission risk.
5. Coordinated with GRACE and Chamber of Commerce; GRACE was part of City’s
Emergency Operation Center calls (and still is) to ensure that seniors were taken care of
during the closure, e.g., coordinating the delivery of food between parks staff and GRACE.
6. Put a paramedic in the dispatch center in order to triage calls and answer questions about
COVID.

Grapevine Public Library

1. First library in the area to reopen to in-person traffic.
2. Curated book “packets” based on interest while the Library was closed for pick up.
3. Provided virtual story times and youth/adult activities throughout pandemic.
4. New physical cardholders - 1,351
5. New digital cardholders 566
6. Drive through visits to the Library increased by 120% (with 11,119 drive-thru users)
7. eAudio checkouts - 18% increase over last year
8. Visits to the Library website - 55,015 (77% increase)
9. 3.5K Make & Take activities prepared and distributed in our community
10. Awarded over $100,000 in grant funding - projects include those that refresh technology
and augment program offerings, genealogy collection, and circulating resources on health
topics and kits.
11. Transitioned to a new integrated library system, Koha, which allows staff remote access to
system operations when staff cannot be on-site.
12. Transitioned to a new library app, MyLibro, allowing voice commands, appointment
scheduling, and other new features.
13. New offerings included VOX Books (funded by the Friends), LaunchPad Academy,
ReadSquared, and Dial-A-Story.

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