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Advantages of Doing Business in Grapevine

A recent poll of Grapevine businesses indicates that they consistently chose Grapevine for it’s:

• Superb access to seven major highways and Dallas/Fort Airport
• Location midway between Alliance Airport and Dallas Love Field
• Low local property tax rate
• Charming authentic historic downtown district
• Central location within the Metroplex
• Excellent choice of commercial and office space
• Outstanding selection of restaurants and hotel rooms
• Pro business climate
• Family oriented lifestyle with a rich selection of excellent schools, parks and public amenities
• Nationally renowned festivals and family activities
• Convenience to all United States markets

When considering a relocation, many businesses look not only at logistics and finances, but also
look at the cultural, educational and recreational amenities the community has available to
relocating employees and their families:

• Existing Commercial - Home to Grapevine Mills Mall, Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World,
Gaylord Texan, 160 restaurants, 5,000 hotel rooms and 9 winery/tasting rooms.
• Active Promotion - Fourth largest convention and visitor’s bureau in Texas with 61 full time
employees.
• Excellent Demographics - High median incomes, population and education levels.
• Main Street Historic District - Seventy-five restored buildings listed on the National Register
of Historic Places filled with art galleries, gift shops, restaurants, clothing boutiques, antique
stores and a farmer’s market.
• Festivals - Two major festivals and numerous other community events throughout the year.
• Recreation - Lake Grapevine, 81 holes of golf and numerous movie theaters, parks and trails.
• Grapevine Opry - Some of the best live Country and Western performances in the Dallas/Fort
Worth area.
• Grapevine Cotton belt Railroad Historic District - Home to the Visitor Information Center and
the Grapevine Vintage Railroad.

DFW Airport contains approximately 18,000 acres
and directly employs some 60,000 personnel. The
airport has seven runways, 165 gates, and is served
by 25 passenger airlines and 22 cargo airlines. Every
major city in the continental United States can be
accessed within four hours. It ranks 4th in the world
th
in terms of operations and 12 in terms of
passengers. In 2018 the airport served over 69
million passengers and has an economic impact of
$37 billion.

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