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adding any nancial burden to them.” These initiatives were started to bring in sales tax dollars and help businesses during slower times, city ocials from Southlake and Colleyville said. “Colleyville does a good job of keeping busi- nesses [local],” said Palio’s Pizza owner Tom Schott. Colleyville, Southlake programs nancially boost shoppers, stores

businesses, and Colleyville’s gift card program, which mails residents gift cards to spend locally. “Spruce experienced increased foot trac, greater visibility and more repeat visits,” said Amy Kelly, Southlake-based Spruce Closet + Home owner. “It’s all possible through a city-funded initiative that supports local businesses without

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Programs in Southlake and Colleyville oering gift cards and cashback rewards are showing signs of success in supporting local small businesses, ocials from both cities said. The incentives include Southlake’s Open Rewards program, which gives 5% cash back at various

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• Opened July 12 • 1101 Cheek-Sparger Road, Ste. 108, Colleyville • www.prayersandpilates.com 3 Smart Quest Academy Owner Karla Aleman said the school is a Science Technology Engineering Arts Math-focused academy. • Classes started Aug. 12 • 280 Commerce St., Ste. 105, Southlake • www.smartquestacademy.com 4 Southlake Strength and Fitness The gym offers personal training sessions, group sessions, kickboxing and muscle activation therapy. • Opened May 31 • 280 Commerce St., Ste. 130, Southlake • www.southlakestrength.com 5 Miss J The boutique has high-end clothing, such as jumpsuits, skirts, dresses, pants and shirts. • Opened June 13 • 1228 Prospect St., Southlake • www.missjboutique.com 6 Lazi Cow The shop will serve boba milk tea, smoothies, slushies, milkshakes, coffee and taiyaki waffle desserts. • Opened Aug. 9 • 5615 Colleyville Blvd. Ste. 420, Colleyville • www.lazicowtexas.square.site

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7 Bank OZK The bank will have personal saving and checking accounts and different loans available. • Opening Aug. 27 • 4841 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville • www.ozk.com 8 Crispy Cones The business serves soft-serve ice cream in grilled dough cones covered in cinnamon and sugar.

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• Opening TBD • 2101 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 120, Southlake • www.crispycones.com

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9 NBT Financial The bank is opening its first Grapevine branch. It started in north Fort Worth and rebranded from The National Bank of Texas to NBT Financial last year. • Opening TBD • 803 E. Northwest Highway, Grapevine • www.nbtbank.com

12 RA Sushi The restaurant, which was in business for nearly 10 years, offered sushi, poke bowls, Waygu beef and

hibachi burritos. • Closed May 29 • 1131 E. Southlake Blvd., Southlake • www.rasushi.com

13 Schlotzky’s The fast-casual chain sold sandwiches, pizza, calzones, salads, soups and desserts. • Closed June 21 • 1801 S. Main St., Grapevine • www.schlotzskys.com 14 Knockout Sports Bar The bar featured more than 20 different beers on top and served pizza, wings and burgers. • Closed June 25 • 1720 William D. Tate Ave., Grapevine • www.knockoutsportsbar-grapevinetx.godaddysites.com

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10 Trader Joe’s The grocery store is undergoing renovations throughout the location, which will remain open during construction. Renovations should by done by Sept. 1. • 1492 E. Southlake Blvd., Southlake • www.traderjoes.com

15 La La Land Kind Café The café’s menu features lattes, signature coolers, hibiscus iced tea, avocado toast and hazelnut toast, which has strawberries and bananas on top. La La Land Kind Café is committed to spreading kindness and serving top-quality coffee and delicious treats, the company’s website states. • Opened June 6 • 2175 E. Southlake Blvd., Ste. 180, Southlake • www.lalalandkindcafe.com

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Dr. Scott Mason received a Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) in 1993 and began his dental career in Grapevine the same year. He works at his family dental practice, Mason Dental, which is located off Wall Street in Grapevine. He spoke with Community Impact on some of the ways parents can help kids maintain healthy dental hygiene as they head back to school. With the start of the school year, what best practices and tips would you recommend for children’s dental health as they return to school and routines? You want to establish good habits with the kids to teach them. Daily flossing is important and brush- ing at least twice a day, specifically in the morning after they get up and then at night before they go to bed. I know most of the time they’re not going to be able to do a mid-day brushing, but at least morning and evening is the best bet. What can parents and teachers do to promote healthy habits for children when it comes to dental care? What about for children who participate in sports? Creating a healthy snack board for doing well and reward[ing] good behavior is always a good thing, especially with younger kids, because it teaches them the mindset that, ‘If I do this, then I’m going to get something that is also rewarding.’ It’s always good to have a custom-fitted mouth guard and one that is comfortable so that they are willing to wear it. If they can wear those sports guards, then there’s a higher chance of probability that they won’t have to [deal] with emergencies in the dental office.

What advice do you have for navigating dental visits for children with braces or cavities? Making sure that parents keep [dental and ortho- dontia] appointments throughout the school year, because kids with braces are not the best at taking care of their teeth. Most of the time, appointments are at the begin- ning of the day or the end of the day. At the end of the day, [the patient gets] to go home afterward and [no one has] to rush or hurry back to school or work. What dental care tips should families keep in mind if they pack their student’s lunch? Keeping a low-sugar lunch or lunch box is obviously the best practice, and to encourage more water in their diet. It’s not only good for them and for their whole body, but water is a good neutralizer of an acidic environment in the mouth. Any kind of sugar creates an acidic environ- ment in the mouth. That acidic environment is when cavities form. The more time that the mouth can be in a neutral environment from drinking more water, it’s going to reduce the chances of cavities forming. Do you have any other tips for parents? Encourage the kids to take responsibility for their oral hygiene and for their snacking habits when the parents aren’t involved. It will teach them more responsibility about taking better care of themselves and not having to, hopefully, spend more time in the dental chair.

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Development

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Southlake mayor unveils new public library plans During an address to the Southlake Chamber of Commerce on July 24, Mayor Shawn McCaskill announced the city is working on plans to build a public library that will also encompass a veterans memorial. The breakdown The new library and memorial would be off Byron Nelson Boulevard across the street from Rocken- baugh Elementary School, McCaskill said. The land where the library will be built, called the Parkwood site, already is city owned. “We have our city library in the basement, basically, of town hall. They do a great job with the space they’re provided, but parking is a challenge,” McCaskill said. He said that for years there have been plans to move the library to its own freestanding location. The veterans memorial was already planned, with

Dig World to come to Grapevine Mills Dig World, a construction-themed adven- ture park, announced July 16 that it would be opening a location at Grapevine Mills. The gist Guests can operate real, full-size construc- tion equipment, engineered with modifica- tions that make it safe for kids to use. The estimated opening is spring of 2026, according to a news release. It will be located in the southwest corner of the mall.

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McCaskill making the announcement Nov. 10, 2024. The timeline The original plan was to break ground on the veterans memorial in 2025. With the addition of the library, McCaskill said the timeline for the library and memorial to open would be “a couple years” from now. “I think [it’s] more than a year away from breaking ground, then another year and a half or two years after that before the door is open,” he said.

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BY HEATHER MCCULLOUGH

Learn the latest on three DFW Airport transportation updates

Murder, Preserved Head to the Palace Theatre and become immersed in a murder mystery dinner and escape room experience, complete with an Italian meal, dessert, tea and water. • Aug. 29, 6:30-10 p.m. • $80 per person • 300 S. Main St., Grapevine • www.grapevinetexasusa.com/event/ murder-preserved/40822 Paws to Read Readers can bring a book and spend time with dogs from the Heart of Texas Therapy Dogs program at the

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Texas Sun & Style Market at Grapevine Convention Center The Grapevine Convention Center will host a two-day market with more than 50 artisanal vendors. • Aug. 23, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; Aug. 24, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. • Free (admission) Hello Kitty Cafe Truck The Hello Kitty Cafe Truck will be visiting Southlake Town Square. The mobile unit will be selling Hello Kitty memorabilia, such as shirts and tote bags. • Aug. 23, 10 a.m.-7 p.m. • Free (admission) • 1209 S. Main St., Grapevine • www.tinyurl.com/3tw9n6zj Wild about watercolor Guests are invited to paint with a local group of watercolor artists. Watercolor paints are available. • Aug. 25, 2-4 p.m. • Free (admission) • Colleyville Public Library, 110 Main St., Colleyville • www.tinyurl.com/2uda4a7h • 285 Grand Ave., Southlake • www.tinyurl.com/4rnb74mw

connection is being constructed. Once construc- tion on the new Terminal B bridge is finished, road construction for Terminal A will begin followed by road construction for Terminal C access.

the terminals along International Parkway. Construction started with Terminal B and includes the demolition of the existing flyover bridge into the terminal while a new bridge

Dallas Fort Worth International Airport is transi- tioning road access into terminals A, B and C. Airport officials announced July 23 the construc- tion of new access points and right-hand exits into

1 Terminal B heading north Update: Terminal B traffic from the north will still use the existing left- hand exit; traffic will turn left for a looped path into the terminal. • Timeline: Aug. 6-beginning of November • Funding: part

2 Terminal B heading south Update: Traffic must bypass the northbound exits to the terminal, make a u-turn, then take the southbound exit into terminal. • Timeline: Aug. 6-beginning of November • Funding: part of airport’s $12 billion capital plan

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Update: Northern traffic patterns will remain the same exiting Terminal A; travelers going south will need u-turn at the North Exit Plaza. • Timeline: Aug. 6-beginning of November • Funding: part

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39th Annual GrapeFest This four-day event will include wine tastings, a grape stomp, pickleball, tennis and kid-friendly activities such as carnival rides and exploring the LEGOLAND Discovery Center. • Sept. 11, 11 a.m.-10 p.m.; Sept 12-13, 11 a.m.-11 p.m.; Sept. 14, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. • $25 for a weekend pass, $12 for adults, $5 for seniors over 62 and kids ages 6-12 • Main Street, Grapevine • www.grapevinetexasusa.com/grapefest

Speak Your Mind: Kids Art Workshops A group of artistic Carroll ISD high school students will be on hand to share their art and creativity. • Sept. 16, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. • Free (admission)

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Trophy Club officials launch hotel tourism incentive program

Trophy Club officials are looking to help gener- ate more nights spent in hotels in town by creating a tourism incentive program, or TIP. Breaking it down During the July 28 meeting, Trophy Club Town Council approved the program 6-1, with Garry Ash being the lone no vote. Jill Lind, Trophy Club’s director of communica- tions and marketing, presented the plan that could be an investment of $125,000 for the city per year. Each of the town’s hotels along SH 114 is eligible for up to $20,000 in annual reimbursements for room-night rebates and special marketing incentives. The hotels could also receive up to $5,000 annually at a 75% reimbursement rate for approved wayfinding signage. Lind said hotels can start submitting reimburse- ment starting the 2025-26 fiscal year, which runs Oct. 1 to Sept. 30, 2026.

Zooming in The program is to support local economic devel- opment to help for future town projects, according to council documents. The cost will be funded through the city’s hotel occupancy tax revenue and is a targeted effort to attract visitors through hosted events, coordinated travel and hospitality partnerships, according to city documents. All Trophy Club hotel operators will be invited to join an executive tourism meeting to coordinate efforts, Trophy Club officials said. “The goal is simple: to drive more overnight stays in tourism activity by partnering with our local hotels,” Lind said. Ash explained his no vote was because he would like to see a program where the town had more control of it. He said if groups of five or more were given a $25 dining card in Trophy Club, all of the money would be staying in the town between the hotel and food.

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Hotels eligible for program participation: • Aloft Hotel • Hampton Inn & Suites • Holiday Inn

• Homewood Suites • WoodSpring Suites

SOURCE: TOWN OF TROPHY CLUB/COMMUNITY IMPACT

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Streets, parks top 2026 Colleyville CIP budget Colleyville ocials laid out the projects in the city’s Capital Improvement Plan for scal year 2026 and gave an economic development update during the July 15 work session. The overview Overall, there is $33.49 million budgeted in the Capital Improvement Plan for scal year 2026, according to city documents. Capital Improvement Projects are chosen based on improvement plan funding, city ocials’ long-term vision and how many people the project will aect, Colleyville Public Works Director Lisa Escobedo said. The projects selected will be paid for in cash or using grants, City Manager Jerry Ducay said. Some highlighted projects include: • Design for drainage improvements at the Bedford Road low water crossing

CISD adds new testing program for 202526 Carroll ISD students will now be assessed through the Measures of Academic Progress Growth program in the 2025-26 school year. The gist MAP Growth is designed to measure student achievement in real time. It will not replace the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test, district documents state. The program adapts to a student’s learning level and provides educators with actionable data that informs instruction. “I can’t think of a better way to baseline and measure student learning and growth,” board President Cameron Bryan said. MAP Growth will cost $134,000 to imple- ment and will be paid for through IDEA B, which is federal grant funding from the 2024-25 school year.

Colleyville Capital Improvement Project funds: FY 2026

Utilities: $4.83 M Facilities: $5.96M Parks and Recreation: $8.32 M Streets: $8.54M

$33.49M total

Information technology: $2.69 M

Economic development: $1.18 M Other projects: $1.99 M

NOTE: FIGURES HAVE BEEN ROUNDED

SOURCE: CITY OF COLLEYVILLE COMMUNITY IMPACT

• Drainage improvements on Ponderosa Street • Economic development programs, including gift cards • Designs for a new website

• Designs for Cheek-Sparger Road • Replacement of Heritage Bridge • Completion of Heroes Park

Improvements will also be made to the recre- ation center, which does not include any of the items on the May bond referendum, Ducay said.

Bauer retains council seat despite no-condence vote Stacey Bauer is still on Trophy Club Town Coun- cil despite a 5-2 vote of no condence from fellow council members during a July 28 meeting. Bauer voted against the vote of no condence. The breakdown Roanoke youth sports organizations. “We’re still proceeding as if she’s innocent,” Bauer’s attorney Blakeley Mohr said July 29. He added Bauer plans to run for re-election in the spring and will not step down.

Her next court date is Aug. 29, according to Den- ton County documents. The town charter states if a council member is found guilty of a felony, they will be terminated.

The vote was called when Bauer was arrested June 4 on felony embezzlement charges after she was accused of stealing up to $150,000 from two

Stacey Bauer joined the July 28 Trophy Club Town Council meeting via zoom to hear the vote.

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Purchasing power From the cover

Southlake Open Rewards Program

Colleyville gift card program

The impact

The city of Southlake started its Open Rewards program in 2024.

Colleyville began the program in 2018 with $10 gift cards. It was paused in 2019 before resuming in 2020 with $35 cards.

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Colleyville’s gift card program has invested $5.52 million into local businesses since 2018. The city mails $35 gift cards to Colleyville households once in July and twice in December to spend at local businesses, Economic Development Director Chelsea Rose said. The businesses are reimbursed by the city for the gift card money spent. “Especially during Christmas, we’ve had businesses tell us, ‘If it wasn’t for [the gift cards], we don’t know if we would have made it that month,’” she said. Southlake debuted the cashback program in January 2024, said Daniel Cortez, Southlake’s director of economic development and tourism. The program uses an app called Open Rewards, which gives customers 5% cash back by shopping at participating Southlake businesses. In 2025, popular Southlake Town Center spots where the cashback program was used include Postino, Moxies and Yeti, city documents state.

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Redeemed gift cards: 28,022 Unredeemed gift cards: 5,923

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Out-of-town visitors who used the program: 20%

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Where Southlake’s sales tax goes Sales tax collections (fiscal years)

How we got here

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Colleyville and Southlake have seen a steady increase in sales tax funds in the last ve years, according to documents from the cities. For Colleyville, this is, in part, due to more developments, Rose said. The city owns properties along SH 26 and plans to sell them to commercial developers, according to Colleyville’s website. “The southern and northern gateways that we’re working on [are] more potential sales [for tax reve- nue] that can come back into the city,” Rose said. Spruce Home + Closet had the most uses during the 2025 Southlake Open Rewards Program with 493 claimed oers, Cortez said. Clothing store Saint Bernard and Postino were also near the top of the list of most claimed rewards. Unlike other cities that limit the amount of cash back a customer can get, Southlake’s program is unlimited, Cortez said. “If you are making a big purchase, make it in Southlake. It makes a dierence,” Kelly said.

Many of Colleyville’s economic devel- opment programs started in 2018 due to the construction of SH 26, Assistant City Manager Mark Wood said. The city expected a 1% sales tax increase but saw a 4% rise from advertising grants and the original $10 gift card program, city economic development documents state. The grants give businesses up to $2,000 for advertising, per previous reporting. “[Colleyville] is going above and beyond with incentives like the gift card program and the advertisement grant,” said Lourdes McWithey, owner of Colleyville Eats, a platform for supporting local businesses. The Open Rewards program was created to help counter the post-holiday sales slump, Cortez said. It ran this year from Feb. 1 to May 18 and featured 390 local busi- nesses, per Southlake’s website.

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Where Colleyville’s sales tax goes Sales tax collections (fiscal years)

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2017 2023

$10.64M

6.25%: State 2%: Colleyville

8.25% sales tax

1%: Colleyville general fund 0.5%: Colleyville police department 0.5%: Colleyville libraries/ parks/economic development

SOURCES: CITIES OF SOUTHLAKE, COLLEYVILLE COMMUNITY IMPACT

Looking ahead

“In the end, it’s up to us to patronize the restaurants and other businesses in our city. If we don’t spend

always looking at initiatives to add based on business feedback given during monthly economic development meetings, she said. Cortez said when Southlake City Council approves the scal year 2025-26 budget in October, the cash back program will be part of the budget, with $100,000 set aside for its third year.

Southlake and Colleyville plan to continue their economic programs, ocials said. Colleyville ocials said they are working on a program for commercial lease assistance to help ll available spaces in The Village, a mixed-use commercial and residential space on Colleyville Boulevard, Rose said. The economic development committee is

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Randy Thompson, the pet travel coordinator for AeroPaws in Grapevine, sits next to a dog named Scout, which was traveling overseas.

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Pilar Kuhn holds Bolt, a Parson Russell Terrier, which was exported from the United States to Australia.

PHOTOS COURTESY PILAR KUHN

First look: AeroPaws provides pet assistance for DFW airlines Pilar Kuhn and her husband, Rodney Ott, opened AeroPaws in Grapevine June 15 to help out airlines at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport. The facility provides temporary care for pets separated from their owners due to air travel issues at the airport. The Grapevine City Council approved the business permit May 20.

need help sheltering pets. American currently has a contract with another company for a

How we got here The duo operates Casa Fairview Canines near Los Angeles International Airport and saw a need for a Dallas-Fort Worth location last year. Randy Thompson, who works with the company and is from Carrollton, was hired as the pet travel coordinator of the new location. The business is authorized to transport ani- mals from the airport to the Grapevine location until the next available ight, according to the presentation to Grapevine City Council. Kuhn said it is an eight-minute drive from the facility to DFW Airport and they will be able to help all airlines except American Airlines that

similar service. What happened

The facility’s rst customers were two cats from the Houston area that spent time in Grapevine before heading o to New Zealand July 1. Kuhn said the cats were checked by Dr. John Rei- gle, who runs Urban Trails Animal Hospital in North Richland Hills, before receiving the nal clearance to board a ight from DFW Airport to Los Angeles, then to New Zealand. “Our goal is to have them as short a time as possible,” she said.

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Real estate

Of the 190 homes sold in the Grapevine, Colleyville and Southlake areas in June, more than 37% of them were bought for more than $1 million. Take a look at other June real estate statistics from the area. Residential market data

Average days on the market

June 2024

June 2025

+18.2%

-34.21%

+76.92%

+45.45%

76051

76034

76092

76262

377

2499

114

121

76262

76092

76051

170

Median home sales price

June

2024

2025

76034

114

121

$605,000 $1,185,000 $1,330,000 $719,000

$635,000 $905,500 $1,585,000 $740,000

76051

Homes sold by price point

76034

June 2025

76092

$1 million +

76262

$700,001-$1 million

$400,001-$700,000

Number of new listings

$100,001-$400,000

+8.1%

+7.89%

+17.07%

+3.39%

<$100,000

MARKET DATA COMPILED BY COLLIN COUNTY AREA REALTORS • WWW.CCAR.NET

76051

76034

76092

76262

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