New Members 2022 Spirit of Grapevine Wine Calendar Board of Directors Renewing Members Networking Events
Ambassador of the Month Sponsor Partners Women's Division Must be Present to Win!
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2021 was an interesting year for our business community. We have slowly moved forward in the global pandemic, and businesses throughout the region and state have worked hard to find ways to be open, be safe and successful. People have stepped up to help their neighbors, finding ways to get along & be happy. For the 2021 Grapevine Community Awards, neighbors and businesses alike have taken the time to nominate others for recognition for their efforts in, as 2021 Chairman Phil Cunningham’s motto, “Keep Moving Forward”. Like Walt Disney, Grapevine community and Chamber members worked to “open new doors and doing new things, because we’re curious… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” The 2021 Community Awards event will be Thursday, January 27, 6:00 p.m. at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center. There, the following businesses and individuals will be recognized for their nominations, and the award winners will be announced.
2021 Awards & Nominations:
D.E. Box Citizen of the Year: Steve Brown, Paul Slechta, Lemoine Wright Business Hall of Fame: Community Impact News, Oncor Electric Delivery, Sewell Dealerships Don Ramey Community Spirit: GRACE Christmas Cottage, Perry Leonard, Ron Olson & Chris Penny Rising Star Award: Christina Cates, Vicki Dale, Kim Deras, Jennifer Stubbeman, Texas Gun Experience Member of the Year: Devin Design Florist, Five Star Subaru, Roanoke Roofing TX, Texas Gun Experience Ted Willhoite Legacy Award: Lucas Family, Shonda Schaefer, Balla Wright Women’s Division Woman of the Year: LeAnn Brown, Ana Erwin, Brandy Headington, Casey Maxfield, Kindal Wright Kreamer Ambassador of the Year: Nancy Cable, Dave Custable, Cindy Martinez, Phil Wilson Contact the Chamber office at 817-481-1522 to make your reservations or visit us online at GrapevineChamber.org. We hope to see you as we celebrate those individuals and companies who help make our community great!
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HAIR ENHANCEMENT CENTERS Lauren Oxley (469) 340-5554 301 State Street, Ste 221 Southlake, TX 76092
SUNDANCE REAL ESTATE Laura Cavalle Beck (817) 368-0280 129 South Main St Ste #260 Grapevine, TX 76051-2932
INTERNATIONAL PORCELAIN ARTISTS AND TEACHERS, INC. Scott Brookins (817) 251-1185 204 E. Franklin St Grapevine, TX 76051
THE USUAL ARTSPECTS Sara Salih (469) 951-8499 920 Fall Creek Grapevine, TX 76051
GRAPEVINE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE EXECUTIVE BOARD
CHAIR Trudy Cresswell Grapevine Mills, A Simon Company
CHAIR - ELECT Kosse Maykus Maykus Homes & Neighborhoods
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR Phil Cunningham What a Shine! Enterprises
TREASURER Kelly Schwartz Legoland / Sea Life
VICE CHAIR BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS Sue Wykes Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage/ Sue Wykes
RaDonna Hessel Grapevine Chamber CEO
BOARD OF DIRECTORS Ish Arebalos Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages
Paul Coury Coury Hospitality
Vicki Dale NerdsToGo
Darla Denton Devin Designs Florist
Thomas Egan Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center Ana Erwin Community Impact Newspaper
John Hood Suffolk Construction
John Powell Hop & Sting Brewery
Jared Richardson Sewell BMW
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Joseph Stanyer Texas Gun Experience
Mike Ward Classic Chevrolet
EX-OFFICIO Amanda Calongne State Representative Giovanni Capriglione Chief of Staff
Paul W. McCallum Grapevine Convention & Visitors Bureau Executive Director
Sharon McCloskey DFW International Airport VP Customer Experience
Bruno Rumbelow City of Grapevine City Manager
Dr. Robin Ryan GCISD Superintendent
CareFlite Jim Swartz (972) 339-4201
Kotsanis Institute Beverly Kotsanis (817) 481-6342
Christus St. Joseph Village - Coppell Mitchell George (972) 304-0300
Lenny's Grill & Subs Letrina Ueal (901) 335-7707
Concordia International Forwarding Tiffany Szedeli 817-481-4560
LHM financial Corporation-Texas Kelli Koonce (817) 601-5900
Dennis Electric Co. Tracy Sorensen (817) 481-1508
Lonestar Adventure Sports Roseline Demopoulos (214) 724-8311
Dove Creek Villas Crissy Bryant (817) 481-9648
MaidPro Marina L. Ward (817) 251-4989
Dove Park Apartments Amy Adams (817) 481-9582
Mi-Sher Auto Supply, Inc. Terry McCarthy (817) 481-8666
Dr. Sue's Chocolate Shop Sue Williams, M.D. (817) 416-7667
Morgan Stanley / Cindy Martinez Cindy Martinez (817) 416-4466
Espree / Manna Pro Products, LLC Pam Anderson (817) 251-6300
PointBank Karen Lee (940) 686-3234
First Financial Bank, N.A. Travis Parker (817) 722-8983
Reinhardt State Farm Matthew Reinhardt (817) 805-3300
Flynn & Francis, LLP Larry Flynn (817) 329-3000
Rocky Gribble Rocky Gribble (817) 416-1450
Freeman Buick GMC David Parrish (817) 410-6352
Silver Oak Commercial Realty, LLC LeAnn Brown (817) 313-3107
Global Net Logistics LLC John Hickerson (214) 296-0730
Synergy One Lending Noah Morgan (214) 991-8263
Grape Vine Springs Winery Dave Besgrove (817) 329-1011
Team Worldwide Jennifer Flanagan (817) 329-0800
Harvest Hall Warren Stowe (817) 251-3050
The Novus Academy Carla Woodruff (817) 488-4555
Hilton Hotel Southlake Town Square Mark Coulter (817) 442-9900
The Wood Agency V.T. Wood (210) 474-7400
Hooters Grapevine Todd Buchanan (817) 410-9464
Vetro Glassblowing Studio & Fine Art Gallery David Gappa (817) 251-1668
Hotel Vin, Autograph Collection Tom Santora (817) 796-9696 HR Catalyst Consulting Melinda Mitford (214) 546-4625 Import Car Center Cecil Griggs (817) 481-5665 Intertech Fluid Power, Inc. Billy Buhrkuhl (817) 329-9733
1st and 3rd Tuesday of Each Month 8:00 am
2nd Wednesday of Each Month 9:00 am
4th Wednesday of Each Month 8:00 am
Weichert Realtors - Bev Young & Associates Bev Young (817) 849-8630 Willhoite's Restaurant Linda McNeill (817) 481-7511 Wm. Deacon Co., Inc. Bill Deacon (817) 481-1895
2nd Monday of Each Month 4:00pm View the complete event calendar at www.grapevinechamber.org/events
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Amber was born in raised in Southwest Fort Worth before moving to Grapevine with her husband Russell in 2010. Even before moving to Grapevine, Amber & Russell fell in love with the city by performing at Runway Theatre back in 2004. Amber has a passion for theatre and everyone that knows her (and hears her) understands that passion. Starting theatre at 6 years old at Casa Manana in Fort Worth, she began to treasure entertaining and making people smile. In 2013, Russell & Amber visited their first escape room and she again fell in love, but this time with escape rooms. Theatre, entertainment, games, AND making people smile? She was sold! Grapevine Escape was born July 2014 and it has been an adventure ever since. Russell and Amber love creating rooms and watching people put away their phone to play, laugh and enjoy life. Grapevine Escape is rated as one of the top 100 escape rooms in the USA and just recently was nominated for the best escape rooms globally! Grapevine Escape offers something for every business need including virtual and live performances, on-site travel escapes, fully immersive rooms, or custom builds. If your staff needs an escape, call Grapevine Escape. Amber Sebastian Owner Grapevine Escape 160 N. Main Street Grapevine TX 76051 817-601-5663 www.thegrapevineescape.com amber@thegrapevineescape.com
GRAPEVINE CHAMBER SPONSOR PARTNERS DIAMOND SPONSORS Bank of the West City of Grapevine Classic Chevrolet Kubota Paycom Southland Holdings
PLATINUM SPONSORS
Baylor Scott & White Medical CenterGrapevine Frost Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center Sewell Cadillac and Sewell BMW of Grapevine
GOLD SPONSORS
Bob Moore Construction, Inc. Boeing Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center Oncor Electric Delivery Phelps Dunbar LLP Prosperity Bank
SILVER SPONSORS
Community Impact Newspaper Courtyard/TownePlace Suites by Marriott First Financial Bank, NA Independent Financial Republic Services Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Southlake Texas Oncology
BRONZE SPONSORS
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121 Community Church Advance Auto Parts Atmos Energy Blagg Tire & Service Brightview Landscaping First Bank of Texas Five Star Subaru of Grapevine Foust & Son Funeral Home Grapevine Mills Grubbs Infiniti Hilton Garden Inn Grapevine at Silver Lake Crossing Junkluggers of Grapevine, Irving & Denton Lucas Family Funeral Homes Marinas of Lake Grapevine Morningstar Storage OIG/ Office Interiors Group Stacy Furniture & Design Suffolk Construction Trinity Metro Wright Development Co., Inc.
WOMEN'S DIVISION NEWS Happy New Year!
Women’s Division is moving into 2022 and taking a look back at what we’ve been able to accomplish in 2021.We are very thankful we were able to hold both of our major fundraising events again and continue with our philanthropy. Here are the programs we were able to support in the last year: GCISD School Supplies for Back-to-School Fair Christmas Spirit for Area Seniors Kathee Livengood Scholarship Area PTA’s Grapevine Chamber Capital Campaign New Educator’s Luncheon Sponsorship
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None of these would be possible without the very generous support from our Grapevine community. In all, we received approximately $42,156 in sponsorships of our events and other donations from all of you. Thank you for everything you do to help us help others every year! We wish everyone a Happy, Healthy, Safe and Prosperous 2022.
Sharon Smith 2021 WOMEN'S DIVISION CHAIR
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11:30 am HTeaO Ribbon Cutting HTeaO Grapevine
11:45 am Grapevine Young Professionals Luncheon Persimmons Bar & Grill
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8:00 am Economic Development Partnership Meeting Blankenship Business Center
11:30 am Business Builders Esparza's
11:30 am Membership Luncheon Grapevine Convention Center
6:00 pm Grapevine Community Awards Hilton DFW Lakes
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