Check out some recent government updates, including Southlake officials approving a funding district for a new mixed-use development and Grapevine leaders lowering the city tax rate for next fiscal year.

Southlake creates funding district for Shivers Farm development

Southlake City Council created a tax increment reinvestment zone, or TIRZ, around the commercial district of the Shivers Farm development in order to reinvest taxes into public infrastructure construction, upkeep and improvements within the zone. Shivers Farm is a 40-acre development which will include a commercial district with a Whole Foods and a residential district with 37 single-family homes.

Colleyville City Council to reconsider vote on dog boarding facility

The application to build an All American Pet Resort was denied by Colleyville City Council in a 4-3 vote in September. Council unanimously voted to reconsider its prior action Oct. 5. The facility would offer dog grooming and training as well as overnight boarding for around 80 dogs, the applicants said during the meeting. The facility would also include an 1,800-square-foot outdoor yard, according to the proposal.

Cajun Bistro Cafe & Market is now open in Colleyville.

On the menu: The Cajun restaurant offers seafood sourced from Louisiana, including snow crab, shrimp, crawfish, red fish and more. Its menu also features dishes such as pasta, gumbo, étouffée and po' boys.

• 5409 Colleyville Blvd., Colleyville

Contour Airlines will offer five weekly flights between Northwest Alabama Regional Airport in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Dallas Fort Worth International Airport.

Flights from Alabama to Dallas will begin Nov. 12, departing at 7:50 a.m. and arriving at 9:50 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, according to a news release. Return flights from DFW Airport to Muscle Shoals will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays, departing at 5 p.m. and arriving at 6:50 p.m.

Flights will be operated on a 30-seat regional jet, according to the news release.

Quote of note: "We are excited to expand the options available to travelers in the Shoals region by adding nonstop service to Dallas-Fort Worth while continuing to provide daily service to Charlotte," said Ben Munson, president of Contour Airlines.

The background: Contour Airlines is the regional airline brand of Contour Aviation, which is based in Smyrna, Tennessee. The company was founded in 1982 as Corporate Flight Management.

• 2400 Aviation Drive, Terminal D, DFW Airport