Grapevine City Council unanimously voted to keep the Convention and Visitors Bureau as the title sponsor of the Texas Women's Open for five more years at its Aug. 18 meeting. 

The Convention and Visitors Bureau became the title sponsor of the event in 2024 when the golf tournament was renamed to the Destination Grapevine Texas Women’s Open and moved to the Grapevine Golf Course.

The cost: The city paid $75,000 annually for the first three years of the deal to remain the title sponsor for the event, a total of $225,000, per the agreement.

Over the next five years, the sponsorship fees will increase annually, according to city documents, to: 

• $80,000 in 2027
• $82,500 in 2028
• $85,000 in 2029
• $87,500 in 2030
• $90,000 in 2031

A new wellness business, IV Nutrition, has opened a new location in Grapevine Towne Center.

What they offer: IV Nutrition offers vitamin injections that support hydration, recovery and wellness, according to its website. The business also provides medically supported IV nutrient therapy, blood testing, red light therapy and functional health evaluations.

What else: Individuals can purchase memberships, which provide credits that can be applied toward services, products and testing at the business. Memberships start at $99 per month, and unused credits can be rolled over each month.

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The Texas House State Affairs Committee heard from power grid officials; data center developers and industry representatives; local government officials; cybersecurity experts; landowners and residents during an Aug. 19 hearing on the growth of data centers.

The details: Some Texans expressed concerns that data center development is happening too quickly and communities do not have enough say in that growth.

"The question is always going to be who pays for this infrastructure as we continue to grow," San Marcos City Council Member Amanda Rodriquez said.

Data center developers, meanwhile, emphasized that they wanted to be “teammates and partners” to residents of the communities they build in.

One more thing: Testimony on data centers was limited to six hours as the committee began discussing plans to build large high-voltage transmission lines from East to West Texas.

"I don't want anybody to think this is our last time that we're going to talk about data centers, or that you’re not going to get another opportunity to talk about data centers," committee chair Rep. Ken King, R-Canadian, said.