Carroll ISD will hold its trustee elections in November instead of May for all future elections, following the board’s decision to move the election date at a Dec. 15 trustee meeting.

Some background: House Bill 3546, which became law in June, allows school boards to hold their elections in November alongside the general election. Trustees unanimously approved the change, with Board President Cameron Bryan citing improved voter accessibility and reduced costs for the district.

In their own words: “Holding elections in November allows the district to share election costs with state and federal elections, reducing or even eliminating the expense of conducting a standalone May election,” Bryan said. “November elections offer more polling locations; in May we only have one, and that’s town hall.”

What else: The board also moved to change the election method to from a plurality to a majority vote.

Club 4 Fitness is now open in Grapevine offering limited hours for workouts, Assistant General Manager Jaylee Miller said. 

The details: The gym will become 24 hours on Jan. 1, she said. 

Construction is finishing up for the pickleball room and cold plunge and should be completed this weekend, Miller said. 

Equipment in the gym includes cycling machines, Styku machines that take a 360-degree picture of your body and hydromassage chairs. The gym also has saunas, a women’s area, locker rooms, tanning, red light therapy and a turf area, according to its website.

The Club 4 Fitness gym in Grapevine received its conditional use permit from Grapevine City Council Dec. 17, 2024. 

• 4000 William D. Tate Ave., Grapevine

Design and Grace opened a new storefront in Argyle in mid-December, Owner Tony Boulton said.

The specifics: The business offers a variety of kitchen supplies and is an authorized dealer for Jura coffee machines, Wüsthof cutlery, Scanpan cookware, Dualit small appliances, and other European kitchenware brands, per its website.

What they're saying: “Design and Grace was founded in 2004 and had a Grapevine store location for 6 years,” Boulton said. “We transitioned to online only for a few years, before relocating to the Argyle Business Park in 2021. Having further expanded our space more recently, we took the decision to dedicate a greater area to a full storefront, to serve the growing community in south Denton County.”

• 308 E. FM 1830, Ste. 3D, Argyle