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Good things come in boxes, bins, and backpacks: the Grand Prairie Libraries offer several different types of kits for check out. Stimulate your child’s interest in science, enjoy a fun evening at home, encourage a lifelong love of reading in your...

 View and print Notice of 2018 Tax rate Notice of 2018 Tax Year Proposed Property Tax Rate for City of Grand Prairie A tax rate of $0.669998 per $100 valuation has been proposed for adoption by the governing body of City of Grand Prairie. This...

The Grand Prairie Public Library System is excited to offer free live, online homework help and job search assistance, via Brainfuse eLearning. Visit www.gptx.org/library to access HelpNow and JobNow.  Available to all Grand Prairie Library...

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SPONSORSHIPS AND GOLFERS!  Join us at the 2ND ANNUAL TARRANT COUNTY Guns and Hoses “Remember the Fallen” Golf Tournament! If you have never played in a Gun and Hoses golf tournament, you will not want to miss out! It is with great honor that...

Grand Prairie residents are invited to attend a public meeting on Thursday, Aug. 30 at 6 p.m. in City Hall, 317 College St. to provide input on the city's Master Thoroughfare Plan and Comprehensive Development Plan. These long-range planning...

Get your hot roasted Hatch chiles at Grand Prairie Farmers Market’s 8th annual Hatch Chile Festival from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, August 18, 2018, at 120 W. Main Street, Grand Prairie, TX 75050. The festival will feature both raw and roasted...

Thursday, Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m. Ruthe Jackson Center, 3113 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie residents are invited the Mayor's Community Table--a series of meals hosted by Mayor Ron Jensen designed to bring together the community to get to know new...

The North Central Texas Council of Governments recently launched the new 511DFW, a free trip planning mobile app and website just for North Texas. The mobile app and redesigned website – www.511dfw.org – is a source for real-time information on...

City's Housing and Neighborhood Services Department wins Neighborhoods USA national award for its Future Builders program. The prestigious award recognizes Grand Prairie as the best example in the nation of service to the community through...

The Grand Prairie Public Libraries have added the Chilton Library database of automotive information to their eBranch offerings.  Free with your Grand Prairie library card, the Chilton Library provides Step-by-step service and repair...

The southbound side of South Carrier Parkway from Pioneer Parkway to Freetown Road is closed for road construction. Detours will be in place and the area should be avoided if at all possible. Once the southbound side is complete, the northbound side...

    After remodeling the Main Library and Shotwell Library, the Grand Prairie Library System has begun a major expansion and remodeling project of its southernmost branch, the Betty Warmack Library.   The Warmack Branch Library...

Beginning in July, a new network of water meters and communication devices in Grand Prairie will allow customers to monitor and manage water usage from an online customer portal accessible from personal computers and mobile devices. The new system,...

  The retired Fire Station No. 1, 321 Main St., is getting a facelift.  As part of a revitalization project in downtown Grand Prairie, City Council approved a 5-year tenant lease with FireHouse Gastro Park  LLC to restore the old Fire...

The Grand Prairie Library System joins the nationwide program- One Thousand Books Before Kindergarten. This free program allows families to check out backpacks with a preselected set of ten books, to be read together.This allows parents and children...

The Texas Department of Public Safety has opened a new driver license office in Grand Prairie. The nearby Irving driver license office permanently closed on May 30, and all staff transferred to the Grand Prairie location.  DPS said it did not...

  Should you be worried about your lawn as we head into a week of triple-digit temperatures? Here are our top seven tips on how to save water during a heat wave. Do not prune or fertilize during stressful periods of summer heat (the last...

The heat of summer is quickly approaching. Therefore, extremely high temperatures are not to be taken lightly. Hot weather along with high humidity can cause heat-related illnesses which range in severity from mild heat cramps, to heat...

  Summer in Texas comes with sometimes brutal conditions, and residents are not the only ones who should limit their exposure to the intense heat. Pet owners should also limit their pet’s outside time as much as possible to prevent illness –...