Colleyville residents will see several economic development programs rolled out throughout fiscal year 2025-26, including the city's annual gift card programs.

The programs were unanimously approved by Colleyville City Council members at a Sept. 16 meeting.

What you need to know

Several programs will be rolled out this Christmas, including:

• $35 Colleyville gift cards, which residents can use to shop at participating Colleyville businesses
• $50 Colleyville Cares gift cards, which will be given to families in need to shop at Colleyville businesses
• Colleyville Gives program, which allows sales tax businesses to receive a $1,000 advertising grant or a $2,000 advertising grant if the business donates $500 to a local nonprofit

Additional gift cards will be given out in the winter for participating Colleyville restaurants, and then again in the summer for participating businesses, Assistant City Manager Mark Wood said.

The city is also bringing back the Great Receipt Race, which was last implemented in 2020, Wood said. This program partners with the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD parent-teacher associations. The PTAs collect receipts from transactions at Colleyville businesses, and the top three with the most receipts receive a grant from the city.

“In the past, we’ve done $5,000, $3,000 and $2,000 for the top three winners and $500 for any school that participates,” Wood said.

By the numbers

Since 2018, the city has provided $5.38 million to local businesses through the gift card programs, Wood said.

With the Colleyville Gives program, the city has provided $529,100 in advertising grants to local businesses since 2018, he said. In return, businesses have given $133,404 in donations to local nonprofits.