Forklift Parts Grand Prairie

Forklift Parts Grand Prairie - Grand Prairie is located in mid-cities region of Texas and is part of three counties: Tarrant, Dallas and Ellis. It is presently the 15th largest city within Texas with a population of 175,396.

Grand Prairie City has a very convenient, central spot between Dallas and Fort Worth. Dallas lies only 12 miles east of downtown and Fort Worth City is located 15 miles west. The DFW International Airport is situated a mere five minutes north of the city. The Interstate 20, Interstate 30, State Highway 360, Loop 12 and Spur 303 are easily accessible from Grand Prairie City, allowing inhabitants access to just about anywhere within Texas State. Currently under construction is a ten mile extension of State Highway 161 to Interstate 20. Its projected completion date is in 2012. When finished, it would connect with east-west freeways between Dallas and Fort Worth, such as the State Highway 183, Interstate 20, and Interstate 30.

There are 58 parks in the city totaling an area of around 5,000 acres. Within these parks are a senior centre, five baseball and softball complexes, 32 tennis courts, five public swimming pools, 18 soccer fields, two beaches on Joe Pool Lake and a campground. Grand Prairie City has a number of competitive athletic programs.

Grand Prairie City has established a 1/4 sales tax that is put towards park improvements. With this 20-year, $125 million plan the city of grand prairie aims to improve each and every park while continuing to add more and expand park land.

Although the city of Grand Prairie does offer some private golf courses and a county club the city of grand Prairie also has two affordable and remarkable public golf courses. Tangle Ridge is famous for its Hill County atmosphere and bentgrass greens. The largest practice putting green in the state of Texas could be found at Prairie lakes, that has one of the best golf values in the region.

As of the year 2008, Grand Prairie's leading companies are: Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, Grand Prairie Independent School District, Bell Helicopter-Textron, Poly-America, Inc., Vought Aircraft Industries, Lone Star Park at Grand Prairie and the city of Grand Prairie.

Six Flags, the famous amusement park, runs its corporate office in the city of Grand prairie. The head office for American Eurocopter is also located in the city of Grand Prairie.

American Airlines decided to relocate from New York City to the Dallas/Fort Worth area during the year 1978. They moved their head office into two leased office buildings in the city of Grand Prairie. The move to the city of Fort Worth was completed when the airline left its Grand Prairie facility on the 17th of January, 1983.