Marketing Internship - Public Health and Environmental Quality

Welcome to the City of Grand Prairie!  We Live Life Grand here – about 200,640 residents call
Grand Prairie home, and we’re still growing.  Grand Prairie is the 16th largest city in Texas and
the 125th largest city in the United States, but we still have small town values.  We are rated the
#1 Best Place to Retire in the U.S., 2nd Happiest City in Texas, 5th Best City for First-Time
Home Buyers in Texas, 7th Safest Large City in Texas, and in the Top 50 U.S. Best Place to
Raise a Family!

We have attractions that draw almost 10 million visitors a year to: 

• Epic Waters Indoor Water Park showcasing 80,000 square feet of year-round water fun referred to as a “cruise ship on land”
• The Summit Active Adult Center with state-of-the-art fitness training, indoor infinity edge pool with lap lanes and exercise vortex, theater, game room, sauna
• PlayGrand Adventures (10-acre, all-accessible playground) is an exciting opportunity to provide a safe and fun playground experience for all ages and abilities (open late 2019)
• Firehouse Gastro Park restaurant downtown (conversion of historic Firehouse #1)
• Lone Star Park Thoroughbred Horse Race Track
• The Theatre at Grand Prairie concert venue
• Historic Uptown Theater in downtown
• IKEA, Living Spaces and the Premium Outlet Mall
• Traders Village
• Lake Joe Pool
• Ripley’s Believe It Or Not! And Palace of Wax
• Epic Central Park, a 172-acre park with five lakes, a Grand Lawn amphitheater, trails and a water and light show
• Chicken N’ Pickle
• Bolder Adventure Park
• The Epic Arts, Fitness and Entertainment Center with $1 million in cardio and strength training equipment, indoor walking/jogging track, group fitness and more

Grand Prairie recently welcomed more than 50 new restaurants and retail stores along SH 161,
and development continues at a brisk pace. The city offers a vibrant lifestyle, with the best parks
in the nation, more amenities than most, affordable to affluent housing and friendly neighbors.

City employees work hard to ensure Grand Prairie is known as an organization that creates
Raving Fans by delivering world-class service.  Our employee family and elected officials
constantly live our values, aggressively move toward our vision and are always looking for ways
to make the business of running a city even better.The hard work, positive input and optimism of
all our city employees all play a key role in our success.  We look forward to you joining our
team!