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 Tom Hart served as Grand Prairie City Manager from 1999 to retirement in 2021. Prior to that, Hart was Assistant City Manager and later City Manager in Euless for 16 years. He was one of the youngest city managers in the history of Texas when he served as City Manager in The Colony from 1978-1981. Known for his attention to world-class customer service and innovative management style, Hart created Grand Prairie’s popular and successful mission to “create Raving Fans by delivering World Class Service.”

During his tenure as Grand Prairie’s City Manager, he oversaw the reconstruction of the historic Uptown Theater and construction of a minor league ballpark, performance arts theatre, the Ruthe Jackson Center and Gardens, Grand Prairie Memorial Gardens, Tony Shotwell Life Center, Prairie Paws Adoption Center, the Splash Factory, Alliance Skate Park, the Public Safety Training Center, Municipal Court House, the Public Safety Building, The Summit Active Adult Center, Epic Waters Indoor Water Park, Epic Arts Fitness and Entertainment Center, and created the blueprint for Epic Central. 

Hart served on the Lone Star Park Charitable Foundation and was named Zeus Man of the Year by the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce in 2008. Hart was honored in the 2009 Grand Prairie Rotary Club Golf Tournament for his significant contributions to the Grand Prairie community. Hart was instrumental in founding Grand Prairie’s Rotary Club Golf Tournament in 2001, which has provided more than $1 million in dental services to Grand Prairie children.

His professional awards also include: 

• Two Joy Samson Mentoring Awards from the Urban Management Association of North Texas. 
• Texas City Management Association Mentoring Award.
• International City/County Management Association Award for Career Development – The Cookingham Award.
• International City/County Management Association In-Service Training Award – The Clarence E. Ridley Award.
• Hurst-Euless-Bedford Rotarian of Year.
• Northeast Leadership Award – North Region.
• Past President North Texas City Management Association.

Austen Hart joins his father in the Epic Group, bringing his entrepreneurial spirit and customer service experience to the team. For the past two years, Austen has been a key player in a project to bring Margaritaville and enhanced glamping to the city’s Loyd Park campgrounds. Before that he worked for a public school district, where he honed his skills managing multiple interests, advocating for the client and integrating information technology into solutions. 

Austen has joined American Resort Management, learning from the best in the nation how to develop and operate water parks.

Amy Sprinkles joins the team bringing 40 years of experience in marketing, public relations, advertising and communications. Having started her career with First Interstate Bank (now Wells Fargo) in the Public Relations Department, Sprinkles traded private for public sector when she joined the city of Phoenix Public Relations Department as the marketing officer, then City Council communications officer. She became the Communications and Marketing Director for the city of Grand Prairie, Texas in 1992, building the department from a one-person shop with no budget to a 14-person department with a $3.5 million budget. She retired in 2023. Her team won more than 50 state and national awards during her tenure and helped elevate the visibility, image and reputation of Grand Prairie to being a highly ranked and recognized city.