Corpus Christi to host Texas Sounds and Cities Conference<\/a><\/p>\nWhile music lovers prepare to enjoy a weekend of jazz under the stars, several local organizations are hard at work behind the scenes to make the event a success.<\/p>\n
One of those groups is the Nueces County Alternative Incarcerations Program. Their participation ensures the festival grounds stay clean and welcoming throughout the weekend.<\/p>\n
\u201cOur inmates do a big part with the Jazz Fest. We have them do all the clean up,\u201d said Jose Aguayo, a sergeant with the Alternative Incarcerations Program.<\/p>\n
Aguayo said the program’s involvement helps relieve pressure on event organizers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helps out the committee. It helps out the community. It’s something that they don’t have to stress over. We’ll worry about the clean-up. They have to worry about the festival itself,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
To ease traffic and parking congestion near Heritage Park, the Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority (CCRTA) is offering free shuttle services throughout the festival.<\/p>\n
Buses will pick up and drop off attendees every half hour at three locations: City Hall, the Nueces County Courthouse, and Texas A&M University\u2013Corpus Christi.<\/p>\n
The shuttle times vary each day:<\/p>\n
Friday – 5:30 PM to 12:00 AM<\/p>\n
Saturday – 5:30 PM to 12:30 AM\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sunday – 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM<\/p>\n
\u201cI strongly encourage people to, to make their lives easier, enjoy the event, not have to worry about parking, not have to worry about security. It’s just a great time to go and use the buses for free,\u201d said Rita Patrick, managing director of the CCRTA Public Relations Department.<\/p>\n
Each shuttle stop will be staffed with security personnel, and an officer will ride aboard each bus to help ensure the safety of riders and their belongings.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll also have security on our parking lot to make sure that vehicles are safe and that the customer feels okay leaving the cars behind, and that’s our priority,\u201d said Miguel Rendon, deputy CEO of the CCRTA.\u00a0<\/p>\n
As final preparations come together, it\u2019s clear the Texas Jazz Festival is more than just a celebration of music\u2014it\u2019s a community effort involving the Sherrif’s office, public transportation, volunteers and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Corpus Christi comes together to create a stress-free jazz festival with free shuttle rides CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1889,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[155,157,156],"class_list":["post-1888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1888"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}