{"id":311171,"date":"2026-05-27T18:25:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/311171\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T18:25:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T18:25:18","slug":"sliders-slide-in-white-castle-to-open-first-texas-location-in-the-colony-dallas-innovates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/311171\/","title":{"rendered":"Sliders Slide In: White\u00a0Castle To\u00a0Open First Texas Location in\u00a0The\u00a0Colony \u00bb Dallas Innovates"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rendering of White Castle location in The Colony [Image: White Castle]<\/p>\n

White Castle\u2014a 105-year-old Ohio-based chain known for selling burgers \u201cby the sack\u201d\u2014has announced plans to open its first-ever Texas location at Grandscape in The Colony.\u00a0<\/p>\n

On June 2, White Castle will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the location at 4520 Destination Drive\u2014 complete with spatula shovels and a ceremonial \u201csprinkling of the onions\u201d on the future grill site. The brand\u2019s famous sliders will be served once the digging is finished.<\/p>\n

The groundbreaking will feature remarks by White Castle leadership\u2014including fourth-generation members of the brand\u2019s founding family\u2014along with appearances by elected officials, development partners, and local \u201ccravers\u201d of White Castle\u2019s offerings.<\/p>\n

The brand\u2019s leaders appearing at the event will include CMO Jamie Richardson, Chief People Officer John Kelley, Corporate Relations Manager Erin Shannon. Also on hand will be Chris Shaffery, SVP of restaurant operations and operation services, and Mike Guinan, VP of restaurant operations. Kelley and Shannon\u2019s great-grandfather founded White Castle in 1921.<\/p>\n

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The Texas Innovation Operating System is tapping into what the partners call “a growing alignment across Texas for a broader innovation community.” The connected system aims to be a first step in what the partners describe as\u00a0“the G20 of Texas Cities in Innovation”\u2014promoting regional innovation as well as connecting into the broader statewide network.<\/p>\n

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The premium flexible workspace brand aims to bring founders, executives, and high-growth teams into a shared professional community.<\/p>\n

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Texas Instruments invented the world’s first handheld electronic calculator prototype in 1967. This week, it launched a new graphing calculator “built to meet the demands of today’s math classroom” and to grow with students from middle school algebra all the way through college and future STEM careers.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith more than 300 animal-focused organizations participating in this fundraising campaign, NorthTexasGivingDay.org makes it easy to support nonprofits you know and love while also discovering new ones making an impact on the lives of pets and their families,\u201d said Communities Foundation of Texas President and CEO Wayne White.<\/p>\n

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Participants at the Pegasus Park event had 48 hours to turn early-stage concepts and functional prototypes into actionable solutions “to improve health outcomes, expand access, improve patient experience, and drive system-wide efficiency,” Health Wildcatters said.<\/p>\n

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In a letter to GameStop CEO Ryan Cohen, the billionaire co-founder of Chewy, eBay Board Chairman Paul S. Pressler poured cold water on the Grapevine-based company’s acquisition bid.<\/p>\n

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GoLabs said Unitree’s autonomous quadrupeds use an integrated 4D LiDAR system and SLAM technology to create 3D maps of their security perimeter. Companies can then give the robots automated patrol paths and checkpoints, making a security system “both simple and efficient.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rendering of White Castle location in The Colony [Image: White Castle] White Castle\u2014a 105-year-old Ohio-based chain known for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311172,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[62284,27,29,28,44780],"class_list":["post-311171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-grandscape","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-white-castle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311171","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=311171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311171\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}