{"id":394552,"date":"2026-08-01T07:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394552\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T07:47:10","slug":"friends-of-the-katy-trail-holds-spring-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/394552\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends of the Katy Trail Holds Spring Parties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Friends of the Katy Trail, the nonprofit dedicated to keeping the trail clean, safe and beautiful, celebrated its supporters at two events this spring.<\/p>\n<p>During the spring donor party on April 29, Katy Trail leadership provided trail updates, including about the KTX Biennial, a first of its kind in Texas public art exhibition debuting on the\u00a0trail\u00a0in April 2027.\u00a0The donor party was held in the\u00a0art-filled home of\u00a0Janelle and Alden Pinnell.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <a role=\"button\" class=\"o-button c-gallery__button is-vishidden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplenewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/katytrail-126-copy-1200x800.webp\"><br \/>\n              View Gallery<br \/>\n              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <a class=\"o-figure__link js-slideshow-07671c9856\" href=\"#\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" data-index=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"o-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/katytrail-126-copy-504x336.webp\" alt=\"Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                          Jeff Netzer, Brandon Bean, David Rea, and Brian Callahan. PHOTO: Sylvia Elzafon<\/p>\n<p>          <img class=\"c-slideshow__img\" v-show=\"!playAd &amp;&amp; !playCustom\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.peoplenewspapers.com\/arts-entertainment\/2026\/07\/friends-of-the-katy-trail-holds-spring-parties\/currentImage.url\" alt=\"currentImage.alt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>During the Katy Trail spring member party on April 22, Jason Garrett, the owner of Caffe Lucca, graciously opened his new restaurant steps from the\u00a0Katy\u00a0Trail\u00a0to supporting members of Friends of the\u00a0Katy\u00a0Trail.<\/p>\n<p>  <a role=\"button\" class=\"o-button c-gallery__button is-vishidden\" href=\"https:\/\/www.peoplenewspapers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/FullSizeRender-copy-1200x800.webp\"><br \/>\n              View Gallery<br \/>\n              <\/a><\/p>\n<p>          <a class=\"o-figure__link js-slideshow-f94f23e605\" href=\"#\" target=\"_self\" role=\"button\" data-index=\"0\"><\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"o-image\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/FullSizeRender-copy-504x336.webp\" alt=\"Image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                                          Ann Wood, Mark Pierce, Wesley Harder, and Amy Bean. PHOTO: Bree Redwine<\/p>\n<p>          <img class=\"c-slideshow__img\" v-show=\"!playAd &amp;&amp; !playCustom\" :src=\"https:\/\/www.peoplenewspapers.com\/arts-entertainment\/2026\/07\/friends-of-the-katy-trail-holds-spring-parties\/currentImage.url\" alt=\"currentImage.alt\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/katytraildallas.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">HERE<\/a> to learn more about how to support the Friends of the Katy Trail, which both cares for the trail and holds events that nurture the Trail community. <\/p>\n<p>The Friends\u2019 annual Katy 5K is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 10.\u00a0The run will take participants through Turtle Creek, Uptown, and the heart of the Katy Trail. After crossing the finish line, runners and walkers will step into the Katy Picnic Party, which will feature music, free food and drinks, and sponsor swag.<\/p>\n<p>Click <a href=\"https:\/\/katytraildallas.org\/5k\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">HERE<\/a> to register for the event, which is presented by Michelob Ultra.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Friends of the Katy Trail, the nonprofit dedicated to keeping the trail clean, safe and beautiful, celebrated&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394553,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-394552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394552","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=394552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394552\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394553"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}