DTX-KRN: Impact 10/14/2025

Celebrate Roanoke featured activities and events on Oak Street.

The 28th annual event was held Oct. 11 and included vendors lining the street throughout North Texas for guests who attended the daylong event.

A drone show wrapped up the festival.

The details: There were three concert stages: Roanoke City Hall, Travis Community and Silver Spur. The headline act this year was Josh Abbott Band, a country band that was formed in the mid-2000s by Texas Tech student Josh Abbott, according to the band’s website.

What else? The event featured a rodeo with bull riding, calf scramble and mutton bustin’ at three different times. There was also a mechanical bull to ride, a petting zoo and axe throwing.

One more thing: The event featured a kid zone with free rides and bounce houses. Northwest ISD had an art show and students who did face paintings for guests.

The Flower Mound-based restaurant, Grutogi Bistro, opened its Keller location.

The details: The restaurant had a soft opening in early October with a grand opening event Oct. 11.

Grutogi Bistro’s menu ranges from bagels and sandwiches to salads and bowls.

Biltong USA closed its Roanoke location last month, owner Nicole Van Vuuren said. 

The details: The store will continue to sell its products online and is in the process of relocating to a location in Sunset, Van Vuuren said. 

Biltong USA sells biltong, a slow-air-dried beef with coriander, pepper, and vinegar notes. Additionally, it sells dried sausage, biscuits, cookies, packaged foods, candies, dried fruits and nuts, according to its website. 

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A Celina woman has turned selling roller skates on Amazon and teaching lessons into a brick-and-mortar business.

Ashley Reed will open Galaxy Skate in Grapevine on Oct. 15 and will hold an official grand opening Oct. 18.

Zooming in: Reed calls herself an avid roller skate enthusiast who started her professional career as an accountant. After a few years, she started thinking about opening her own business. She officially created Galaxy Skate in May of 2024.

How we got here: Reed found what she called a diamond in the rough in the form of SkateTown, a business that operated in Grapevine from 1997 until closing in 2021.

The owner of InterSkate Roller Rink in Lewisville suggested she look at the vacant property.

“It was perfect,” she said. “We had a roller coaster of luck; it was the right place at the right time. I felt the building was waiting for us.”