Happy Thursday! We attended Greater Houston Port Bureau (GHPB) Commerce Club Luncheon at the Houston Marriot South at Hobby Airport today.
The speaker was Dr. Dawn Buckingham who is a Commissioner at
the General Land Office. She spoke of
the duties of the Texas General Land Office (GLO), which include the 13 million
acres of land, and 10.3 miles off the coast of Texas is the territory they are
the keepers of. Texas is unlike other
states who are mostly owned by the U.S. Government; Texas or private owners own
the state. They are in charge of Texas’ mineral
and leasing rights with the some of the money they fund the Permanent School
Fund which helps with the education of Texas children; they help Texas armed
forces veterans which includes their cemetery and senior centers. Another duty is Texas GLO helps maintain our
coast line and helps with recovery after hurricanes and other storms and disasters.
The GLO helps Texans!
Dr. Buckingham spoke of the exciting changes at the
Alamo. The GLO helped with funding for
the collection center including attaining or borrowing artifacts from those
abroad. Approximately six months ago a
children’s center broke ground which is expected to help educate our
children. The Alamo is currently looking
into renovating the roof which is over 100 years old and the renovation is
expected to take 6 months to a year to do.
They will be building an enclosure to protect the Alamo while roof is
being redone. The Alamo complex will
also be renovating the statute in front of it.
The wax museum across from the Alamo complex will in time become a 100,000
sq. ft. museum.
Dr. Buckingham briefly spoke of the agreement the GLO has
with ExxonMobil for them leasing offshore territory for carbon capture sequestration,
and how the lease will benefit the Permanent School Fund. She did bring up one important question who
owns the rights to lease or sell space for carbon sequestration the owner of
the mineral rights or the owner of the land?
I guess as more people get involved with this we will soon find
out. Dr. Buckingham spoke of many things happening
at the GLO.
Thank you, Dr. Buckingham!
You are an interesting and informative speaker, and we wish you much
success!
As you see the speakers at the GHPB’s Commerce Club
Luncheons bring an informative talk to all that attend. The next Commerce Club Luncheon is November
14, 2024, at 11 a.m. The speaker will be
Colonel Rhett Blackmon of the U.S. Army Corps Engineers (USACE)- Galveston
District. We hope to see you there! Please check out the website, if you would
like to learn more. November 2024 Commerce Club Luncheon - Greater Houston Port Bureau (txgulf.org).
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hope you have a great and productive week!