Col. Rhett Blackmon, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Galveston District, commander, speaks with Rhonda Gregg Hirsch, Atkins Global, project director, during a break at the USACE, Galveston District semi-annual Stakeholder Partnering Forum with non-federal sponsors, customers and agency partners at the Moody Gardens Convention Center in Galveston, Texas, Aug. 22, 2023. More than 300 stakeholders, including many small business owners, attended the first day of the two-day forum.