Fort Bend Chamber of Commerce, April 25, 2024 – Ms. Miriam Salazar of the City of Sugar Land (COSL) and the Vice Chairperson of the Fort Bend GIS Consortium (FBGISC) presented to members at out Q2 meeting on the Open Portal project by the City of Sugar Land. The presentation, which demonstrated the technology’s front and back-ends, provided insights into the planning, development, and implementation efforts that spanned nearly every department of the City of Sugar Land. These insights provided critical details to other local government representatives considering similar open portal efforts and encouraged in depth discussions among members. These kinds of presentations successfully targeted one of the core goals of FBGISC: collaboration between local government GIS offices.