posted on September 23, 2016 14:21
CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS – The Texas State Aquarium is excited to announce another major contribution for Campaign Caribbean, the Aquarium’s capital campaign that is funding the largest expansion in its 26-year history. Today, HOLT CAT and the Holt family announced a generous in-kind gift of $400,000 towards a Caterpillar® natural gas generator for the Caribbean Wing.
This is the third generator donated by HOLT CAT to the Texas State Aquarium. The first generator was donated in 1989 for the Aquarium’s Gulf of Mexico Building, and the second in 2003 for Dolphin Bay. Both are still in use today providing back-up power to those buildings.
"The Texas State Aquarium is truly a state treasure. The Holt family and HOLT CAT are grateful that we can support the growing education and wildlife conservation programs that the aquarium offers," said Corinna Holt Richter, HOLT CAT Senior Vice President.
"We are so grateful to the Holt family and HOLT CAT for their long-term support of the Texas State Aquarium and continued commitment to its mission to engage people with animals, inspire appreciation for our seas, and support wildlife conservation. They’ve been with us since before we opened our doors to the public in 1990", commented Texas State Aquarium President & CEO Tom Schmid. "This generator set will be used to provide back-up power to our Caribbean Journey building."
The $55 million Caribbean Journey building – which completes the final two phases of the Aquarium’s original master plan – will make the Texas State Aquarium one of the largest aquariums in the nation.
In late 2012, the Texas State Aquarium launched the leadership phase of Campaign Caribbean, a capital campaign to raise the necessary funds for construction of the Caribbean Journey building. At 71,000 square feet, the new Caribbean Journey building will include a Caribbean Shark exhibit, tropical lowland forest, Mayan ruins, Blue Hole, Caribbean Coral Reef, Cenote, 4-D theater, private event space overlooking Corpus Christi Bay and downtown Corpus Christi, and more.
Visit texasstateaquarium.org/caribbean to take the Caribbean Journey.
HOLT CAT® sells, rents and services Caterpillar® machines, engines, generator sets and trucks in a 118-county Texas territory spanning from the Red River to the Rio Grande. HOLT offers total machine and engine rebuild capabilities, sells used equipment around the world and fabricates its own line of land clearing equipment and HOLT Spray King® water tankers. HOLT is also a Link-Belt Crane and AGCO agricultural products dealer. SITECH Tejas, another division of HOLT, is the authorized dealer for Trimble Heavy and Highway construction products and services as well as AccuGrade grade-control products in the same 118 county territory in Texas.
The Holt name has been associated with heavy equipment and Caterpillar for over 100 years. HOLT CAT Chief Executive Officer, Peter M. Holt and Executive Vice Presidents, Peter John Holt and Corinna Holt Richter are direct decedents of Benjamin Holt, who in 1904 developed the first successful track-type tractor which he named the "Caterpillar." HOLT CAT has come to be synonymous with quality, integrity and commitment to customer service.
The HOLT CAT team is committed to providing rock solid stability with superior products and services to heavy equipment and engine users from "The Red River to the Rio Grande™." For more information, visit www.holtcat.com.
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Texas State Aquarium: Engage people with animals, inspire appreciation for our seas, and support wildlife conservation.
The Aquarium is an accredited member of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums
and the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
www.texasstateaquarium.org