Resilient Boerne

The Resilient Boerne Initiative promoted conservation practices and policies for a resilient Boerne and Hill Country now and into the future.

In response to the significant population growth expected across Texas and our region, we launched the Resilient Boerne Initiative to promote the economic benefit of conservation and thoughtful growth strategies for our treasured Texas community.

Resilient Boerne Initiative

By establishing strong policies informed by conservation in Boerne, we created a model community for the future of natural resource conservation in Texas.

We sought to continue implementation of a strategy to inform local policy, with community input, and create a model for environmental stewardship and smart development in Boerne and Kendall County. It was our hope that this community conservation model would promote the sustained ability of our region to use and equitably make available resources, including water, energy, transportation, and food, and to respond to, withstand, and recover from adverse situations.

Our Resilient Boerne Initiative had four key goals:

1. Support conservation planning, practices and policies in Boerne and Kendall County through research, stewardship and civic engagement

2. Establish a Boerne Internet of Water public data dashboard and data hub to inform future decisions regarding water in Kendall County

3. Establish Boerne/Kendall County as a demonstration model for community conservation initiatives for Hill Country and beyond

4. Engage communities and community leaders to promote the economic and quality of life value of conservation efforts across the Texas Hill Country

Our Boerne Internet of Water project was conducted in close partnership with the University of Texas at Austin Planet Texas 2050, Duke University Internet of Water, and the City of Boerne. This project created a water data hub and public dashboard for Kendall County that allowed community stakeholders at all levels to access water data to make decisions that could affect the community in the immediate future and for years to come.