Dixon Water Foundation

Promoting healthy watersheds through sustainable land management

Certification process begins for Josey Pavilion

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To be certified as a Living Building, the Betty and Clint Josey Pavilion must meet the rigorous standards set by the Living Building Challenge for one year of operation. That evaluation period officially started on October 1, 2014, and if all goes as expected, the pavilion will become the first building of its kind in the state of Texas.

Architects Lake|Flato have published an online brochure describing how the pavilion functions as a Living Building, and you can also learn more about the pavilion on our website.

The grand opening of the Josey Pavilion is coming up on November 7 and will kick off Holistic Management International’s Rendezvous 2014 and 30th Anniversary. Registration is still open for this weekend of celebration and learning for anyone interested in sustainable land management.

The new brochure describing the pavilion is available on Lake|Flato’s website.

Gainesville Daily Register features Josey Pavilion and holistic management

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Gainesville reporter Kit Chase has two articles in this week’s Daily Register about the Dixon Water Foundation.

“We’re grass farmers basically as well as raising cattle and sheep.  We’re (also) raising our native grasses. We like to create an environment where there’s enough diversity for all of our animals. We take very good care of our land,” Dixon Water Foundation treasurer Melissa Bookhout says in the article, “Cooke County ranchers practice holistic land management.”  The article focuses on the foundation’s Lone Star Land Steward Award, in addition to giving an overview of our grazing methods at Leo and Pittman Units

The second article, “Living Building’ soon to be complete,” features the new Josey Pavilion.

Cooke County ranchers practice holistic land management – See more at: http://www.gainesvilleregister.com/local/x360418990/Cooke-County-ranchers-practice-holistic-land-management#sthash.542yZz7S.dpuf

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