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Organizing: Think
Green, Go Green,
Save Green
Greensierg’s near-toial destruction bad
a silver hasugs it represented a nique
pporcunity for te town to change.
Greemsinay was oblet0 try alternative
nergy solntions ena conmanitytide
scale, fr which there ave few precedents
in she world, Energy affets all aspects
of a consncaniy, tnd that ws abia~
dtl cear ta the peeple of Greenslung
«as they began to think abont rebutlding
afer their disaster
*We ned to think bt how
bul, rooyoin, ete. Suotinaby i the
ably to endure for future generations.
~ Dont tte rites of todsy get n tho
‘aay of future vision’ adsad curent
tnayor, Bob Dion “Yau ned a vision
fan hone, and you need fo denty what
you can change!
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Greensburg’ into primary mission
was to help the tov chcose to rebuild
18 a model and make it as easy 68 Pos
sible todo that. Town ledders wanted to
positon the town as a giant science mu:
‘soa where the new buildings and proj-
feols, such as tha LED streelights and
tho commurily wind farm; would be ke
‘xibite in a museum whore visitors, oF
‘anyone studying the town, could Jean in
avery cal way about sustainable building
‘and Thing in acy wt our netural
envionment?
Greensbug's leaders knew this would
bbe « powerful teaching experienca, it
‘would aloo give the town a mucte
source af inecere with ooa-touriem, With’
that in-min thay created a visitors’ cen-
{or offer used tours, ell phone audio
‘ours, tour mape of the fown, and a
major onfine