Greensburg Revitalization: Big Well Museum and Twilight Theatre
Greensburg advances a multifaceted revival with a 6 million Commons project featuring a new 400 seat Twilight Theatre and a Kiowa County Media Center. BMIM and Ralph Appelbaum Associates design the museum, with Project Explore integrating resident memories and partnerships including the Kansas City Zoo and Eisenhower Library. The plan targets LEED Platinum and aims to attract tourism while housing a library, museum, extension office, and digital media hub with studios and live broadcasts.
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Green Community
Kansas City
BMIM
Ralph Appelbaum
Project Explore
Kansas City Zoo
Montgomery
Ala
Abilene
Bill Warren
Wichita
Warren Theatres
George Jones
Greensburg
Farrell Allison
Twilight Theatre
Kiowa County Library
Kiowa County Discovery Center
Kiowa County Office of
K-State Research and Extension
Media Center
U.S. Green Building Council
Hunter Drug Store
K-State Research and Extension Office
County Museum
Kiowa County High School
Greensburg SBDC aids townsfolk rebuilding after tornado
Center based on Garden City Community College aids Greensburg after the May 11, 2007 tornado. SBDC staff helped with business plans and financial projections, working with many local firms, including Reinecke’s Kiowa County United store, in the Sunchips incubation space to launch and grow new ventures.
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Garden City Community College
Reinecke
SBDC
Scott
Greensburg
Pat Veesart
GCCC
Veesart
Garden City
Martinez
Responders recall Greensburg tornado night and rescue
Garden City responders describe the night of the Greensburg tornado. Firefighters Pander and colleagues searched rubble by flash light as streets lacked signs. The scene showed a town devastated with mangled mobile homes and vanished houses, prompting security duties and ongoing rebuilding hopes.
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Larry Pander
Garden City Community College
Garden City
Greensburg
Pander
Bachman
Cathy Hernandez
Finney County
Hernandez
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Steve Hewitt
Kiowa County Commons
Main Street
Iowa Avenue
Greensburg City Hall
Kiowa County
St. Catherine Hospital
Buffalo Jones Ave
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Finney County Sheriffs Office
Loni
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