Greensburg rebuilds as sustainable model after EF-5 tornado
Five years after Greensburg Kansas faced 205 mph winds that destroyed 95 percent of the town ten people died. The town rebuilt with wind power LEED buildings and a new Kiowa County Commons Center to unite library history and youth media.
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Bob Dixson
Dixson
Matt Christenson
Kiowa County
Janet West
Media Center Foundation
West
Steve Jahnke
Kan
Kiowa County Commons
Kiowa County Media Center Foundation
School anchors Greensburg healing after disaster
In Kiowa County the school centers community pride as Greensburg rebuilds after the tornado. With homes gone families live 40 miles away while back-to-school routines and high school football provide healing and a sense of normalcy for the town.
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Kiowa County
Cassie Kirby
Greensburg
Kirby
Darin Headrick
Headrick
Carbondale Council Set to Vote on Budget, Landfill Deal
The Carbondale City Council will vote on consent items including IDOT motor fuel tax audits for 2010 and 2011 and a budget adjustment correcting real estate tax allocation to the firefighter pension fund. A five year agreement with Southern Illinois Regional Landfill sets disposal prices at 29.09 per ton for compacted waste and 23.13 for loose waste. A closed session will discuss personnel and minutes. The meeting starts at 7 p.m. Tuesday at 200 S. Illinois Ave.
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Illinois Department of Transportation
Firefighter
Kevin Bally
Southern Illinois
Carbondale
Illinois Ave
SIU Announces Major Residence Hall Plan Through 2023
SIU Carbondale unveils a housing master plan to demolish Brush Towers and renovate Thompson Point with four new four story residence halls on the east side. Each building slated at 26 to 29 million dollars funded by housing rental fees with construction starting in 2013 and the first new hall opening fall 2015, four total by fall 2023. Recruitment and retention are framed around upgraded dorms to attract students and address changing demographics while adding graduate and group housing.
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Marks
Brush Towers
Thompson Point
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