Greensburg Well to Go High-Tech

In 1887, farmers, cowboys, transients and mules built the Big Well. Now, a partnership of museum designers will try to add more wonder to one of the Eight Wonders of Kansas. They plan to build a below-grade, high-tech, interactive museum around the rustic World’s Largest Hand-Dug Well, which was formed with stones hauled by wagon from a river. Designers say the museum will tell Greensburg’s multiple tales — the tale of the well, the tale of the tornado, and... [Read more]

Ag Department Approves Wind Energy Loan

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the approval of a $17.4 million loan to Greensburg Wind Farm, LLC, to provide financing for the 10 wind turbine project that will supply power to the community of Greensburg, Kan. This investment is consistent with the Obama administration’s efforts to create new, green jobs in rural America and generate clean, renewable energy. “This project will not only enhance our country’s long-term energy security by... [Read more]

Greensburg Featured in New York Times

After a Tornado, a Kansas Town Rebuilds Green Even if it were the only one of its kind, Mike Estes’s brand-new, energy-efficient, wind-powered, water-conserving, environmentally sensitive John Deere dealership here would attract considerable attention in Kansas. This is a state that consistently ranks among the top 10 in oil and natural gas production, and routinely elects to Congress skeptics on matters of energy conservation and environmental regulation. But in July,... [Read more]

Greensburg Business Certified LEED Platinum

John Deere announces that the recently rebuilt BTI Greensburg (Kansas) dealership has received the platinum level of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Building Design) certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. The platinum level certification is the highest level Green Building Rating available and is the nationally accepted benchmark for design, construction and operation of green buildings. The John Deere dealership was completely destroyed by a tornado... [Read more]

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