Mayor Bob Dixson told a crowd of spectators why the new Greensburg SunChips Business Incubator is truly the lifeblood of bringing back exising business and provding an incentive for new and prospective businesses as part of the Greensburg recovery.

Located at the busy intersection of Highway 54/400 and what will become Greensburg’s new Main Street, the new Leed Platinum building provides state-of-the-art facilities for an extremely rental cost to businesses .

The building is owned and operated by the City of Greensburg. Funding was provided by USDA Rural Development, SunChips/Frito Lay and celebrity Leonardo Dicaprio.

The bottom floor offers retail space while the second floor provides professional offices. Already, the building is home to an art glass gallery, paint store, massage therapy/aromatherapy herbal store, law and accounting offices, psychological therapy offices, sign shop, and new Kiowa County Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Corporation office. Only a few spaces are still vacant.

The ecologically green building utilizes solar panels to supplement electricity, rain water and gray water collection and re-use, high-efficiency heating and cooling that uses a special earth heat sink. Earth-friendly furnishings and building materials are used. Recycling bins are located throughout the building. Even parking spaces are designated for car-pooling and high-efficiency, high-mileage automobiles.

The building is one of the early-risers of the many “green” public buildings in Greensburg. Click here for more information on the floor plans and building information for this innovative way to help Greensburg continue to grow.