....As I mentioned in my interview, I'm not so certain that Greensburg's success is easily replicable. I don't know that bigger cities like Joplin, Missouri or Tuscaloosa, Alabama can look to tiny Greensburg (which had a population of around 1,500 when the tornado struck) as a model for their rebuilding plans. For Greensburg, their "green recovery" efforts were also a new, novel idea at the time. A pretty unique story that, when combined with the town's fortunate name, the media couldn't get enough of. Dozens, if not hundreds, of articles, blog posts, and network news reports (there was even a two-season reality show for the Discovery Channel), helped reel in a bounty of charitable donations, from cash to wind turbines to solar panels to geothermal heat pumps. ...
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