Hey, great news — the Planet Green channel will produce a third season of its docuseries "Greensburg," to begin airing in May 2010, which will be the third anniversary of the powerful EF-5 tornado that destroyed nearly every building in the Kansas town of 1,300.
I've been following the progress in Greensburg for some time now. Here are the stories I've written and above, some of the pictures taken by myself and Star photographers. The economy has slowed things down a bit out in western Kansas, but you wouldn't know it from looking at Main Street in Greensburg. The historic Robinett building is almost ready for Gary and Erica Goldman to move into — they'll live on the top level and operate their antiques store on the bottom — next door is the Kiowa United building, with nine storefront spaces, a project entirely funded by local citizens. Look around and you'll see City Hall going up, the newly restored historic Courthouse, the bank — all built or rebuilt to the highest sustainability standards.
At the county's lone stoplight sits the business incubator, the LEED Platinum gem paid for in part by Sun Chips and Leo DiCaprio, the grand opening of which you saw in the second season of "Greensburg" (along with a two-second cameo of yours truly). Down Highway 54 the new hospital is going up, John Deere is going strong (and LEED Platinum certified as well) ... and of course, there are hundreds of new homes utilizing insulated concrete, geothermal, even solar and wind, everywhere you go in town.
"Greensburg's" producer in the field, Johnny Gould, told the Kiowa County Signal on Thursday that filming will start next week, and he strongly hinted that this season will in fact be the last. "Season three will be aimed at tying up some of the loose ends of the story lines we’ve followed the first two seasons and showing that here's a town that's actually going to make it," Gould said.
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