Posts Tagged ‘shank’
Monday, September 29th, 2008
Back on the Map!
Ron Shank and Levi Garrett described how scared they were with the weather
that had the tornado whistle blowing. Everyone hit the bunkers and waited
for the storm to pass. Ron’s GM Dealership had some hail damage. The new
church suffered some water damage.
City Council meet to get BNIM’s Master plan approved and the presentation is made.
Council approves the plan with a 5-0 vote. (more…)
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Posted in Going Green | 18 Comments »
Monday, August 11th, 2008
February 27, 2008
Primary Election Results are in. Bob Dixson and John Janssen are in a runoff
for the primary. 10 of the 15 city council positions will move on to the
primary. Carmen Renfro and Erica Goodman are in the runoff for City Council.
March 2, 2008
Studio 804 Warehouse in Lawrence, Kansas is paid a visit by the 5.4.7 Arts
Center Board to see the progress they were making on the new building. The
building is being built to LEED certification. It will have a lot of active (more…)
Tags: active systems, augusta kansas, barns, basketball team, bti, budget, campaign, chris ballard, city council positions, climate, coach white, dealership, dixson, donations, drains, energy, erica goodman, Everything Solar, game talk, generators, geo thermal heating, go, Going Green, green, illnesses, john janssen, kilowatts, larned kansas, launch, lawrence kansas, lifelong resident, money, power, primary election results, retirement home, roofing, saving, shank, sites, state championship game, studio 804, suburbans, systems, turbines, wind, wind turbines
Posted in Going Green | 8 Comments »
Monday, July 21st, 2008
(This is a long one kids, so grab a cup of coffee and enjoy)
January 2008
Two architect students from the University of Kansas’ Studio 804, drive
4 1/2 hours to determine if Greensburg would be a viable candidate for
their annual project to build a house using architecture as a way of turning
around neighborhoods. They are concerned about committing here because of the
distance and time. Studio 804 is composed of 22 graduate students, all
graduating in May. The students go out and seek funding for the project, but
it seems they seek from the effected community itself, (gee, thanks). Back
at the University a Studio 804 meeting is held with the 22 students and their
professor discussing if Greensburg can really go that green, can the town
pull it off, the project’s not a charity, it needs funding, can the town (more…)
Tags: alexsis, arrogance, barns, blah, brother, bti, car, charities, christmas trees, cup of coffee, dealership, devastation, direct hit, disasters, edge of town, er, family business, gm dealership, green, hook, hybrids, ideas, john deere, leaves, mulch, plastic, plastic toys, rain, recycle, recycling, rhonda, roofing, selling cars, shank, shovel, sites, studio 804, systems, time studio, tornado, tornadoes, traffic, trees, university of kansas, utility, viable candidate
Posted in Going Green | 13 Comments »
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