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Lessons in Leadership and Sustainability from Greensburg Kansas
Laura BrownCommunity Development Educator
Crawford County UW ExtensionJuly 13, 2010
Wisconsin leadership Academy trip to Greensburg June 6-11, 2010
Kiowa County Extension Office
Public Square
Leadership in Public Square Process
“Training our next generation of
leaders is key”
“We need to build a passion for our community that becomes instilled in the
people here.”
“We already have a community of 850 leaders- because they invested in staying here. Leadership is about enabling people to perform difficult tasks. We’ve enabled each other. We’ve worked through
this because we’ve had the passion.”
GREENSBURG VISION 2017
Blessed with a unique opportunity to create a strong community
Devoted to familyFostering business
Working together for future generations
Goals• Partnerships for Development
Create a County Development Board with representation from all four sectors which will work to foster growth
• Community ConversationsUtilize the Public Square Steering Committee to actively engaged sector activities and coordinate community events
• New Parks & Recreation Create a facility incorporating an indoor pool, fitness center, meeting rooms and office space for staff to implement a comprehensive cultural events program
• “Can Do” AttitudeUse organizations from the four sectors to reinforce a “sense of community” and a “can do attitude”...
• Youth Leadership Develop a program of youth & adults working together on leadership awareness & involvement, and have a visible youth presence in all planning sectors engaging as many youth as possible
The Sustainability Decision
Only a crisis—actual or perceived—produces real change. When that crisis
occurs, the actions that are taken depend on the ideas that are lying around. That, I believe, is our basic function: to develop alternatives to existing policies, to keep
them alive and available until the politically impossible becomes politically
inevitable. – Milton Friedman
What Does Sustainability Mean in Greensburg?
“We have learned that sustainability does not just mean green
building. It is time and energy, lifestyle changes, and education,
building relationships. This means we are focused not on right now or two years from now, but 20 years
from now. We are planning for our grandchildren.”
Evolving Views of the CommunityPeople, Planet, Profit
Unconnected or silos view Interconnected or linkages view
Interdependent, nested, or systems view
EnvironmentEconomy
Society
EnvironmentEconomy
Society
Environment
Society
Economy
LEED Certified Buildings
Greensburg City Hall
Leadership Notes from the City Administrator
“Patience, persistence, vision, and communication were essential. True
leadership happens when the critics are loud and you are still making progress.”
“Our biggest challenge was not the short term disaster relief but the longer term work that
we are doing now that will affect the community for many years to come.”
Kiowa County Hospital
“Planning is about decision making and learning how to make good decisions”
Greensburg Greentown
Economic Development
Scott BrownKiowa County
United
Greensburg Sunchips Business Incubator
On Rebuilding Green
“We said, if the city and the county are going to do it, let’s be a leader in the business
community and rebuild LEED certified.”
“This really helped to rebuild relationships in the community that had been shattered
before..It is critical that we did what we did and that we continue what we’re doing.”
-Mike Estes, BTI John Deere Greensburg
Future Site of Kiowa County Commons
Challenges• Housing- ongoing big issue• Housing and services for seniors• Attracting and keeping essential
services- eye care, pharmacy, dental• Community health- food access?
Lessons on Rebuilding After a Disaster
• How do we generate “community without tragedy?” Tornado caused a mental shift
• “You plan to plan so you know how to make decisions.”
• “Positive conversation changes the world.”
http://fyi.uwex.edu/crawfordcommunity
Questions?
Thank you!Laura Brown
Crawford County University of Wisconsin Extension
