USA Today had a story about a rural town in Kansas called Greensburg that was destroyed by a tornado and is now rebuilding the town with the "power of green." A town like Greensburg, with less than 1,000 people, might normally just try to get life back to normal after a disaster like this, but instead they are bettering their community. The article stated that, "Greensburg became the first town in the nation to pledge that all town-owned buildings larger than 4,000 square feet will get the highest rating of the U.S. Green Building Council, called Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum. The buildings are expected to use 42% less energy than building code standards allow." This is a great story of turning a negative into a positive and perhaps a sign of things to come for future building in both the rural and urban United States.