Article: FROM THE GROUND UP; Discovery, Pilgrim Pictures Prep Series on Rebuilding of Greensburg as Green Town.(Special Report: Environmental Journalism)

Byline: Debra Kaufman

Special to TelevisionWeek

On May 4, 2007, Greensburg, Kan., a small town of 1,500 inhabitants, was annihilated by a tornado. Ten people were killed and 95 percent of the town was destroyed, including the local hospital. Before the dust had settled, Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius had declared Greensburg would be rebuilt ... as an ecologically and economically sustainable town.

At the same time, in Los Angeles, Pilgrim Pictures founder Craig Piligian, whose production company has a 10-year relationship with Discovery Communications, was thinking about producing a TV show related to the environment, in response to the events ...

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