“Greensburg is a global example of how clean energy can power an entire community, how it can bring jobs and businesses to a place where piles of bricks and rubble once lay.”
- President Barack Obama
 
“When you consider the size of the community and the gravity of the situation, it is remarkable that the residents turned to planning as part of the recovery process and to rebuild in a sustainable manner to benefit future generations.”
- 2008 Daniel Burnham Award, American Planning Association, Jury Member
 
“BNIM's planning team has been a wonderful facilitator in guiding the community's hopes and concerns. Their thoughtful synthesis of community feedback, government requirements, and technical analyses helped create a plan that was realized as it was created. The result of this work is not just an excellent plan, but also a community made stronger by the optimistic act of planning for our shared future.”
- Steve Hewitt, Former City Administrator for Greensburg, Kansas
 
“The city of Greensburg has taken the extraordinary step of committing to rebuild their community to a new vision, not settling for simply recreating what had gone before. By committing to a recovery plan based on green building, the community’s leadership has set a path that will result in a healthier, more livable city for its citizens, turning a crisis into an opportunity that is an example for us all.”
- Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO & Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council
 
“The biggest success story in Greensburg, to me, has been the resiliency and determination of our citizens to make a difference in their world. We’re new pioneers in the sustainability movement.”
- Mayor Bob Dixson, City of Greensburg, Kansas
 
“City of Greensburg: What a compelling story. It’s an extremely challenging and pioneering step to rebuild the town and it expresses the character of the people who live there. The central aspect was to involve the whole community. Design here is an agent more than an aesthetic. They had strong planning and made every cent count.  This is a demonstration of how landscape architects showed a town how to work from one project to the next to regain the confidence that they can rebuild and don’t have to move away. They used so many realistic, affordable solutions. A lot of the world lives in places that can use these ideas and this project will give them the courage to embrace change and move forward. Through its physical design, people can be confident that this city is strong and will continue.”
- David Yocca, Conservation Design Forum - 2011 ASLA National Awards Jury Chair