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Stewardship, taking care of the resources weve been blessed with. so its our awesome responsibility to build back communities to last lifetimes for our future generations. >> mayor bob dixson of greensburg, kansas, all the best. you said 65% of the way before you feel like your city is completely back up and running? >> its an ongoing process. its a growth process. ive had people ask me when are you going to be done, and i say never because we dont ever want to be done with the growth process. y...

Devastation, i just want them to know, if you work together as a community, and its about the people and the partnerships that you can develop with public and private entities, great things happen and great hope for the future. >> mayor dixson, thanks so much for your time. all the best. >> thank you, and have a great day. >> thanks so much. grand rapids, michigan, is trying to rebuild its image. a list that appeared on "newsweek" magazines website called "grand rapids, a dieing city," grand r...

idea with shocked city officials. wednesday they gave him the okay to start. thursday construction began. >> weve had just an enormous outpouring of generosity and help to get prepared to get back to this point. the city has been great. the city of job lynn allowed us a permit in record time. >> reporter: theres still no electricity in this part of joplin. the substation across the street remains in ruins. a generator powers the tools passersby continuing stop to offer encouragement an...

built once before 17 years ago. on tuesday collins discussed the idea with shocked city officials. wednesday they gave him the okay to start. thursday construction began. >> weve had just an enormous outpouring of generosity and help to get prepared to get back to this point. the city has been great. the city of job lynn allowed us a permit in record time. >> reporter: theres still no electricity in this part of joplin. the substation across the street remains in ruins. a generator pow...

>> smith: good evening. we end this week where we began, in joplin, missouri. five days after a massive tornado leveled much of the city, they are still searching for the missing and saying good- bye as well, as today we saw the first of what will be many funerals. the number of dead now stands at 132, and 157 people are still unaccounted for. ben tracy is in joplin. ben, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, harry. much of joplin tonight still looks like a war zone. streets like th...