"Galveston Aims to Build a Healthier City After Ike's Wave of Destruction" PBS Newshour 9/22/2011
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JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour): Now, can a midsize city rebuild itself in such a way that it promotes healthier living at a time of economic distress? That question is very much on the minds of citizens on one Texas community.
NewsHour health correspondent Betty Ann Bowser has the story.
BETTY ANN BOWSER: Galveston Island, Texas, is one of those American coastal cities that gets clobbered by hurricanes. In fact, there have been 11 in a little over 100 years.
The last big one, Hurricane Ike, hit in 2008. And three years later, you don't have to look very far to see the havoc it created. So, once again, Galveston is rebuilding, but this time around, some residents want to do it in a way no city has tried before. They want to make Galveston a healthier place to live.
Longtime resident Betty Massey is the current head of the island's rebuilding committee. In the days after Ike, she said she had an ‘aha' moment.
BETTY MASSEY, Recovery Committee: It wasn't good enough to just go back the way we were. That wasn't -- that wasn't what we wanted to do. We wanted to have some vision for our community.
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