
(CNN) – Hit hard by the recession, the aviation giant Cessna was forced to reexamine the way it did business and it's helped them soar to new heights in hard times. Our Tom Foreman reports from Wichita, Kansas for today's "Building Up America" report.
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(CNN) – The CNN Express bus is rolling across Kansas this week. Today, it brings us to Dodge City. The name may take you back to the Old West, but there's a new sheriff in town and it's helped "Dodge" become a boom town. Our Tom Foreman has this "Building Up America" report.
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(CNN) – Next month marks the third anniversary of a tornado that nearly wiped the small town of Greensburg, Kansas off the map. The town has come back and in the process become "ground-zero" for green energy. Our Tom Foreman has a first-hand look in this "Building Up America" report.
(CNN) – Kansas is ground zero this week for our continuing series "Building Up America." Our Tom Foreman is traveling across the Jayhawk State, meeting people who are making good in hard economic times.
(CNN) – For our ongoing series, "Building Up America," our Drew Griffin reports from Kansas, where people are embracing the past to get through some difficult economic times.
(CNN) – Today in our Building Up America series, a major success story in the south.
A man who made some big bets with the pension fund for 300-thousand state employees is buying up everything from TV stations to a busted airline – and building a mini empire. It's happening down in Alabama and our Tom Foreman has the story.

