Feature Article To achieve climate resilience, Los Angeles tackles infrastructure renewal, brownfields remediation and watershed restoration Current News GUEST ARTICLE: Competition inspires team to envision transforming an underutilized urban district into a vibrant communityThe “America Wins Act” would contribute $1.2 trillion to renovating U.S. infrastructure while helping to restore the global climate20 urban resilience, ecological restoration and economic revitalization projects receive €82 million in Europe33 years after nuclear power devastated Ukraine, can Atomik Vodka help economically revitalize the Chernobyl region?A rare bipartisan congressional effort introduces important bicameral legislation: the “Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2019”The 2-year, walkable redesign and green revitalization of historic Piazza San Michele in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy is now completeSeattle to revitalize a major street by selling underutilized city properties for housing, public space and transportation projectsThe Minderoo Foundation pledges $2 million to The Nature Conservancy to help restore Western Australia rivers and estuaryThe Government of Canada commits another $1.06 million for 10 Great Lakes restoration projects, for a total of $18 millionMichigan partners with crowdfunder to support this historic auditorium renovation and other community revitalization projects4 new projects will activate dead spaces, redevelop brownfields, revitalize downtowns & generate $12.4 million + 88 jobs in MichiganNew Jersey expands sustainable revitalization program, the “Community Collaborative Initiative,” to include eight more citiesAustralia adds $500 million to its support of climate-resilient redevelopment and renewable energy for its Pacific neighborsWhen you want to restore forests and mitigate the climate crisis, sometimes you have to remove trees, not add themChina’s rapidly-urbanizing Yangtze River Delta to build resilience via $370 million in green infrastructure investments$5 million to help revitalize historic Detroit neighborhood via affordable housing, park renovation and environmental restorationCalifornia State Coastal Conservancy gets $2 million from U.S. Fish and Wildlife for 40 acres of coastal wetland restorationOn Long Island, Baldwin wins $10 million for transit-oriented downtown redevelopment from NY Downtown Revitalization InitiativeUniversity researchers work to restore rocky intertidal seaweed to regenerate biodiversity along the California coast3 New York communities get $30 million for revitalization projects that repurpose, renew and reconnect assets in historic downtownsUniversity of Maryland researchers explore links among stormwater infrastructure, climate resilience & ecological restorationEthiopia breaks world record, planting over 350 million trees in 1 day, while Cameroon’s reforestation passes 1 million trees20 New Jersey communities receive $2.5 million in downtown revitalization grants from Neighborhood Preservation ProgramFour Chicago non-profits receive $500,000 for Austin neighborhood revitalization from Wells Fargo’s NeighborhoodLIFT Program$17.9 million removal of Bloede Dam complete, restoring fish migration on Maryland’s Patapsco River after a century of blockageFlorida’s Coral Restoration Foundation is among the recipients of $10.4 million from NOAA Community-based Restoration ProgramSix historic restoration-based neighborhood revitalization projects in Baltimore, Maryland receive $70,000 in grants$350,000 in demolition grants from the Michigan Land Bank turn blighted properties into renewable assets for nine communitiesIn England, a nature restoration project wins award for reintroducing over 1200 furry ecosystem engineers: water volesBritain’s largest bird of prey, the sea eagle, is restored to the Isle of Wight after an absence of 239 yearsRevitalization of San Francisco’s Tenderloin continues as two ugly parking lots become affordable housing and a community centerNew IPCC report proves the need to switch to regenerative agriculture and restorative land usage has reached emergency statusBaltimore, Maryland announces the winning design firm for the Middle Branch Waterfront Revitalization CompetitionIn a newly-revitalized 150-year-old suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, a decrepit warehouse is reborn as beautiful new office spaceBilbao was built on innovation: can it repeat the miracle? For the next chapter in their revitalization, the city can look to its pastIn British Columbia, Canada, the Katzie First Nation uses $150,000 WWF grant to restore salmon habitat in their traditional territory