Feature Article As storms grow in power, reconstruction agencies must grow in social responsibility to avoid exacerbating gentrification Current News GUEST ARTICLE: Properly Funding the Renewal of Our Crumbling Infrastructure to Rebuild Equitable, Green ProsperityU.S. DOT launches major new initiative to support transportation-based economic revitalization throughout rural AmericaNew partnership will promote innovative, green finance for sustainable, climate-resilient infrastructure in Southeast AsiaTwo $200,000 grants will restore 5.5 acres of oyster reef in Virginia Beach’s Lynnhaven River, and stock it with 5.5 million oystersMajor property insurance company partners with World Wildlife Fund-Canada to boost public education on climate resilience50 years later, healing Pittsburgh’s I-579 urban planning disaster: A $32 million park will reconnect downtown & historic districtHow to repurpose under-used parking structures into affordable housing: 1091 parking spaces can become 119 residencesGovernors Island—an old NYC military outpost—might be repurposed as a living laboratory for climate crisis adaptationFinal planting for the ecological restoration of the Saw Mill Creek Mitigation Bank on Staten Island, New York is completeThe first economic development corporation-owned “Qualified Opportunity Funds” in Maine—and in United States—has been launchedSeattle awards $5 million to community organizations working for neighborhood revitalization without displacementThe EPA’s Great Lakes Restoration Initiative funds a $186,000 contract to reconnect and restore a National Park stream in OhioAfter a 3 1/2-year, $115 million restoration and revitalization, Baltimore, Maryland’s historic Enoch Pratt Free Library reopensCanada gives $10 million more for wetlands restoration to boost waterfowl populations, climate resilience and carbon sequestrationHistoric warehouse beautifully repurposed and renovated as green offices in Auckland, New Zealand’s revitalized innovation districtHow to restore coral reefs: New guidelines have been published by the multi-university Coral Restoration ConsortiumPhillips 66 gives another $500,000 to Ducks Unlimited to restore wetlands in wildlife refuges of Colorado, Kansas and TexasIn San Francisco, renovation of city’s oldest wastewater treatment facility wins a “Sustainable Infrastructure” awardElmira, New York’s downtown revitalization progresses as new mixed-use redevelopment opens with 100% of apartments leasedNew Giant Screen film—narrated by Claire Danes—documents spectacular restoration successes of three endangered speciesAs the restoration economy grows, firms that used to be paid to damage nature now find growth opportunities restoring itPromoting Nature-Based Solutions For Climate Resilience: The evolving trajectories of Washington, DC and Puerto RicoNeighborhoodLIFT Program donates $300,000 to four Orlando non-profits for affordable housing and neighborhood revitalizationCity Climate Finance Gap Fund is launched with 100 million euro to unlock 4 billion euro to boost urban climate resilienceAccelerating investment in natural infrastructure to boost local climate resilience and global climate restorationHoboken breaks ground to repurpose and restore a 6-acre industrial site into the largest resilience park in New JerseyNew partnership boosts urban regeneration, green buildings & sustainable / inclusive tourism to revitalize local economiesWith their first renovation project complete, a private redeveloper vows to help revitalize all of West Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaNew $160 million project will ecologically restore two barrier islands and one headland of Terrebonne Basin in LouisianaNew partnership, The Mesoamerican Reef Fund, works to research & develop new financing mechanisms for coral reef restorationCompleted Louisiana marsh restoration will help revitalize commercial and recreational fisheries, plus local hunting and trappingAppalachian Regional Commission awards $44.4 million to 54 projects in 8 states: will help revitalize coal-impacted communitiesAmeresco will build a 27 megawatt solar farm on a repurposed brownfield site (AKA “brightfield”) in the village of DePue, IllinoisThree more communities in New York State win $10 million each for revitalization of their historic downtownsIn Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the Montcrest School repurposes, renews and connects 3 historic residences into a gorgeous campusAnother Endangered Species Act victory: Restoration of Kirtland’s warbler succeeds; songbird removed from endangered status