Feature Article $326 million restoration of rail service on Vancouver Island could stimulate community, economic and heritage revitalization Current News GUEST ARTICLE — Build It Back Better: Public & private partners create a climate-resilient future for New York City homeownersHorseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition is formed to restore an important species that’s 200 million years older than the dinosaursWest Virginia University to trigger $5 million of revitalization with $300,000 from EPA to renew historic industrial sites in this townRestoring the climate by removing dams: New insights into rivers’ role in transporting carbon to be sequestered in oceansHistoric “Wonder Theatre”—one of five in the world—will finally get restored to help revitalize downtown Jersey City, New JerseyNYC-based architects get planning approval for family-friendly, mixed-use redevelopment in 1200-year-old neighborhoodRestoring seagrass meadows is revealed to be a powerful method for restoring global climate and reviving commercial fisheriesRevitalizing post-COVID downtowns via the Fed’s $600 billion Main Street Lending Program: What borrowers need to knowUniversity gets $500,000 to create a resilient economic development strategy for badly-planned, disaster-prone East New OrleansReintroduced sea otters have been hated by fishermen, but they have been revitalizing both the ecology and the fishing economyDiscover the lesser-developed countries that are inspiring nations worldwide to reforest the planetHow housing might help lead the post-pandemic economic recovery in communities across the United States$16.6 million worth of projects will help revitalize and boost the resilience of tribes, communities and regions by reusing waterRural region is protecting nature, boosting tourism, and making poor farmers wealthy while revitalizing their heritage industriesNew “Resilience Economics” report provides a framework to begin the post-pandemic process of rebuilding an equitable economyU.S. brownfields, closed landfills and other underutilized sites are increasingly being repurposed to produce renewable energyCarbon Crossroads: Will the pandemic starve climate restoration and adaptation efforts of funding, or open new paths to change?$891 million in federal funding for transit projects will help twelve local economies recover from the impact of COVID-19New $17 million program in Tuolumne County, California to boost the restoration economy, grow jobs and increase forest resilienceU.S. communities receive $302 million in federal grants to repair and rehabilitate their crumbling railroad infrastructureAmazon gives €3.75 million to boost climate resilience of 3 German cities via The Nature Conservancy’s “Urban Greening” program17 years after the ecologically disastrous Buzzards Bay oil spill, a restoration plan for loons and other coastal birds is finalizedThe rewilding of Saudi Arabia advances with reintroduction of native gazelles, which will pave the way for restoring Arabian leopardsDespite COVID-19 challenges, five smart U.S. states advance flood resilience plans to reduce risk and cost of climate disastersCharming little former railway hub of Sykesville, Maryland wins national “America’s Main Streets” contest as best downtownFish return to de-engineered wetland only 6 months after levee is breached, natural flows resume and the ecology is restoredRepublic Services partners with 3 national community revitalization non-profits on $3 million program to revive small businessesA vision for the social, economic and ecological regeneration of Mexico City’s Xochimilco farms and wetlandsRedeveloper partners with church to turn underutilized property into affordable housing to revitalize Tenderloin districtSix cities in the U.S. will receive over $640,000 for green, equitable revitalization of public spaces in low-income neighborhoods