Feature Article How rural communities can leverage the rise in remote work to create resilient, diversified, post-COVID-19 economic recovery Current News GUEST ARTICLE – Driving Economic Recovery Downtown: Eight Responses to the Impact of COVID-19 on Main Streets Across AmericaEastern Maine Development Corporation wins $2.6 million from EDA to help communities recover from COVID-19 economic crisisBeyond Sustainability: Brewdog—world’s largest craft brewer—goes carbon-negative to regenerate forests & restore our climateThis train station has been restored and reconstructed three times since it was built in 1933, and is an architectural landmarkAs much of their state burns, University of California students learn the healing effects of fire in restoring campus biodiversityIn Vermont, a long-vacant, contaminated gas station site will soon be remediated and redeveloped into affordable housingSan Diego, California selects a redevelopment team to revitalize vacant 48-acre sports arena property into vibrant new destinationLong-vacant 7-acre industrial brownfield will soon enjoy a mixed-use revitalization as a new, green riverfront neighborhood17 coastal community revitalization and resilience projects in Massachusetts win $7.8 million in Seaport Economic Council grants11 dense, impoverished urban neighborhoods across the U.S. are identified as ideal housing-related redevelopment opportunitiesPhiladelphia’s new $2.2 billion, mixed-income waterfront revitalization effort will create new parks and require no public subsidyThe Walton Family Foundation helps coastal Louisiana communities & businesses create a more climate-resilient future for themselvesIn Nevada, a defunct golf course will enjoy new life as a residential community, helping to revitalize the nearby downtown areaRestoration Economy: $53 million in grants now available to U.S. communities, counties and tribes to assess and clean brownfieldsAn old military airport will be repurposed, renewed and reconnected to the city. This revitalizing design won the competition.The trend of repurposing failed commercial structures into creative new uses continues as 21-year-old offices become medical center“Water Resources Development Act of 2020” restores America’s natural infrastructure to cut floods & boost community resilienceLegislation with bipartisan support is introduced to fully fund the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative with $335 millionThe project to create London’s own version of New York City’s revitalizing High Line Park launches a competition for the design teamA Maryland-based ecological restoration company makes Inc. magazine’s list of fastest-growing private companies 4 years runningTired of waiting for White House & Congress, Cape May County, New Jersey launches its own program to renew 29 derelict bridgesBirth of cloned foal of ancient horse species, that was extinct in wild, revives both genetic diversity and hope for future restorationU.S. Air Force hopes to revitalize their Collaboration and Innovation Center and help boost the Massachusetts economyU.S. Senate says that—without significant climate restoration & ecological renewal—America will soon lose 9% of its economyEight historic building restoration / reuse projects in eight states share $4,800,000 in rural downtown revitalization grantsThe RFP process for revitalizing a city-owned brownfield into transit-oriented affordable housing, artist space & parkland: an exampleHSBC launches $6 billion climate restoration fund to invest in regenerative agriculture, ecological restoration, reforestation, etc.New research demonstrates the benefits of active ecological restoration efforts versus natural forest regeneration of logged areasRewilding Britain urges government to double nation’s tree cover via natural regeneration plus native tree plantingPoisoned by unregulated industry, a river in Wisconsin has been restored to economic & ecological health after a 17-year cleanup