Feature Article Leaders call for restoring 250 million acres of African landscapes by 2030 Current News GSA will do $210 million in renovations to catalyze economy of downtown DetroitOld industrial Hudson River sites are transformed into green places for livingRemoving California dam makes community safer while restoring fish migrationAfter 50 years, a useless dam is removed and a river is restored in TennesseeRestoring a filthy urban river is one thing. Getting people to swim in it is another.Despite Congressional inaction, Klamath dams to come down for river restorationMayor, local partners & HUD commit $425 million to revitalize West Atlanta, GeorgiaBarbeque helps revitalize Michigan village by renovating century-old City HallPeople Count: Denver finds that design and transit alone don’t revitalize an areaWill a $12 billion transportation overhaul fix a legacy of bad planning in Las Vegas?5 great new ways England’s industrial heritage has been repurposed & renewedFlower House Detroit beautifies the revitalization of blighted neighborhoodsNew historic trust to restore and revitalize heritage of Coventry, EnglandToronto repurposing & renewing space under highway to reconnect waterfrontU.C. Berkeley redevelops a historic plaza to reconnect the campus to the cityPortland, Maine’s “inclusionary zoning” to boost affordable housing for middle classHow America’s old armories are being repurposed and redevelopedLandmark dome to be renovated in UK town’s £36 million seafront regenerationSeven ways to revitalize a neighborhood without gentrifying itAs cities revitalize, they must repurpose or demolish dead & dying Big Box storesThe tenuous revival of California’s mysterious Mono LakeRestorative agriculture to advance with new Soil Renaissance research instituteBrooklyn’s Gowanus Canal cleanup is emblematic of global urbanization trendRevitalizing public housing to restore public health, wealth & happiness47-mile trail repurposed rails to reconnect neighborhoods & revive downtownsScientific entrepreneurs launch company to restore Louisiana’s coastal forestsMassive redevelopment of SW Atlanta begins, thanks to Beltline trail connectionBurlington, Vermont celebrates opening of remediated & revitalized waterfrontLouisiana expands artificial reef to add fish habitat & boost fishing economyCity uses social impact bonds to reuse zombie houses & revitalize neighborhoodsAfter two decades of waiting, historic Indian women’s college to be restoredPittsburgh’s EcoInnovation District makes “100 Best” climate change projects list“Restoring Healthy Forests for Healthy Communities Act” is a massive failureRemoving a road to restore a beautiful canyon in San Diego, California£7.1 million restoration and redevelopment of historic Leicester, UK factoryJerusalem’s light rail reconnects neighborhoods & revitalizes downtownDetroit plans a very revitalizing 2016, adding both green & blue infrastructureWorld’s fastest ocean liner might be restored and redeveloped after allGreensburg, PA might expand successful anti-blight policy to revitalize entire cityA new generation of farmers is attracted to Detroit’s vast frontier of vacant landKalamazoo land bank completes $1.9 million green revitalization of riverfrontThe Nature Conservancy launches fish recovery program in Maine