Feature Article As cities start prioritizing people over cars, these firms create green, transit-oriented, mixed-use, pedestrian-friendly revitalization Current News GUEST ARTICLE: Santa Monica, California’s affordable housing renovation signals an all-electric, zero-emission futureAfter historic disasters, BC hopes to improve resilience to wildfire, floods & extreme heat via $513 million climate adaptation strategyMixed-use redevelopment in America often forgets the revitalizing power of urban light manufacturing: this smart project doesn’tThe new Resilient Agriculture Accelerator Fund is established to scale-up voluntary regenerative agriculture in the U.S.Historic, 77-acre brick factory–notorious for Black convict labor–to be ecologically restored as a revitalizing Atlanta city parkThis historic industrial waterfront has been remediated, revitalized and reimagined into an enjoyable, green, vibrant neighborhoodMany beach restoration projects destroy one place to fix another: these won an award for boosting ecology and resilience in 4 statesU.S. Forest Service is told to restore the forests it’s mismanaged as tree farms for a century, and to make them more resilientIn Ohio, 38 heritage buildings will now be rehabilitated to revitalize 19 communities, thanks to $40 million in historic tax creditsCorporate commitment of $100 million will help revitalize downtowns, restoring parks, housing & community centers across America13 projects in four states get $1 million to create green jobs, revitalize communities and restore the Chesapeake Bay watershedThe home of the Pentagon and Amazon HQ2 celebrates new public park commemorating African American baseball history15 community revitalization & adaptive reuse projects get $10 million from Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital ProgramSyracuse gets $29 million to redevelop this huge, decrepit, long-vacant facility into a regional job hub and mixed income housingState launches prison redevelopment effort to find innovative reuse and revitalization opportunities for closed prisonsBuilt in 1881 & vacant since 2005, 4-building factory being repurposed as a $55 million affordable and supportive housing complexNormally, we remove invasive species before restoring native species. But what if restoring natives can remove invasives?A national model for renovating affordable housing? This state just created a Public Housing Preservation Trust for 25,000 units.“Revitalization at its finest!” 112 brownfield remediation projects in 41 Ohio counties win $192 million to revive community economiesIn New Orleans, the 7th Ward Revitalization Project hosts a rededication ceremony for park named after civil rights leader$23M pedestrian-friendly redevelopment repurposes downtown historic district parking lot into 75 affordable housing unitsThis architecturally-historic office building will be redeveloped into a green residential neighborhood while respecting its heritageThis $12.5 billion is the largest single investment in renovating and replacing America’s decrepit bridges in nation’s historyThis abandoned downtown lumber yard in Michigan has been transformed into a farmers market & community event spaceConventional infrastructure vs. regenerative sustainable infrastructure: Promoting projects with a positive net impactRestoring Utopia: This town is building their resilience, and helping to repair our climate, by regenerating their watershedResilience plans work best at the county or regional level, and with public engagement: this California county shows how it’s doneResilient North Carolina town’s recovery shows the revitalizing power of restoration partnerships after devastating floodRestoration Economy Bipartisanship: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Recovering America’s Wildlife ActSignificant progress is announced in rehabilitating a neighborhood that was devastated by the 2020 Beirut Port explosion