Feature Article This visionary, mixed-use, transit-oriented redevelopment hopes to revitalize the center of this historic city by restoring urban river Current News GUEST ARTICLE – Reconnecting America: Massive new federal funding offers hope for renovating antiquated passenger rail systemOklahoma State University is one of 11 winners of $56 million from National Science Foundation to study rural climate resilienceThe Port of Tacoma wins award for cleaning, redeveloping and ecologically restoring a 133-acre site contaminated by local companyGuess which Midwest U.S. state has “Historic Economic Asset Lifeline” (HEAL) grants to revitalize dilapidated downtown buildings?13 historic building restoration and reuse projects win $10 million to revitalize 12 rural community economies across AmericaAcademic researchers in Kentucky aim to help revitalize neighborhoods by defining exactly what it is that makes them healthierThis $195 million investment boosts drought resilience across America by cooperatively restoring watersheds & aquatic ecosystemsClimate Restoration: Guess which major U.S. city is renovating all municipal buildings to completely eliminate the use of fossil fuels?Adaptive reuse turns vacant former Buffalo hospital into $15 million affordable housing to revitalize neighborhood near downtownDemonstrating the importance of habitat restoration, this rare cat is returning to places it hasn’t been seen in a long, long timeNew Jersey Economic Development Authority gives $407,800 to nine adaptive reuse and catalytic redevelopment projectsRestoration Economy: $32 million investment to help restore America’s vitally important estuaries and make them more resilientNew strategy aims to revitalize rural and urban communities in a vibrant, inclusive and sustainable manner throughout IrelandNational Park Service is investing $44 million to boost ecological restoration and climate resilience at parks all across AmericaEcological restoration management plan for a wildlife refuge in North Carolina boosts resilience for surrounding communitiesAfter extensive public engagement, a new use is emerging for this historic 1917 armory to help revitalize a Bronx neighborhoodHUD’s $85 million competition supports new national “Housing Supply Action Plan” to boost office-to-housing conversionsCivil War battlefield at Pea Ridge National Military Park expanded, restored & reopened, thanks to 140-acre gift from local familyDakota Sioux will restore bison to tribal lands in Minnesota, revitalizing both their culture and local environmental healthSan Francisco State University engineering professor wins a $510,000 NSF grant to study the resilience of green infrastructureFlower farm in Providence, Rhode Island wins $500,000 to revitalize a neighborhood and clean up old contaminated industrial siteAlbany, New York launches a long-awaited $3.3 million streetscape revitalization effort to bring new life to the downtown areaPositive Trend: As disasters proliferate and worsen, 21 U.S. states now have a Chief Resilience Officer, with more on the wayFor first time, FEMA funds natural resource restoration (reefs) as ecosystem services component of resilient disaster recoveryAmerica’s National Marine Sanctuary System gets a climate resilience boost with $50 million for infrastructure renovationsFour communities in Virginia win over $8 million from the Industrial Revitalization Fund to reuse vacant or blighted propertiesThe U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues evolving from most ecologically destructive to the most restorative federal agencyWhat do Wilmington, Delaware and Miami, Florida have in common? $90 million for public housing neighborhood revitalization.In Charlotte, North Carolina, this historic 1918 courthouse is beautifully restored, renovated and expanded for a long new life24 ecological restoration projects at 95 sites throughout Maryland win $22.9 million to boost biodiversity and climate resilience