Feature Article Germany transforming 62 old military bases into wildlife sanctuaries Current News Revitalization: The Missing Function of Government.Landmark downtown Dallas hotel reopening after $46.5M renovation£200 million regeneration to make Stirling, Scotland a cultural & economic leaderRestorative Water Infrastructure: A model for the futureLinking Japanese rural revitalization to renewable energy productionBenton Harbor (MI) to turn downtown parking lot into park & Resiliency PlazaReviving dead space under elevated structures to revitalize neighborhoods$700 million salmon restoration program needs 4 more dam removalsOld factory to become urban fish farm, arts center & farmers marketNY state brownfield program (crucial to Buffalo revitalization) is renewedHumane Adaptive Reuse: Old city buses to become mobile homeless sheltersChattanooga plans $3 million renovation of downtown public parkOperation Restoration underway: Restoring a Pacific paradiseWinery on reclaimed urban land is revitalizing a Cleveland neighborhoodUrban planner pushes reuse of 35 dilapidated Baltimore buildings$500 million Navy base redevelopment approved in Alameda CAMassive redevelopment could change Detroit’s thinking on revitalization.Is undoing bad urban planning a growth industry? Here’s world’s largest example.Visionary Baltimore redevelopment stimulates neighborhood revitalizationThe revitalization of Pittsburgh from a UK perspectiveFranklin County Courthouse (MA) to get green roof in $60 million renovationNew York City to create public wi-fi by repurposing old phone boothsCleveland puts people over cars, restoring park to revitalize downtownRestoration of Chicago’s infamous “creek of rotten carcasses” stallsEntrepreneurs & planner revitalizing historic Montana mining town of ButteSpectacular renovation of old Tuscan farmhouse using local materialsA Rustbelt city’s downtown revival is powered by young peopleWitnessing the miracle of ecological restoration first-hand$50 million renovation of historic Toronto water facilities announcedDetroit’s new green infrastructure to help restore regional waterwaysBrazilian president commits to restoring up to 30 million acres of forestBP agrees to pay $18.7 billion to restore & revitalize Gulf CoastJudge upholds EPA plan to restore Chesapeake Bay (& quotes Robert Frost)Buffalo expands waterfront boardwalk to boost downtown revitalizationAn indoor farm helps revitalize a blighted Detroit neighborhoodHUD’s Choice Neighborhoods program revitalizes struggling placesCan vultures help revitalize an economically-desperate Puerto Rico?Small projects can have big revitalizing effects on downtownsRebirth of Philadelphia’s historic, long-vacant Divine Lorraine HotelPhiladelphia’s own “High Line Park” moves $1 million closer to launchNew women mayors in Madrid & Barcelona push revitalizing changeNew medical plant advances downtown Detroit revitalization3 good mayors reconnect & revitalize Medellín continuously for 12 years$61.8 million restoration turns historic New York City bridge into public parkRedevelopment to bring affordable housing & river access to West Tampa, FLBroomfield CO: New organization to beautify & revitalize vacant buildingsWaterfront trail attracts revitalization to Battery Park City (NY)Killing (or taming) a giant worm will boost quality of life and revitalize a major cityCleveland inventories neighborhood revitalization assets on footHow an entrepreneurial redeveloper revitalized a St. Louis neighborhoodAustralian mayors say “the greener a city is, the greater it is”.$184 million redevelopment coming for Memphis Fairgrounds?Wildlife returns as the Passaic River is reborn in New JerseyDetroit’s bus tour of black neighborhood economic recovery & resilienceLouisville to transform abandoned 23-acre waterfront dump into botanical gardenFighting Suburban Blight: A growth trend for Community Development Corporations?Revitalizing Kensington: Is North Philadelphia due for a comeback?Restoring, repurposing & reviving a historic cemetery estate in PhiladelphiaGreen renovation of historic NYC health center boosts neighborhoodNative bull trout reintroduction in Oregon proves it’s possibleCars Kill Cities: Dublin joins revitalizing trend, banning them downtownCleveland redevelopment links art, education, healthcare, neighborhoodsLEED-Gold downtown market revitalizes Grand Rapids neighborhoodDeveloper helps revitalize town at “epicenter” of 2008 economic crashOregon might create urban land banks to clean up and redevelop brownfields