Feature Article This is not an office building! Innovative reuse of empty commercial space on the rise Current News GUEST ARTICLE: Creating a revitalizing public gathering place in tough fiscal timesConnecticut invests $15 million to revitalize pier & repurpose it for offshore wind energyLocally-extinct butterfly is restored to England after 40-year absenceLondon mayor funds six new projects to restore rivers, parks & green infrastructureUNDP launches program to help impoverished Indonesian farmers adapt to climate changeRegeneration plan for a declining Scottish fishing town is touted as a national modelHuman beavers restore New Mexico landscape so wildlife and real beavers can returnPhiladelphia to restore region’s water with world’s first city-owned mussel hatcheryAdaptive reuse of Berlin’s huge, defunct airport serves social & humanitarian needsThe £1 billion transit-oriented, mixed-use revitalization of London’s Tottenham areaAliens stealing Cape Town water! Government commitment to ecological restoration urged.Creation of $2.6 billion in brownfields-based community revitalization is OK’d in MichiganKresge Foundation’s leading-edge strategy focuses on inclusive urban resilienceHow would the next generation of land banks evolve to better-redevelop brownfields?Ireland puts €4 billion into urban and rural revitalization, climate resilience & innovationNew mapping project will improve climate resilience planning throughout CaribbeanRochester, NY revitalizes a badly-planned urban highway corridor; wins awardNon-profit program helps young people learn to restore automotive heritage for a livingHistoric, long-vacant 1883 Pennsylvania silk mill to be repurposed as affordable housingThree cities win $70,000 each for successful revitalization work that engaged the publicTwo Chicago neighborhoods accepted into new “UrbanMain” revitalization programTools of destruction can also restore when in the right hands, on the right projectSix more historic and infill buildings join the tsunami of downtown Detroit revitalizationIn Grand Rapids, a historic museum building is reborn as a state-of-the-art high schoolAfter 50 years of healthy economic growth, Singapore envisions resilient prosperityAn opportunity finally emerges to reforest North Korea’s devastated landscapeSix historic downtowns win revitalization grants from Main Street America partnershipA grand, green plan to revitalize Fier, Albania by reconnecting the city center to its riverDowntown Akron, Ohio revitalization takes a step forward with marketplace expansionUK university creates a National Brownfield Institute in a £100 million brownfield projectRancher shifts from fracking to ecological restoration; now helps revitalize downtownHow Muslim immigrants are revitalizing Russia’s dying rural communitiesCosta Rica’s “transformational travel” revitalizes visitors and visited alikeDead for 20 years, waterfront Navy site gets $1 billion mixed-use, transit-oriented rebirthHoward University’s redevelopment of two vacant, historic DC buildings makes progressBristol, UK focuses their urban regeneration strategy on restoring green infrastructure