GUEST ARTICLE: A history of the revitalization efforts (and results) in downtown Wheaton, Illinois over the past 25 years U.S. Bureau of Reclamation awards $9 million in drought resilience funding to leverage $166.2 million for 18 water projects NYC’s $318 million parks initiative completes $11 million green infrastructure-based revitalization of two Bronx playgrounds Orkney Islands integrate renewable power and transportation infrastructure with a £28.5 million “Virtual Energy System” Regenerative agriculture initiative will help restore our global climate by removing one trillion tons of carbon from the atmosphere Isle of Wight’s £200 million revitalization program combines affordable housing with goal of becoming world’s “smartest” island A restored future beckons for France’s Sélune River as Europe’s largest-ever dam removal gets underway in Normandy In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, another badly-planned urban highway will be buried to reconnect and revitalize neighborhoods Is this the first operating system for neighborhoods? An urban revitalization startup raises $40 million. In Scotland, a masterplan is approved for the mixed-use, transit-oriented regeneration of one of Europe’s largest brownfields Esbjerg, Denmark’s historic park will be revitalized to help regenerate the city by reconnecting the downtown to the harbor Three University of Michigan faculty members are on team that won an international design competition to revitalize Midtown Detroit Pine woodland restoration creates surprisingly robust havens to revive bird populations in the midwestern United States Home Sweet Home: An abandoned sugar cane plantation is about to be repurposed and renewed as affordable housing in Hawaii As the global climate crisis intensifies, the World Bank lends Sri Lanka $310 million to boost resilience and disaster preparedness Michigan uses state’s land bank to quickly transfer ownership of a closed prison to the city of Muskegon for redevelopment Wildlife habitat regeneration champions hope to build a jaguar-based Restoration Economy in southern Arizona Massachusetts communities receive $2.7 million for dam removal, river/wetland habitat restoration and climate adaptation Google will invest $1 billion to repurpose their property into 15,000 homes, stimulate affordable housing and reduce homelessness Canadian province of Manitoba launches a $52-million endowment to support resilience via the restoration of ecosystem services Six more West Virginia communities are inducted into the “Blueprint Communities” revitalization program Greece receives €650 million from the European Investment Bank to revitalize via green infrastructure and renewable energy Entrepreneurs, real estate investors, non-profits and government agencies are racing to revitalize Spain’s dying “ghost villages” As the use of coal swiftly declines, Germany is revitalizing regional economies by turning old mines into tourist destinations A 5th-generation Indiana farmer discovers the healthy—and healthful—profits that are generated by regenerative agriculture New Jersey overhauls tax incentives to spark innovative urban revitalization, brownfields redevelopment and historic restoration Supported by the University of Hawaiʻi, middle school students approach an island’s ecological restoration as a math problem Belfast approves four major revitalization projects, including a mixed-use industrial site redevelopment that could add 8000 jobs All renovated homes help revitalize local economies. These renovated Detroit houses revitalize kids, families and neighborhoods. America’s underfunded infrastructure renewal forces U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to try a P3 to restore the LA River ecosystem 10 communities in the Americas and Europe are chosen as finalists for the Cities of Service “Engaged Cities Award” Lancaster, Pennsylvania’s seniors housing partnership will revitalize former industrial site and a major downtown historic building After wettest May in history, Chicago’s water reclamation district sets example for cities worldwide by funding green infrastructure $1 million impact investment to revitalize neighborhoods via arts, redevelopment, social justice, jobs and entrepreneurship International Olympic Committee revitalizes organization by redeveloping old site into beautiful new headquarters on Lake Geneva FCC authorizes $166.8 million for broadband program that aims to create $64.5 billion of rural economic revitalization annually
