GUEST ARTICLE: Adapting to rapid urbanization via rapid revitalization that unlocks people, process and place Minneapolis, Minnesota reopens their historic downtown Peavey Plaza after a beautiful, green revitalization This women-led chocolate company in Indonesia helps farmers boost their economic and environmental resilience Regenerative agriculture comes to silk production in China: Will your next shirt help restore the planet? Australian Institute of Landscape Architects promotes restoration and resilience via a national green infrastructure strategy The state of Virginia awards $144,000 in Main Street Program grants for 12 downtown revitalization projects Call some place revitalized, kiss it goodbye: Tourism overwhelms regenerated historic neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico Albany, New York is spending their $10 million revitalization prize on 12 transformative projects for historic Clinton Square The European Commission has issued a new framework of actions to protect and restore the world’s forests 12 downtown revitalization projects receive $5.5 million in rebates from Delaware to leverage $103 million in private investments Upcoming rewilding conference is a hopeful sign of fresh thinking for restoring Scotland’s landscapes and waters 4 restorative, resilience-building actions to protect New Orleans from a perfect storm of river flood + hurricane + climate-crisis rain Massachusetts governor gets serious about infrastructure renewal: wants $18 billion more for safer, resilient transportation Hawaii’s Aloha Stadium to get a $350 million renovation, fixing 1975 planning mistakes to help revitalize surrounding neighborhoods Dining our way to ecological restoration: You can’t eat too much of this fish on your next Florida or Caribbean vacation In China, architects repurpose and renew historic barn into arts center, and integrate it with the city’s revitalization program America’s Great Plains prairies are being restored via a free-market strategy, but it’s still resisted by conservative ranchers Great Lakes Restoration gets $26.5 million to reduce nutrients and stormwater pollution, with EPA’s new market-based innovation Music-Powered Renewal: The restoration of Cameroon’s native ebony trees is powered in part by U.S. and Spanish guitar makers Concrete manufacturer launches $8 million revitalization of Pennsylvania production facility with innovative transit partnership Monument to the most famous and beloved Czech mayor and entrepreneur is restored, featuring the plane in which he died New Jersey launches statewide revitalization program that helps communities attract Opportunity Zone investments Down With The Dams! 20 years of river restoration successes via dam removal, and a look forward at the next big successes This new research initiative ties the restoration of U.S. hemp farming with the global rise of regenerative agriculture The Chicago River has been partially cleaned and revitalized, but some say it’s mostly to serve wealthier white neighborhoods Bipartisan Congress restores $1.4 billion for habitat restoration by reintroducing the “Recovering America’s Wildlife Act” In Ghana, a $20 million grant will help boost climate crisis resilience for women-led agricultural associations and enterprises A dead million-square-foot mall near Tulsa, Oklahoma has been successfully repurposed and revitalized as offices with retail Four coastal restoration projects—3 in California and 1 in Hawaii—receive funding from Honda to boost climate crisis resilience As the climate crisis dries up their nation’s hydroelectric resources, Zimbabwe switches to solar power, which is far more resilient Restoration economy grows as agricultural funds invest $47.5 billion in regenerating soil and revitalizing rural economies U.S. EPA awards grant to the Gulf of Mexico Alliance for ecological restoration pilot projects that boost resilience The 20-year, $50 million restoration of Frank Lloyd Wright’s historic Martin House Complex in Buffalo, New York is completed Brightside Community Homes Foundation to redevelop and expand five of its affordable housing complexes in Vancouver, BC Washington state awards $45 million in grants to restore salmon in Puget Sound, which will also help restore orcas In Washington DC, the revitalizing 11th Street Bridge Park project over the Anacostia River gets a $5 million gift from Exelon
