GUEST ARTICLE: Competition inspires team to envision transforming an underutilized urban district into a vibrant community The “America Wins Act” would contribute $1.2 trillion to renovating U.S. infrastructure while helping to restore the global climate 20 urban resilience, ecological restoration and economic revitalization projects receive €82 million in Europe 33 years after nuclear power devastated Ukraine, can Atomik Vodka help economically revitalize the Chernobyl region? A rare bipartisan congressional effort introduces important bicameral legislation: the “Restoring Resilient Reefs Act of 2019” The 2-year, walkable redesign and green revitalization of historic Piazza San Michele in Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy is now complete Seattle to revitalize a major street by selling underutilized city properties for housing, public space and transportation projects The Minderoo Foundation pledges $2 million to The Nature Conservancy to help restore Western Australia rivers and estuary The Government of Canada commits another $1.06 million for 10 Great Lakes restoration projects, for a total of $18 million Michigan partners with crowdfunder to support this historic auditorium renovation and other community revitalization projects 4 new projects will activate dead spaces, redevelop brownfields, revitalize downtowns & generate $12.4 million + 88 jobs in Michigan New Jersey expands sustainable revitalization program, the “Community Collaborative Initiative,” to include eight more cities Australia adds $500 million to its support of climate-resilient redevelopment and renewable energy for its Pacific neighbors When you want to restore forests and mitigate the climate crisis, sometimes you have to remove trees, not add them China’s rapidly-urbanizing Yangtze River Delta to build resilience via $370 million in green infrastructure investments $5 million to help revitalize historic Detroit neighborhood via affordable housing, park renovation and environmental restoration California State Coastal Conservancy gets $2 million from U.S. Fish and Wildlife for 40 acres of coastal wetland restoration On Long Island, Baldwin wins $10 million for transit-oriented downtown redevelopment from NY Downtown Revitalization Initiative University researchers work to restore rocky intertidal seaweed to regenerate biodiversity along the California coast 3 New York communities get $30 million for revitalization projects that repurpose, renew and reconnect assets in historic downtowns University of Maryland researchers explore links among stormwater infrastructure, climate resilience & ecological restoration Ethiopia breaks world record, planting over 350 million trees in 1 day, while Cameroon’s reforestation passes 1 million trees 20 New Jersey communities receive $2.5 million in downtown revitalization grants from Neighborhood Preservation Program Four Chicago non-profits receive $500,000 for Austin neighborhood revitalization from Wells Fargo’s NeighborhoodLIFT Program $17.9 million removal of Bloede Dam complete, restoring fish migration on Maryland’s Patapsco River after a century of blockage Florida’s Coral Restoration Foundation is among the recipients of $10.4 million from NOAA Community-based Restoration Program Six historic restoration-based neighborhood revitalization projects in Baltimore, Maryland receive $70,000 in grants $350,000 in demolition grants from the Michigan Land Bank turn blighted properties into renewable assets for nine communities In England, a nature restoration project wins award for reintroducing over 1200 furry ecosystem engineers: water voles Britain’s largest bird of prey, the sea eagle, is restored to the Isle of Wight after an absence of 239 years Revitalization of San Francisco’s Tenderloin continues as two ugly parking lots become affordable housing and a community center New IPCC report proves the need to switch to regenerative agriculture and restorative land usage has reached emergency status Baltimore, Maryland announces the winning design firm for the Middle Branch Waterfront Revitalization Competition In a newly-revitalized 150-year-old suburb of Auckland, New Zealand, a decrepit warehouse is reborn as beautiful new office space Bilbao was built on innovation: can it repeat the miracle? For the next chapter in their revitalization, the city can look to its past In British Columbia, Canada, the Katzie First Nation uses $150,000 WWF grant to restore salmon habitat in their traditional territory
