GUEST ARTICLE: Tired of constant flooding, tiny Duck Hill, Mississippi revitalized their community by making it more resilient Replacement of obsolete LaGuardia Airport terminal wins sustainable infrastructure award; will economically revitalize region How does a city increase its flood resilience by armoring a river, and simultaneously revitalize that same waterfront? With funding from the Honda Marine Science Foundation, Whidbey Island, Washington removes shoreline armor to restore ecology Corporations and Climate Resilience: Mobilizing the power of the private sector to adapt to climate crisis risks After a decade of disuse, the historic 1928 Venetian Waterways of Great Yarmouth, England reopen after £2.7 million restoration To boost private investment, Delaware adds four cities to its Downtown Development Districts revitalization program Affordable housing is a major element of healthy community revitalization: Here are 3 ways hospitals can better invest in it. A bipartisan, bicameral Act is introduced in Congress to both renew and expand funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative New research from Scotland proves that restoring beavers is often key to restoring biodiversity in freshwater ecosystems British architects bring a spectacular, public space-oriented design to the green redevelopment of 20 acres in a Tokyo district 50 UK towns will share £1 billion in grants for downtown revitalization via the government’s Future High Streets Fund In Michigan, 45 industrial sites receive $3.3 million in site readiness grants to achieve build-ready status for revitalization Reviving traditional fire techniques could restore forests, while revitalizing Native American cultures, economies & livelihoods NOAA awards $800,000 to Maryland’s Department of Natural Resources to expand oyster restoration efforts in Chesapeake Bay Nine rural U.S. communities win $5 million for heritage restoration projects from the new Historic Revitalization Subgrant Program Healing the Scars of Coal Mining: OSMRE announces five states as winners of the 2019 Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Awards California State University, Chico becomes a Restoration Economy leader with Center for Regenerative Agriculture & Resilient Systems $15 million redevelopment of historic antique mall site is the largest revitalization project in downtown Carlsbad, California in decades The Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority of Louisiana receives $25 million from NOAA to restore 1309 acres of marsh Fiji strengthens its built environment while restoring its natural environment in order to increase its climate resilience Three more Michigan counties now have land banks, making it easier to eliminate blight and spark revitalization New Zealand commits $300 million to boosting the Pacific region’s resilience, and its collective response to the climate crisis The Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority wins a national award for their restoration of a 13-mile beach Restoration Economy: Environmental cleanup and collaboration have revitalized Great Lakes communities and economies Jamaica’s Jurassic Park: Zoo successfully restores the Jamaican Iguana to the wild, after it was thought extinct since 1948 Restoration Economy: Restoring our global climate isn’t just the role of governments. Let’s establish a robust business case Louisville Metropolitan Sewer District and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers partner to restore the Beargrass Creek watershed 4 New York communities get $40 million for revitalization projects that repurpose, renew and reconnect assets in historic downtowns New England Biolabs & Reforest The Tropics team up to restore 248 acres of Costa Rican forest, thus sequestering 50,000 tons of CO2 A sustained effort to revitalize the historic center of San Salvador is now generating hope, inspiration and renewed health London’s iconic, historic Bond Street is redesigned and revitalized by prioritizing people over automobiles Revitalization Coming Soon? A Michigan city is certified “redevelopment ready” by the state’s economic development agency 37 young people join Maryland’s Chesapeake Conservation Corps to learn “restoration economy” skills that revitalize communities California’s new “2030 Natural & Working Lands Climate Change Implementation Plan” makes good use of the restoration economy Sustain Our Great Lakes will put another $15 million into 25 wildlife habitat restoration and green infrastructure projects
