GUEST ARTICLE — Build It Back Better: Public & private partners create a climate-resilient future for New York City homeowners Horseshoe Crab Recovery Coalition is formed to restore an important species that’s 200 million years older than the dinosaurs West Virginia University to trigger $5 million of revitalization with $300,000 from EPA to renew historic industrial sites in this town Restoring the climate by removing dams: New insights into rivers’ role in transporting carbon to be sequestered in oceans Historic “Wonder Theatre”—one of five in the world—will finally get restored to help revitalize downtown Jersey City, New Jersey NYC-based architects get planning approval for family-friendly, mixed-use redevelopment in 1200-year-old neighborhood Restoring seagrass meadows is revealed to be a powerful method for restoring global climate and reviving commercial fisheries Revitalizing post-COVID downtowns via the Fed’s $600 billion Main Street Lending Program: What borrowers need to know University gets $500,000 to create a resilient economic development strategy for badly-planned, disaster-prone East New Orleans Reintroduced sea otters have been hated by fishermen, but they have been revitalizing both the ecology and the fishing economy Discover the lesser-developed countries that are inspiring nations worldwide to reforest the planet How housing might help lead the post-pandemic economic recovery in communities across the United States $16.6 million worth of projects will help revitalize and boost the resilience of tribes, communities and regions by reusing water Rural region is protecting nature, boosting tourism, and making poor farmers wealthy while revitalizing their heritage industries New “Resilience Economics” report provides a framework to begin the post-pandemic process of rebuilding an equitable economy U.S. brownfields, closed landfills and other underutilized sites are increasingly being repurposed to produce renewable energy Carbon Crossroads: Will the pandemic starve climate restoration and adaptation efforts of funding, or open new paths to change? $891 million in federal funding for transit projects will help twelve local economies recover from the impact of COVID-19 New $17 million program in Tuolumne County, California to boost the restoration economy, grow jobs and increase forest resilience U.S. communities receive $302 million in federal grants to repair and rehabilitate their crumbling railroad infrastructure Amazon gives €3.75 million to boost climate resilience of 3 German cities via The Nature Conservancy’s “Urban Greening” program 17 years after the ecologically disastrous Buzzards Bay oil spill, a restoration plan for loons and other coastal birds is finalized The rewilding of Saudi Arabia advances with reintroduction of native gazelles, which will pave the way for restoring Arabian leopards Despite COVID-19 challenges, five smart U.S. states advance flood resilience plans to reduce risk and cost of climate disasters Charming little former railway hub of Sykesville, Maryland wins national “America’s Main Streets” contest as best downtown Fish return to de-engineered wetland only 6 months after levee is breached, natural flows resume and the ecology is restored Republic Services partners with 3 national community revitalization non-profits on $3 million program to revive small businesses A vision for the social, economic and ecological regeneration of Mexico City’s Xochimilco farms and wetlands Redeveloper partners with church to turn underutilized property into affordable housing to revitalize Tenderloin district Six cities in the U.S. will receive over $640,000 for green, equitable revitalization of public spaces in low-income neighborhoods
