GUEST ARTICLE: Nature restoration, climate action & community regeneration coming via unique community buyout of crucial habitat After catastrophic bushfires, $300 million “Regenerate Australia” is the largest nature restoration program in the nation’s history Local independent grocers double down to feed their communities, boosting health and resilience in the COVID-19 economic crisis The revitalization of Toronto’s West End gets a colorful boost with a healing mural by an acclaimed local artist from Panama 8 years after Hurricane Sandy, a $351 million project to boost resilience along New York City’s Atlantic shorefront gets underway Reuse of Navy base advances as affordable housing opens in this $1 billion mixed-use, transit-oriented waterfront redevelopment Baltimore inventories all local brownfields, vacant properties and wasted surfaces for their potential as solar energy sites Major farm-based environmental restoration initiative in Pennsylvania to help restore Chesapeake Bay with hyper-local strategy How rewilding and nature restoration can help prevent mass wildlife extinctions resulting from rapidly-shifting climate zones Derelict stretch of downtown Batavia, New York’s Main Street to be revitalized with new affordable housing for homeless veterans Restoration of historic wooden storehouse accelerates the revitalization of Buffalo, New York’s former industrial waterfront Ethiopia’s forest restoration economy is booming, providing community revitalization and new hope for farmers and entrepreneurs How a historic 1918 repair facility for locomotives became a beautiful new sculpture museum in Queens, New York City Massive £250 million revitalization project receives another £10 million to reconnect this city to its suburbs and add 1000 homes Wetland restoration project in Wisconsin is launched to reduce floods, improve water quality and add habitat for native species Virginia introduces new “Coastal Resilience Master Planning Framework” to advance climate adaptation in coastal communities Company agrees to fund $35 million cleanup of historic Bethlehem Steel factory site, setting stage for community revitalization $220 million in new federal grants will help renovate ports and revitalize communities in these 15 U.S. states and territories Here are four fundamental components to consider when designing and planning a resilient COVID-19 economic recovery for all COVID-19 response temporarily pedestrianized this downtown corridor, but city is making it permanent, due to improved quality of life This $4 million investment will help revitalize farming communities in Indiana via increased rural broadband connectivity Renovation & expansion of ugly 1962 college library reconnects campus and is the largest in U.S. to be carbon neutral/net zero Bankrupt 7 years ago, confidence in Detroit’s future soars with over-subscribed $80 million offering for revitalization projects Google updates its design for this massive 80-acre redevelopment and revitalization project in downtown San José, California Three new buildings, plus new public space, will transform former parking lots to help revitalize this historic city center This green commercial redevelopment will help accelerate a neighborhood’s revitalization by reconnecting it to the city Beloved in America’s barbecues, mesquite is a nightmare invasive species in Kenya. Now, they’re using it to revive rural economies. Why should ecosystem restoration be the most important agenda item for every country on Earth? Here are four reasons. Economic Diversification: 51 projects get $43.3 million to revitalize Appalachian communities hurt by rapid decline of coal Construction begins on a $2.5 million mixed-use redevelopment project designed to help revitalize downtown Batavia, New York