GUEST ARTICLE: A resilience pilot project of 8 years ago turned into a successful river restoration strategy for Oregon non-profit RECONOMICS Institute and 86 other national organizations urge U.S. Congress to create an equitable Community Revitalization Fund 8 projects to redevelop blighted properties & economically revitalize downtowns receive $250,000 from Duke Energy Foundation “Restore the Earth” wins $19 million to help restore “America’s Amazon”: the Mississippi River Basin…world’s 3rd-largest watershed This public agency redeveloped its offices, created new public spaces and reconnected the waterfront to revitalize the entire area How North Carolina became a national leader in growing coastal economies and boosting resilience via oyster reef restoration Coral Restoration Foundation wins $2 million via the “Revitalizing the Florida Keys through Reef Restoration and Beyond Initiative” In Buffalo, NY, a $300 million redevelopment and revitalization plan is revealed for the historic, iconic Buffalo Central Terminal 4 teams selected to compete in revitalizing historic 11-acre industrial brownfield near the site of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre Guess which state just made $200 million available to revitalize historic downtowns? Each winning community gets $10 million. $5 billion is now available to help American states and communities boost climate-related disaster resilience and recovery capacity Revitalize Milwaukee and others nationwide get $32 million in grants to renovate homes, helping veterans and seniors age in place As the climate crisis erodes Great Lakes shorelines, the new “Lake Michigan Coastal Resilience Initiative” comes to the rescue This town in upstate New York is celebrating the reopening of their famous performing arts center after a $9.5 million renovation How to succeed when your goal is to do as little as possible: Restoring and renovating historic modern American architecture. In order to restore the Everglades, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers corrects a horrendous mistake they made a century ago Ugly, trash-strewn lot has been transformed into a community garden and educational center to revitalize a neighborhood This state’s land bank has just made it easier for redevelopers to breath new life into brownfields and abandoned properties State provides $5 million to help communities make a resilient, equitable economic transition from fossil fuel industries How an Israeli investor helped revitalize the heart of Kiev by redeveloping industrial properties into arts and business centers An aging, affordable residential tower for seniors is renovated into one of the largest “Passive House” retrofits in North America In Connecticut, “the finest college site in the world” gets major waterfront revitalization while researching reef restoration Buffalo’s revitalization accelerates as a manufacturing brownfield becomes a union training facility for sheet metal workers Restoration Economy: California firm wins $49 million contract to boost community resilience and biodiversity in West Africa Invasive Species: One the world’s biggest restoration challenges has created $5 billion worth of damage in the UK alone Buffalo, NY celebrates another affordable housing success on a brownfield site to further revitalize this commercial corridor Wyoming mining company wins award for restoring their closed bentonite mine into habitat for the endangered sage grouse State awards $5 million to 41 revitalization projects that will renovate downtown buildings and facades in 21 counties As people die in dangerous, persistent heat waves, this enlightened city is restoring public safety by planting green corridors Largest-ever redevelopment in Chicago’s south side to revitalize area with $3.8 billion worth of affordable housing and mixed-use
