GUEST ARTICLE: The restoration economy grows as local governments focus on adaptive reuse for economic revitalization A Model Of Equitable Infrastructure? 20-mile, $8.5 billion light rail will link downtown Los Angeles to low-income sprawl communities 26 U.S. states receive $1.15 billion to create well-paid “restoration economy” jobs that remediate toxic orphaned oil and gas wells Historic mansion to be repurposed as transit-oriented, 100% affordable housing to help revitalize a Los Angeles neighborhood Vancouver’s Sea2City Design Challenge finds ways to build climate resilience by adapting to sea level rise and coastal flooding RECONOMICS: Three ecological restoration institutes in western U.S. get $20 million to regenerate forests and boost resilience Solar-powered industrial complex and community innovation centers to revitalize 21 acres of vacant city-owned land in Chicago This $725 million will create well-paid jobs & revitalize U.S. coal communities by employing former miners to restore abandoned mines After Maryland’s successful Poplar Island restoration, 2 more disappearing Chesapeake Bay islands get $37.5 million to be restored RESTORATION ECONOMY: New Jersey’s new Historic Property Reinvestment Program hopes to accelerate downtown revitalization The Rewilding Innovation Fund is launched to support community-led land and marine nature recovery projects in 3 nations reNature Foundation launches campaign to restore 2% of the planet by 2030, with a focus on regenerative agriculture Restoring nature to revitalize urban quality of life: Here are the 15 top innovators recognized by the BiodiverCities Challenge Attention Restoration Theory: New research on birdwatchers shows how restoring nature restores our mental wellbeing Three-year old biodiversity restoration fund celebrates 1500 acres of restored forest and coastal ecosystems in Scotland With mega-catastrophes now worse and more frequent, a Key West-born professor studies human and community disaster recovery Smaller than New Jersey, this nation has just committed $11 billion to boosting their climate resilience via green infrastructure Nondescript liquor store to be replaced with 12-story, transit-oriented residences, revitalizing this Toronto neighborhood Bipartisan “Neighborhood Reinvestment and Revitalization Act” grant program would fund community renewal across America How a California community is removing fire-killed hazard trees in a way that funds recovery via a local “restoration economy” $50 million university gift boosts research focused on restoring ocean ecosystems and building climate resilience in Hawaiʻi Labor of Love: Two prominent architects revitalize the high school they both attended with colorful renovation & art installation Natural areas being restored and conserved by the Sentinel Landscapes Partnership to boost resilience of U.S. military bases 7 wetland restoration projects in Louisiana receive $99 million to enhance biodiversity and coastal community resilience In Virginia, a regional planning grad student studies Indian slums to learn how to connect environmental planning to social equity Ireland launches their national policy to revitalize town centers, and each community gets its own “Town Regeneration Officer” Phase II of this California project is creating new public trails and restoring 84 acres of degraded former farmland to tidal wetlands This $2 billion investment makes U.S. disaster recovery and climate resilience efforts more equitable for marginalized communities This national downtown revitalization program has two components: a community activator and a business accelerator $15 million initiative will restore streams, wetlands & crucially-important freshwater mussels to boost rural flood resilience
