GUEST ARTICLE: A surprising number of large parks and trails are being restored and renovated in cities all across America In Chicago, the $7.3 million restoration of North Pond has begun, after 3 years of grassroots engagement and fundraising Climate-ready affordable housing is the key to revitalizing many communities, while also making them more resilient In California, a university leads effort to restore both coastal ecology and Native American heritage after military damage Two small business owners and a mayor win awards for inspiring resilience in the aftermath of devastating natural disasters The trend towards integrating community revitalization and resilience agendas accelerates with this $110 million investment Major new partnership plans to regenerate 20,000 acres of degraded land, restore local biodiversity and revitalize local farms Detroit celebrates the groundbreaking of Southwest Greenway, which will connect the city’s most important revitalization areas This volunteer network has been restoring coho salmon and monarch butterfly habitat on America’s Pacific coast since 1997 In Alabama, these two non-profit groups are restoring creeks, reviving endangered species and creating public green space Eight Michigan communities win $160,000 to revitalize their historic downtowns by enhancing the local “sense of place” A model for all big cities? DC boosts private investment in transit-oriented affordable housing, revitalizing Metro & neighborhoods This $400 million investment will renovate a park, plus two of San Francisco’s iconic buildings, helping to revitalize downtown Adapt, Relocate or Devitalize: New multi-agency report says coastal U.S. cities will soon flood 10 times more frequently Built by Nikola Tesla, George Westinghouse & JP Morgan, world’s first AC generating plant has been adaptively reused to power economy The largest regenerative project in this world-class city is creating new greenspace to reconnect & revitalize a historic district This harbor restoration program just received $3 million to regenerate natural resources, jobs and the local economy This new state legislation advances private investment in green infrastructure, ecological restoration and social equity Old downtown facility in Florida to get $80 million revitalization as university marine science & climate resilience research center 6000 acres of mangroves to be regenerated for climate restoration & equitable economic revitalization by firm that raised $50 million $350 million investment completes the restoration of Denver’s river ecosystem, bringing equitable economic revitalization After 15 years of investing heavily in coastal restoration & resilience, governor proposes another $150 million at a “pivotal moment” How some American cities are getting an affordable housing head start on the national Revitalizing Downtowns Act $36 million award will boost resilience of island nation that’s trying to become the world’s first fully climate-ready country $5 million will reuse blighted and vacant properties in Rhode Island, revitalizing neighborhoods with affordable housing $1 million gift from an energy foundation will fund the restoration of wetlands and fisheries for healthier cities in Michigan New partnership invests $125 million in energy retrofits for commercial, industrial, manufacturing & multi-residential buildings In Pittsburgh, a devitalizing urban highway is buried and resurrected as a revitalizing public park to erase racist planning legacy This estuary in British Columbia enjoys over 100 tidal marsh restoration projects. Here’s why some are more successful than others. Revitalizing Chicago’s neighborhoods by connecting them with a 127-mile system of trails, parks and green infrastructure
