GUEST ARTICLE: Using sustainably-harvested, modular timber to create affordable homes, revitalize rural economies & restore forests A century of lax regulations created a slag-covered landscape, now restored as a beautiful environmental center in Chicago Growing the Restoration Economy: Mastercard expands the Priceless Planet Coalition’s forest restoration initiative Baby Boom: From fewer than 100, the greater one-horned rhino population has been restored to over 4000 in India and Nepal This $870 million investment boosts water-related resilience and environmental restoration projects in California This $46 million investment will help America’s indigenous communities adapt to climate change and build their resilience This $973 billion investment hopes to transport America’s rural communities to revitalization after decades of disinvestment Successful revitalization of this historic plaza reactivated empty shops, renovated an old warehouse and beautified the facades A California creek, blocked by a deadly dam, has endangered Chinook salmon for first time in over a century, thanks to partnership Delaware’s Inland Bays Wetland Restoration Strategy for a 210,064-acre watershed: Is it a model for other states nationwide? “Alexa: Restore the planet.” As the global restoration economy goes mainstream in the metaverse, it had to come to this, right? Can coastal cities create resilient prosperity and adapt to climate change by hiding behind seawalls? Some feel they have no choice. Historic warehouse is being transformed into a mixed-use arts education & public space to revitalize a Detroit neighborhood Governor knows that boosting downtown residents via adaptive reuse is often the key to downtown revitalization success Fixing 3364 orphaned offshore oil wells and 18,000 miles of abandoned pipelines creates U.S. jobs and helps restore ocean health 1925 hotel to get $76.5 million restoration and rebirth in the heart of Alexandria, Virginia’s historic Old Town neighborhood In upstate New York, the long-vacant site of a failed mall is repurposed and revitalized as affordable, supportive housing for seniors $44 trillion of economic output at risk from land degradation: restoration economies are urgently needed, especially in Africa To help revitalize its downtown, Albany repurposes badly-planned highway into elevated park, reconnecting to Hudson River With reefs dying worldwide, the Central Caribbean Marine Institute has won $271,000 for a coral restoration research project London’s premier arts complex, the Barbican Centre, will now get its first major renovation. Here’s who was chosen to do it. Will New York City lead a global trend towards repurposing underutilized hotels into affordable and supportive housing? The Yale University Commons has been revitalized by the 5-year restoration and renovation of their historic 1901 arts center An old gas station site is being redeveloped into a bicycle-centric, green residential community on the shores of Lake Ontario Students’ green infrastructure plan to replace parking lots and boost resilience at University of Maryland wins EPA 1st prize $40 million will help revitalize Chesapeake Bay, grow jobs, improve environmental justice and restore our global climate This U.S. Navy base was deactivated in 1976 and given to Maryland in 2000. It’s now being reborn to economically revitalize the area. Site of the world’s worst industrial disaster is now the birthplace of the Regenerative Production Landscape Collaborative $6.7 million from a national revitalization fund will power 27 community-led projects in Edmonton, such as this urban farm In Wisconsin, the Winnebago Waterways Program is engaging all stakeholders in the restoration and recovery of four lakes
