GUEST ARTICLE: Santa Monica, California’s affordable housing renovation signals an all-electric, zero-emission future After historic disasters, BC hopes to improve resilience to wildfire, floods & extreme heat via $513 million climate adaptation strategy Mixed-use redevelopment in America often forgets the revitalizing power of urban light manufacturing: this smart project doesn’t The new Resilient Agriculture Accelerator Fund is established to scale-up voluntary regenerative agriculture in the U.S. Historic, 77-acre brick factory–notorious for Black convict labor–to be ecologically restored as a revitalizing Atlanta city park This historic industrial waterfront has been remediated, revitalized and reimagined into an enjoyable, green, vibrant neighborhood Many beach restoration projects destroy one place to fix another: these won an award for boosting ecology and resilience in 4 states U.S. Forest Service is told to restore the forests it’s mismanaged as tree farms for a century, and to make them more resilient In Ohio, 38 heritage buildings will now be rehabilitated to revitalize 19 communities, thanks to $40 million in historic tax credits Corporate commitment of $100 million will help revitalize downtowns, restoring parks, housing & community centers across America 13 projects in four states get $1 million to create green jobs, revitalize communities and restore the Chesapeake Bay watershed The home of the Pentagon and Amazon HQ2 celebrates new public park commemorating African American baseball history 15 community revitalization & adaptive reuse projects get $10 million from Pennsylvania’s Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program Syracuse gets $29 million to redevelop this huge, decrepit, long-vacant facility into a regional job hub and mixed income housing State launches prison redevelopment effort to find innovative reuse and revitalization opportunities for closed prisons Built in 1881 & vacant since 2005, 4-building factory being repurposed as a $55 million affordable and supportive housing complex Normally, we remove invasive species before restoring native species. But what if restoring natives can remove invasives? A national model for renovating affordable housing? This state just created a Public Housing Preservation Trust for 25,000 units. “Revitalization at its finest!” 112 brownfield remediation projects in 41 Ohio counties win $192 million to revive community economies In New Orleans, the 7th Ward Revitalization Project hosts a rededication ceremony for park named after civil rights leader $23M pedestrian-friendly redevelopment repurposes downtown historic district parking lot into 75 affordable housing units This architecturally-historic office building will be redeveloped into a green residential neighborhood while respecting its heritage This $12.5 billion is the largest single investment in renovating and replacing America’s decrepit bridges in nation’s history This abandoned downtown lumber yard in Michigan has been transformed into a farmers market & community event space Conventional infrastructure vs. regenerative sustainable infrastructure: Promoting projects with a positive net impact Restoring Utopia: This town is building their resilience, and helping to repair our climate, by regenerating their watershed Resilience plans work best at the county or regional level, and with public engagement: this California county shows how it’s done Resilient North Carolina town’s recovery shows the revitalizing power of restoration partnerships after devastating flood Restoration Economy Bipartisanship: The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act Significant progress is announced in rehabilitating a neighborhood that was devastated by the 2020 Beirut Port explosion
