GUEST ARTICLE: Lasting local economic revitalization is the goal of hundreds of redevelopment projects all across America Restoration Economy: The U.S. state with the largest number of springs invests $75 million to ecologically restore & protect 30 springs This site of a defunct gas station in Brooklyn is about to become 363 units of affordable housing, with half for the homeless Tampa’s Community Redevelopment Agency makes a wise move that boosts access to affordable housing in revitalization zones How to improve the process of disbursing Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery funds to rebuild housing faster Canada joins the Bonn Challenge to restore or reforest 875 million acres of degraded ecosystems and landscapes by 2030 State announces $88 million in brownfield remediation grants to revitalize communities by creating redevelopment opportunities Kharkiv mayor and architect Norman Foster announce a plan for post-Russian-invasion rebuilding and heritage restoration America’s decrepit passenger rail network is finally getting a significant renovation, in the form of beautiful new rolling stock “Restore New York Communities Initiative” awards $102 million to 64 regional projects that revitalize derelict sites and buildings This state has just done what most states and nations should do: evaluate all closed prisons for their redevelopment potential $10 million worth of regenerative projects hope to revitalize the Tupper Lake tourism economy in the Adirondack Mountains Restoration Economy: 10 historic downtowns win a place in Virginia’s revitalizing new Mobilizing Main Street Program This 5-block dead zone of parking lots in New York City will get a $2 billion revitalization as a green, walkable mixed-use redevelopment This World Expo design aims to leave behind both neighborhood revitalization and the world’s largest urban solar farm 8 Connecticut communities win $36.5 million to revitalize downtown economies, boost quality of life and add affordable housing University partners with non-profit, U.S. Golf Association & the feds to boost pollinators by ecologically restoring golf courses This post-industrial city in Michigan is about to revitalize 25 brownfield parcels covering 10 acres of its historic downtown Restoration Economy: Here’s an example of how required remediation and reclamation of mined lands works in the United States New research shows why we should, and how we can, restore our climate and make our cities more resilient simultaneously Regeneration is Non-Partisan: Republicans & Democrats, working together, pass the $45 million per year “Restoring Coral Reefs Act” $325 million to revitalize American rural economies and make them more resilient by funding these 71 climate-smart projects The 6th cohort of this youth group meets in Alabama to continue their work restoring Gulf of Mexico oil spill damage in 5 states This redesigned urban transport and high speed rail hub aims to beautifully reconnect and revitalize the heart of this great city Baltimore’s revitalized Inner Harbor gets a new wave of revitalization with a beautifully expanded and renovated waterfront park Public and private investment in restoring green urban infrastructure to increase from $606 billion in 2022 to $978 billion in 2030 These 10 pioneering regeneration initiatives have just been honored by the United Nations for their role in restoring our planet World’s first “International Principles and Standards for the Ecological Restoration and Recovery of Mine Sites” are published Tribes, communities & local governments in Washington state win $39,819,704 in salmon restoration funding to de-engineer rivers Marshall University’s Brownfields Center launches abandoned property program for community revitalization in West Virginia
