NASA reaches out to Alabama town for help restoring historic Saturn 1B rocket Air Force & Navy go into renewable energy business with public-private partnerships Three devastated Virginia coal camp communities get a chance to revitalize Illinois county approves $15.2 million restoration of aquatic ecosystems Revitalization strategy of tiny Irish fishing village is based on Star Wars Restorative justice takes root in a wealthy California county St. Louis revitalizes by reconnecting a waterfront fragmented by bad planning Pittsburgh builds a workforce based on restoring and reconnecting its parks Fresno reconnects & revitalizes a main street that became a pedestrian mall Akron, Ohio’s Towpath Trail will soon better connect residents with the city Leaders hope professional redesign of downtown will yield revitalization With fish dying, trust raises $600,000 to restore sacred Lake Tūtira in New Zealand Tragic site of Rhode Island nuclear power explosion is restored to nature Indonesia creates peatland restoration agency for 5 million acre ecological area Historic theater in Birmingham, Alabama gets a glittering $11.5 million rebirth Language Revitalization: A move to reintroduce Cornish as educational option Mayor, citizens, university & Main Street program collaborate for revitalization Mayor: Redevelopment of embarrassing shelter won’t leave homeless in cold Effort to do $2.8 million restoration of historic Nanaimo, BC coal mine is revived A better way to use coffee to restore Philippine forests and Lake Lanao Iowa town collaborates to revitalize their downtown by supporting small businesses Everglades restoration optimism for 2016, after 2015 funding “stolen” by FL governor Long-delayed $4 billion earthquake reconstruction to begin in Nepal Lynx could soon roam Britain’s forests for first time in 1300 years Lakes in Wichita Falls area are improved, thanks to revitalization efforts $12 million restoration coming for key marsh of Lake Tahoe watershed Peruvian villagers “reforest” desertified land with carob trees After 30 years, the California Condor that restored its species returns to the skies Revitalization of downtown Oshawa, Ontario finally hits its stride 69 acres of wasteland becoming new Lake Michigan park & wildlife refuge Indiana successfully restored otters, and now restores otter trapping Restoration efforts underway for world’s largest musical instrument Some states are serious about getting coal miners to fulfill reclamation obligations 45-acre urban regeneration & riverfront park completed on edge of Tokyo More housing & revitalization coming to blighted, unplanned downtown Las Vegas Beer bottling factory, empty for 20 years, will soon be full of Milwaukee students UK to build 10,000 affordable “starter homes” on smaller brownfield sites Watershed restoration planned for Pepper Ranch Preserve in southwest Florida Jelsa, Croatia takes advantage of wharf collapse to renovate entire harbor New $300 million resort to redevelop site of failed 1960s resort in Oahu, Hawaii EPA starts Superfund landfill cleanup before drinking water is contaminated Anderson SC seeks brownfield loans to revitalize “craters” in community How the Dutch repurposed a historic fort into a wildlife refuge & tourist attraction $18 million partnership to revitalize derelict downtown park in Washington DC 32,396-acre WV habitat restoration expands effort to reintroduce elk to Appalachia
