GUEST ARTICLE – New funding & tax incentives launch hundreds of historic restoration and reuse projects all across America AI Regeneration Duel: I asked Bing/ChatGPT & Bard for advice on revitalizing my community and restoring nature. Here’s the winner. With a quarter of world’s population “water-stressed,” the largest river and wetland restoration initiative in history is launched Vacant downtown public housing complex in Troy, New York being redeveloped into a revitalizing $67 million waterfront project New, restoration-focused rule to guide resilient management of America’s public lands for current & future generations This private company has just won a $2 billion contract to revitalize the central business district of a fast-growing city City will revitalize huge waterfront by ecologically restoring it, expanding public access and redesigning badly-planned road The ecological restoration of a vitally-important, much-abused California estuary is complete. Here’s how it happened. Nothing makes farms less destructive & more regenerative than switching from annual to perennial crops. Now, it’s happening. Reconnecting and Revitalizing the Eastern USA: 10 East Coast Greenway and trail-adjacent projects win record $22.4 million A Philadelphia neighborhood celebrates new affordable housing on vacant infill land, plus a major public housing renovation Here’s how the state of Tennessee is proposing to expand and improve the process of cleaning & redeveloping their brownfields With a restoration economy & regenerative farming/ranching, this ugly future for the world’s agricultural regions can be avoided Funding & Finance: Cities, states & provinces need not wait for national governments to boost climate restoration & resilience 70 regenerative projects all across Missouri just received $94.15 million from the Community Revitalization Grant Program Restoration Economy: Fargo, North Dakota has a local bank that has helped revitalize the city’s older neighborhoods since 2003 In Vermont, 31 equitable economic renewal projects win $10 million from the Community Recovery and Revitalization Program This historic, 1838 Penn State building has been beautifully restored, renovated, repurposed and expanded for a new life Here’s how Los Angeles is boosting environmental, economic & social justice by restoring landfills and oil fields into parks Small town in Pennsylvania explores ways to revitalize their downtown despite being isolated by closure of dilapidated bridge Not all of Shanghai’s historic structures are being demolished: this famed 1921 building is getting a loving renovation and reuse Many of the 5000 Boys & Girls Clubs of America facilities are in need of renovation and revitalization. This new funding will help. Two arts groups win $3.5 million in Colorado Community Revitalization Grants for green reuse of downtown historic buildings Restoration Economy: Company wins major contract to remediate contaminated soils and restore land for future use by tribe $216 million investment creates long-term, strategic partnerships to boost resilient, regenerative agriculture all across America Philadelphia’s Chinatown to be reconnected & revitalized by burying a horrendous urban planning mistake made six decades ago Washington State Community Economic Revitalization invests $2 million to renovate buildings and infrastructure in 4 counties Location, Location, Location: Historic prison to be redeveloped as affordable housing, and it’s across the street from Central Park! 47 projects in in Las Vegas, Lake Mead and Lake Tahoe win $417 million to restore wildlife habitat and revitalize recreational tourism Facing onslaught of climate catastrophes, HUD announces two new disaster-related offices, plus $3.3 billion in CDBG funding
