GUEST ARTICLE: Revitalization is in the air for Vallejo, California. But when? Abandoned electronics factory repurposed as contemporary art museum in Beijing Feds to help pay for removing a dam that’s been blighting an Ohio river for 104 years Paris finds an innovative new way to add affordable housing to existing buildings Singapore repurposing abandoned railway into a park that spans the entire country Singapore restores two historic buildings to create $370 million art museum Rust Belt Perseverance: Akron, Ohio renews its revitalization effort after false start Governor wants California to spend $176.6 million cleaning up toxic industrial site $50M Ontario downtown redevelopment to also repurpose historic waterfront mill Tainan reconnects to its waterfront by replacing shopping mall with public space Market’s move from suburb revitalizes old building, downtown, and public health Connecticut River salmon spawn for the first time since the Revolutionary War As regeneration takes hold, philanthropy must support revitalizing Native America Lost 60 years ago, Los Angeles restores rail service from downtown to ocean Venezuela launches Ministry of Urban Farming to address severe food shortages Examining the growing trend towards community-led regeneration in the UK DC Mayor: Adaptively reuse historic buildings to house growing population Attention Restoration Theory: Revitalizing young minds via green campus landscapes Renovating Europe’s largest downtown shopping mall to revitalize neighborhood Urban revitalization requires undoing the 20th century’s biggest planning mistake Regenerating a derelict historic harbor cut off by flood defenses (UK) Milkweed restoration and North American cooperation = Monarch butterfly rebound NeighborWorks completes post-2008-crash revitalization program in New Hampshire Baltimore non-profit to transform ugly downtown lot into 3.5-acre street-art park Atlanta ties community revitalization planning to regional development policies Shakespeare adds $55 million to centennial revitalization of Chicago’s Navy Pier How five abandoned auto parts stores have been repurposed and renewed $3.6M solar-powered, water-smart avenue revitalization in Middleton, WI wins award Cars Kill Cities: Photos show how bad urban highway planning devitalizes places With prison-style public housing towers gone, Philly plans major revitalization Is this the REAL reason residents are flocking back to urban centers? How Atlanta, Georgia overcame its sprawl addiction and started revitalizing Restoring an ecosystem by repurposing an invasive species into wallets and belts Transit-Oriented Music: Los Angeles repurposes light rail trees into drums 13 redevelopers vie for right to turn Sydney power station into knowledge hub Europe is launching a green “renovation revolution” to retrofit existing buildings Transportation leader: Equitable urban revitalization comes from breaking silos Janesville WI wants GM to give community foundation $25 million for revitalization Michigan non-profit is repurposing a vacant school into affordable housing UK integrates solar farms with ecological restoration to boost wildlife populations Local foundation aligns public and private stakeholders to jumpstart an Ohio county Historic Marietta, Ohio theater: Built in 1911; closed in 1985; restored; reopened in 2016. Building ecological restoration into economic growth plans A restorative ray of hope for Peru’s forests comes from local students Pennsylvania middle school students help design revitalization of historic downtown With a river’s help, Louisiana starts long process of recovering lost coastal land Historic 1889 warehouse to get $2.5 million renovation as a demolition reuse store Seattle’s Superfund landfill showcases EPA’s brownfield revitalization program
