How to revitalize a city’s present and future together GUEST ARTICLE: The Revitalization Trap Pittsburgh restores facades of 11 historic downtown buildings Creating a Restoration Economy by training youth on Mississippi coast US cities innovate efficient & green ways to fight blight Detroit attracts redevelopment investors with a clear strategy How to successfully revitalize a downtown…badly Historic Art Deco building in Chicago reborn as a hotel Failed revitalization of KC jazz district due to earlier planning mistakes Detroit will sell more houses for renovation than planned $122 million revitalization of downtown Salina, Kansas advances NorthEastern University gives Boston $26 million to revitalize park Radio Interview: Mitch Silver on Greening the Big Apple Pollinator Restoration! Obama’s new bee & butterfly initiative Sturgeon Restoration! First wild breeding in a century. NEW BOOK: Rebuilding Britain: Planning for a Better Future Equitable, efficient, effective property taxes stabilize & revitalize places New Book – Tactical Urbanism: Short-term Action for Long-term Change Restoring native pollinators is key to resilient agriculture Beirut: From devastation to center of revitalization & innovation Want to revitalize a town? Spend $11 million + 21 years in meetings Revitalizing communities through impact investing River cities offer many lessons in adaptive renewal Resilient waterfront cities in an age of sea level rise? Will the new Red Line Greenway transform Cleveland? Will de Blasio revitalize Brooklyn’s ports after Bloomberg failed? USAID to boost economic resilience of entrepreneurs & women in Jordan Regional revitalization from forest regeneration in Japan Reviving Dead Spaces: Historic urban cemeteries for the living (no zombies) Infrastructure Renewal: $250 million solar power approved in Minnesota Paris fixes tragic urban planning mistake to revitalize a neighborhood Rochester (MN) proposes a 20-year, $6.5 billion revitalization partnership Google finds another vast market to make more efficient: Cities First $10M of $50B Louisiana coastal restoration plan is secured Urbanization in India: A huge regenerative business opportunity Temporary revitalization inspires Akron, Ohio neighborhood National Park Service to revitalize cities by boosting greenspace Why is Europe suddenly restoring so many grand buildings? Reinventing historic Detroit park to revitalize neighborhood Fish rapidly reclaim upstream habitat after dam removal Demolish or repurpose Toronto’s elevated waterfront highway? Houston’s Divisive Urban Highway: Transform or Tear Down? Philadelphia takes 1st step to transforming old urban highway 19th Century offshore English forts repurposed as hotels Ancient traditions revitalize California watersheds Revitalizing Trend: Urban farms now produce 1/5 of world’s food Innovation Hub to serve more social entrepreneurs in New Orleans Gil Peñalosa’s guide to improving cities for all Cultural rejuvenation of an English city in a post-industrial age Renewing Main Street: 11 ways to spur investment in downtown businesses From ugly warehouses to waterfront revitalization in Alexandria, VA Downtown revitalization makes Oklahoma City a “must see” place The incredible evolution & revitalization of a DC neighborhood Clean Revitalization: Paris to become world bike capital by 2020 Frogtown doesn’t want to let market forces shape its future “Woman on balcony” sells destructive redevelopment in London, UK Cell with a View: Prison coming to redeveloped Philadelphia waterfront AARP introduces a “Liveable Communities Index” Eco Neighborhoods: A new revitalization model from France? Dutch city boosts flood resilience, urban renewal & waterfront parks 114 US & Canadian mayors agree to restore Jordan River Berlin turns vacant WWII bombed sites into urban revitalization Revitalizing Transit: Virginia Beach (VA) to expand light-rail system
