GUEST ARTICLE: Physically, economically, and socially bridging Washington, DC Join Storm Cunningham for a revitalizing Cuban bamboo adventure – June 21-28, 2017 Locally extinct since 1971, Japan restores a national treasure: the white stork Historic wall to be restored as part of major downtown Melbourne redevelopment Restored art and architecture revitalize a Kabul neighborhood devastated by war After success reintroducing lions, Rwandan park to restore black rhinos Brownfields revitalization and renewable energy are growing together in Italy Foreign diplomats get their hands dirty restoring Chesapeake Bay seagrasses Federal agencies partner to restore grizzly bear population in the North Cascades 400 new homes on derelict land approved to regenerate London public housing Social entrepreneur sponsors restoration of 100 hectares of Japan’s coastal forest Communities look to their restored rivers for revitalization via recreation economy Boston is replacing huge, ugly garage with mixed-use, transit oriented redevelopment Revitalizing Tulsa, Oklahoma’s tragic “Black Wall Street” via entrepreneurs Edinburgh, Scotland invests £1.1 billion to revitalize its historic St Andrew Square Colby College and Alfond Foundation lead impressive revitalization in Waterville, ME A federal bird restoration program revives barren, strip-mined lands in Appalachia Historic 1908 waterfront sardine cannery to get mixed-use revival in Eastport, Maine Cleveland greens vacant land to mitigate climate change & revitalize neighborhoods Updated $3 billion plan to ecologically restore Louisiana’s coast is released Tukwila, WA to revitalize sleazy motel sites with a new health or justice center The rebirth of spoken Hebrew can inspire other language revitalization efforts Some thoughts on effective community revitalization from Glenview, Illinois Restored 1908 building is now revitalizing arts, culture, and history in Welsh town Site of notorious Bronx, New York juvenile prison repurposed as affordable housing Rural revitalization leadership training needed in Maine, the US, and worldwide 1905 Minnesota State Capitol reopens after 3-year, $310 million restoration Indian fishermen welcome reconstruction of historic harbor to revitalize economy Philippines town restores coral reef, boosting local fishery 334% in one year Modern tech helps Mumbai shrink historic port and launch 300-acre redevelopment Residents work to revitalize a decrepit Florida neighborhood that used to be a city After 30 years of cleanup, people returning to site of world’s worst nuclear disaster Restoring the world’s seagrasses is a complex but crucially-important challenge Ohio county partners with power company to turn closed landfills into solar farms Do streetcars really drive revitalization? The answer is “yes” in Cincinnati, Ohio. Regenerative agriculture restores soil, food quality, and climate together The repurposing of vacant urban lots emerges as a strategy to reduce crime World Bank, Italy & France partner to revitalize five historic Lebanese cities Farm restored to wetland, preventing floods, boosting salmon & saving millions After decades of sprawl addiction, Phoenix, Arizona finally revitalizes its downtown Man spends 20 years saving his community from catastrophe by restoring mangroves 7 ways to equitably revitalize a community with transit and affordable housing Revitalization group to repurpose old Maine paper mill as bio-industrial park With $200 million to spend, New Orleans advances its resilience “strategy” Nine cool redevelopment projects coming to Washington, DC in 2017
