GUEST ARTICLE: How Superfund revitalized real estate at New York’s infamous “Lavender Lake” Join Storm Cunningham for a revitalizing Cuban bamboo adventure – June 21-28, 2017 Zombie-Powered Revitalization: “The Walking Dead” restores a historic Georgia town New Zealand dairy farmer restores wetland plus native plants and animals on his land When will Low Impact Housing become more widely adopted for urban redevelopment? Akron, Ohio mayor decides to base long-awaited revitalization on housing The green renovation of Renwick Gallery, one of America’s most historic buildings Abandoned rail yard repurposed as public park and arts complex in Arles, France Historic Richelieu Complex reopens in Paris after phase 1 of 10-year renovation Seattle revitalizes downtown with tens of thousands of new jobs, but no extra traffic Boston supermarket’s unique revitalization strategy: Housing its new customers Atlanta repurposes former East Coast rail terminal near Georgia Tech for mixed uses Entrepreneur restores 1899 forum to help revitalize African American neighborhood Co-op microbrewery renovates old building thanks to its neighborhood renewal co-op A revitalizing, $20 million pedestrian-friendly makeover coming to Chicago historic district UNDP helps Cuban farmers & fishers restore coastal ecosystems around UNESCO site Toronto experiment transforms alleys into greenways to restore the urban watershed Craft breweries and distilleries help bring Maryland downtowns back to life Students learn science by restoring an engineered-to-death river in Yorkshire, UK Denver’s redeveloped Union Station creates unexpected bounty, saving city $6M/year United Nations FAO helps revitalize fishing economy & rebuild local food system in Abyei Asian Development Bank invests $3.7 billion in restoring global climate; up 42% from 2015 Five more Wisconsin communities join statewide downtown revitalization program What Maine can learn from Vermont about revitalizing rural communities Revitalizing underground Paris: Vast network of vacant tunnels & spaces to be repurposed Houston elementary school continues tradition of “reforesting the forest” Colorado’s river otter restoration success proves the value of federal Clean Water Act Michigan considers a “fail-safe” new method for supporting brownfields redevelopment Historic 1902 Brisbane department store to be revitalized into new retail district Closed in 1980, historic 1898 Catholic church in Belfast to be repurposed as a restaurant A revolving auditorium is now part of Liverpool’s £11 billion regeneration plan Port of Cleveland stabilizes Ohio City riverfront property prior to revitalization Trash or Treasure? How to successfully clean and sell a brownfield property. Calatrava unveils his beautiful piece of London’s £8 billion riverfront revitalization Redesigning and revitalizing five blocks of Pittsburgh’s historic Strip District Regeneration of industrial wasteland to bring homes and jobs to English town “Carbon insetting” restores ecosystems while boosting business resilience 1898 building gets green renovation to help stabilize historic Detroit neighborhood Jamaican non-profits get $85 million for climate resilience and nature restoration Strange Bedfellows? Private redevelopers advocate for affordable housing in DC Film festival raising $5 million to restore historic theater in Santa Barbara, CA No nightlife, no young people: Liquor licenses emerge as a downtown revitalization tool Brazilian cities measure quality of life with trees, and are restoring urban forests Wild bison roam Canada’s Banff National Park for the first time in over a century Architect works to set global standard for urban sustainability in Brussels, Belgium
