EDITORIAL: How to continue revitalizing cities when state and federal funding dries up $13 million revitalization partnership for historic Albuquerque motel site on Route 66 As smart cities decrease sprawl, wastelands are increasingly repurposed and revitalized Merit Badge in Restoration? Eagle Scout saves historic 1860 building in Asheboro NC Formerly-troubled Welsh community comes together to restore urban woodland Historic bank building saved from demolition by repurposing it as restaurant in Reading UK 20 years & 1 assassination later, $393 million Taipei housing redevelopment moves forward NY Governor Cuomo announces $500 million Phase II of upstate revitalization program Detroit taps Toronto architects to redesign & revitalize downtown historic district park Augusta, Georgia to revitalize historic downtown by turning it into a museum Tribe in Saskatchewan launches $40 million park revitalization to achieve UNESCO status Redevelopment of historic transit hubs emerges as a reliable revitalization strategy Inner-city park in Houston, Texas re-opens after 15-year, $15 million renovation America’s densest urban sports district is revitalizing downtown Detroit, Michigan Genomic research to help manage climate-resilient forests and restore streams in BC Philadelphia Land Bank’s “strategy” to turn 43,000 vacant lots into housing & gardens Alfred University’s ceramic engineers come to rescue of eelgrass restoration ecologists Milwaukee neighborhood & urban resilience non-profit finish 12-year park revitalization New 3.68MW solar farm on Massachusetts brownfield is now powering local schools Old Bethlehem Steel site to be cleaned and redeveloped into green tech/high-tech center Food truck patios: Next big thing to revitalize decrepit urban parks and public spaces? What’s the key to achieving goal of restoring 350 million hectares of landscape by 2030? Main street revitalization added $110 million to 2016 Kentucky economy, up $34M from 2015 Cedar Rapids, Iowa repurposes 1000 acres of vacant land as pollinator restoration zones Detroit is revitalizing in uneven patches of rich and poor: Is that normal, or avoidable? Innovative county finds way to renew 33 deficient bridges without state/federal funds China explores building massive vertical urban forests to restore their air quality Historic century-old Toronto industrial tower to be repurposed as art museum Repurposed Amsterdam prison shows world how to welcome and integrate refugees Resurrecting and redeveloping a recent religious ruin in Glasgow, Scotland Soviet aircraft that helped liberate Leningrad is restored in Tucson, Arizona Gary, Indiana might renovate some parks, but return 20 to nature for green infrastructure Will the United Nation’s “New Urban Agenda” help revitalize India’s vast rural sector? In restoring mangrove forests, the states of Sonora and Sinaloa lead the way in Mexico The “miracle” of Asheville, North Carolina’s revitalized downtown: An insider’s view How four women and a few men revitalized a long-depressed town in northern Mississippi Michigan senate is helping its cities be more effective at redeveloping brownfield sites Detroit to get a new residential tower on historic site to signal its rebirth Chicago church plans to leverage Obama library into neighborhood revitalization Ambition and Immigration: The revitalizing genetic code in the DNA of Rust Belt cities £44 million renovation turning ugly office tower into mixed-use asset in Reading, UK Revitalization of Chicago’s infamous Cabrini-Green site takes a big step forward Surf City, Scotland: Edinburgh to revitalize tourism by repurposing quarry to wave lake Revitalization of Austin’s 11th Street stops at 12th Street. Why? 2 key factors discovered. Tower’s $500 million renovation reconnects pedestrians to revitalize downtown Chicago
