EDITORIAL: Will Clearwater, Florida’s anchor incentives finally revitalize downtown? 800 new homes coming to revitalized industrial canal area in Birmingham UK The growth of forest restoration is revitalizing rural economies worldwide Chicago’s new revitalization funding derives from higher, more-equitable redevelopment Washington, DC revives old dance to reduce the tyranny of cars and revitalize urban life Nine historic restoration, redevelopment & reuse projects win Docomomo US awards New park will cap badly-planned highway to reconnect and revitalize Pittsburgh district In shock over death of Walmart, town now sees chance to revitalize downtown it killed A year after devastating flood, West Virginia town celebrates recovery & expects rebirth Québec unanimously passes major new legislation to protect and restore wetlands Brownfield project in Brantford, Ontario wins award for use of new technology Illinois town and national veterans group partner to restore historic aircraft in park $1.6 billion redevelopment of New York City’s historic Penn Station finally approved Chattanooga, Tennessee launches project to renovate and reconnect a downtown park Ecological restoration of 113-acre peat bog creates a $15 million asset in Vancouver, WA Historic area of Tulsa OK—devitalized by bad urban planning—gets $500,000 to revitalize Nepalese towns await economic revitalization from restored colonial-era railway to India A revitalized street in Tel Aviv delightfully combines restored old and shiny new Paris icon to be renovated and repurposed as museum for $1.4 billion art collection Successful reintroduction of endangered fishers: First wild-born young photographed New Haven asks for citizen input to heal an old wound inflicted by highway planners Tercio Foundation supports ecological restoration of a Colorado watershed Sydney to redesign, relocate and rejuvenate their beloved waterfront fish market 1902 bank, repurposed as architects’ offices, to be expanded in revitalized neighborhood Abandoned 10-acre Xerox site in Dallas to be revitalized as mixed-use, pleasing neighbors Ohio farmers help restore Lake Erie by using new technologies and organic techniques Louisiana passes updated 50-year coastal plan balancing conservation and restoration Providence, RI remediates and reactivates a former dead space with Ten Thousand Suns Montréal gets $1.3 billion for light rail to reconnect and revitalize entire metro area A “New Ruralism” movement arises to help revitalize farms and rural communities Microbreweries are powerful revitalizers, in part because they draw customers from afar The rise of regenerative enterprises in the global restoration economy Historic opera houses are being restored to revitalize rural towns across America The Zero-to-One Village Revitalization Movement in Chizu Town, Japan Old railway station in Burgos, Spain being repurposed as recreation facility Akron to shrink badly-planned highway that damaged city, maybe repurposing it as forest How 700 women in India restored a river’s flow, fish and flood resilience in 70 days Tampa’s RiverWalk caps 30-year revitalization effort, but should have been the first step Toronto’s huge port lands revitalization gets $1.25 billion for remediation and resilience Creating disaster-resilient affordable housing in Latin America and the Caribbean UNDP and Cousteau Society agree to partner on ocean restoration and management New brownfield and public health tool helps communities bring new life to blighted sites Seattle’s 55-year-old Space Needle closing for $100 million, multi-year renovation Agroforestry program established in Ethiopia after land restoration success Two Detroit real estate redevelopers partner to do conscientious revitalization
