GUEST ARTICLE: Rebuilding a more resilient Union Beach, NJ after Hurricane Sandy Pakistan plants 103 million trees to revitalize rural economies and boost climate resilience Largest estuary on west coast of Americas to be restored by turning it into a carbon bank Paul Bunyan gets a beer-powered facelift for his 58th birthday in Portland, Oregon USS Constitution (Old Ironsides) sails Boston waters again after a 2-year restoration University faculty and elementary students restore creek to create pollinator gardens Sedimental Journey: Why dam removal restores rivers, fisheries and watersheds Are retiring Baby Boomers key to revitalizing America’s towns and smaller cities? Green, resilient revitalization coming to a repurposed World War I New Jersey shipyard Spanish “street artist” breathes yet another new life into an old French castle How a couple “accidentally” revitalized Kansas City’s most dangerous neighborhood Revitalizing the headquarters city of a major drug cartel using art, architecture & nature A massive 117-year-old factory complex enjoys vibrant new life in Hamilton, Ontario UNESCO proclaims crucial role of mangrove reforestation in climate restoration Corporate-led watershed reforestation initiative draws 3000 volunteers in Thailand As in most old cities, redeveloping Edinburgh brownfields is the only healthy growth path Eden Project–which repurposed & renewed mining site in Cornwall–to expand globally Abandoned hospital being repurposed as green residential complex in Roxbury, MA Missing for 150 years, the red kite has been restored to Scottish and English skies The wind blows revitalization into Newton, Iowa: “the most broken town in America” Paris accelerates global trend of restoring urban waterways to swimmable cleanliness Abandoned Masonic Temple is repurposed and renovated as a new arts center in Los Angeles Burlington, Vermont will reconnect city to its waterfront via new 12-acre public park Revitalization–based largely on repurposing old buildings–makes Cleveland “cool” again Beer-powered revitalization comes to large, vacant building in Bernalillo, New Mexico A revitalizing school for disadvantaged kids repurposes building, turns parking into gym Matosinhos, Portugal catalyzes city-wide revitalization by redeveloping its port From Isolation to Connectivity: Relocation trend revitalizes cities & devitalizes suburbs Long-struggling New Bedford, Massachusetts revitalizes with a multi-faceted approach New technology makes it quicker and easier to restore trees to the urban landscape Community Land Trusts help keep affordable housing in revitalizing neighborhoods Detroit’s revitalizing 26-mile pedestrian / bicycle greenway gets a $2 million boost Buckminster Fuller’s geodesic restaurant to be renovated and repurposed as arts center Promised new light rail line triggers major Washington, DC-area redevelopment projects $6.4 million Butano Creek (CA) restoration to revive salmon runs & boost flood resilience La Crosse helps developer revitalize historic landmark; but with no undesirable tenants West Oakland residents file environmental justice lawsuit on army base redevelopment Repurposed historic buildings are key to downtown Sanford, Florida’s revitalization Ohio veteran helps restore historic F-84 warplane, like the ones he used to work on Historic preservationist opens Virginia’s first urban cidery in repurposed stables Rebuilding infrastructure, restoring heritage and revitalizing Mosul’s economy Forbes magazine launches national contest for Main Street entrepreneurs Is Rochester’s car-centric, resident-free downtown revitalization just an illusion? Can this Massachusetts food desert eat its way to jobs & neighborhood revitalization? After 1967’s devastating riots, a rebirth finally comes to Plainfield, New Jersey
