The Healing Potential of Turning Vacant Lots Green, CityLab July 30 2018
Greening vacant lots reduces feelings of depression in city dwellers, Science Daily, July 20, 2018
*Asbury Manor owner out of retirement to launch revitalization effort, Meadville Tribune, May 1, 2018
*CUTTING THROUGH THE RED TAPE HOW BALTIMORE’S VACANT LOT PROGRAMS HAVE MADE IT EASIER FOR COMMUNITIES TO REVITALIZE THE UNDERUTILIZED AND BLIGHTED SPACES IN THEIR NEIGHBORHOODS, Fall 2012
Mayor Rawlings-Blake Announces Winners of Growing Green Design Competition, Mayor Baltimore City, September 17, 2014
Vacant to Vibrant: A guide for revitalizing vacant lots in your neighborhood, Fall 2006, Pittsburgh overview. Dense with some good ideas.
Erie: Room to grow: Erie residents, organizations make urban farming plans Sep 8, 2017, GoErie.Com
Youngstown: CITIES REVAMPING VACANT LOTS TO CURB CRIME - HERALD DISPATCH, Jan 8, 2017
Cleveland: Re-imagining Cleveland: Vacant Land Re-Use Pattern Book, April 2009
Fantastic examples of reclaiming and raising up vacant urban land can be found across the country -- Philadelphia, Detroit, Buffalo, Toledo, Akron, just to name some nearby cities. I've listed a few key examples above, but the real research is going to be yours.