"Liberally illustrated with schematics and photographs of stormwater parks, Vacant to Vibrant is the perfect tool for educating planners and policymakers who are in positions to effect change and foster the replication of the approach anywhere that has vacant land that can be put to better use."
Civil Engineering
"Vacant to Vibrant provides a blueprint for adaptive reuse of vacant land that permeates many US cities. It provides a refreshing view of not just successful projects, but also of the challenges faced in planning, building and maintaining formerly vacant land to support recreation, stormwater management, habitat, beauty, and neighborhood identity."
Michelle Kondo, Scientist, Urban Forests, Human Health, and Environmental Quality, USDA Forest Service
"Vacant to Vibrant is a timely contribution to addressing the challenges of repurposing vacant land. The low-cost strategies that also engage stakeholders in the design process offer replicable real-world examples that can have a real impact."
Mark Lindquist, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture, University of Michigan