PORT OF CAPE CHARLES
SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES INDUSTRIAL PARK
Eastville, Virginia

Managing Entity : Joint Industrial Development Authority of Northampton
Contract Person's Name : Timothy Hayes
Address : P.O. Box 530, Eastville, VA 23347
Phone : (757) 678-0477 Fax : (757) 678-0483 E-Mail : northampton@esva.net

Alternate Contact Person : Thomas Harris
Phone : (757) 678-0440 Fax : (757) 678-0483 E-Mail : northampton@esva.net

EIP's key features .

  • Provides the infrastructure for industrial ecology linkages among companies.
  • Improves the economic, natural, cultural, and social and living environment of the site and the surrounding region.
  • Designed by the community as part of a comprehensive Sustainable Development Action Strategy with mixed use, and a nature preserve.
  • Zero Emissions Design.



What constitutes success?

  • Private for-profit investment in new companies and expansion of existing companies in the Park.
  • Jobs created for local people.
  • Employee-owned companies created by local people.
  • Natural and cultural resources protected and maintained.


EIP linkages.

  • Providing for water recycling within the Park through a used water collection system, water recovery facility and recycled water distribution system.
  • Plan to form a technical panel to analyze by-products of existing and proposed companies for potential use by other existing, and proposed companies.
  • Mixed residential, commercial, industrial uses.

 

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Recruiting process.

  • Providing the infrastructure necessary for companies to operate successfully - product.
  • Providing land, utilities, services, amenities at competative rates - price.
  • Part of National Historic District - Town of Cape Charles.
  • Surrounding town and county maintaining its spectacular natural, historic and living environment - place.
  • Strategic alliance with Eastern Shore Economic Development Commission and Virginia Economic Development Partnership - promotion.




Resources available.

  • Local - Northampton County and Town of Cape Charles purchasing and providing land and partial design funds.
  • Region - Easton Shore Resource Conservation and Development providing partial construction funding.
  • State - Virginia Coastal Program, Development of Transportation, Department of Conservation and Recreation providing partial design and constructure funding; Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.
  • Federal - U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Interior, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.


Strategy to continue progressing.

  • Project managed by County Department of Sustainable Economic Development/Joint Industrial Development Authority.
  • Covenants to be established based on master plan and design and operation standards.
  • Recruitment process focusing on industrial ecology components to be developed and implemented.


What is missing?

  • How to establish an effective process for developing, facilitating, managing an industrial eco-system.
  • In conjunction with above, establishment of an effective marketing/recruitment program.
  • Construction of Flex/Incubator space for lease to small/medium size companies within the park.


Goals for the upcoming workshop.

  • Start of an ongoing network of EIP developers/operators.
  • Find out how other EIP's are achieving success and over coming similar challenges as we are.
  • Identification of potential additional funding/investment sources.



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Case Study Source: Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) Workshop, Cape Charles, Va., October 17-18, 1996.