THE VOLUNTEER SITE
Chattanooga, TN

Managing Entity : ICI Americas, Inc.
Contact Person' s Name : Charles "Sid " Saunders
Address : 6703 Bonny Oaks Drive (mail: P.O. Box 22608)
Phone: (423) 855-7256 Fax: (423) 855-7270 E-mail: N/A

Alternate Contact Person: T.R. AndrakeMatt
Phone : (423) 855-7252 Fax : (423) 855-7270 E-mail: N/A

EIP's key features.

• 7,000 acre parcel of land interlaced with utilitied and transportation infrastructure.
  
• Individual sited up to 2,000 acres are available for commercial use.
  
• A business development center to help establish new businesses.
  
• A national environmental test center to develop environmental technologies are on site.
  
• Civilian organizations can use facilities, land equipment of this standby U.S. Army Ammunition Plant to produce their own services and products.

What constitutes success?

• If we are able to create 10,000 jobs at the site by year 2020.
  
• Establish coorperative arrangements with local governments to use the facilitiesd to provide services.
  
• If the Volunteer Site can become a model for converting National military assest to civilian sector.
  
• Maintain capabilities for the Volunteer Site at no cost to the Army.

EIP linkages.

• The Volunteer Site is using the "cluster" approach to target specific industries.
  
• Provide a National Environmental technology demonstration center to perform research, testing and evaluation.
  
• Establish an academic center of excellence for sustainable development and environmental managememt.
  
• "Phased development" is being implemented with parcels of land allocated to each phase. The 650 acre "Brownfield" site is being commercialized first.
  

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Recruiting process.

• Using the "Center" industry approach where industries can share common utilities.
  
• Utilize the U.S. Army's strategic environment research and development environmental test site at Volunteer to recruit new and emerging environmental technology businesses.

Resources available.

Under the Congressionally funded Armament Retooling Manufacturing Support (ARMS) initiative, over $100 million has been expended since 1993 to facilitate implementation of the facilities - use strategy, over $10 million of these ARMS funds are scheduled for use at the Volunteer Site in 1996.


Strategy to continue progressing.

• Increase the Business Development Center activities to assist in recruitment and established of new businesses.
  
• Develop utility cost data and identify ways to be cost competitive with other locations.
  

What is missing?

• Information/models to assist in identify "cluster" industries as prospective tenants for the volunteer Site.
  
• Sources of financing to assist new business start-ups comings to the site.
  

Goals for the upcoming workshop.

• Share information about the volunteer EIP site.
  
• Learn about the activities at other EIP's.
  
• Establish contacts with parties that can help the volunteer Site reach projected goals.
  

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