STONYFIELD LONDONDERRY ECO-INDUSTRIAL
PARK
Londonderry, New Hampshire
Managing Entity : Town of Londonderry
Contact Person' s Name : Peter C. Lowitt
Address : 50 Nashua Road, Suite 100, Londonderry, NH 03053
Phone : (603) 432-1134 Fax: (603) 432-1128
E-mail: N/A
Alternate Contact Person: Nancy Hirshberg
Phone: (603) 437-4040 x270 Fax : (603)
437-7594 E-mail : N/A
EIP's key features.
- Use of covenants to assure Industrial Ecology is model for the development.
- Adherence to Vision Statement.
- Eco-Auditing system to evaluate performance.
What constitutes success?
- Park tenants
- Jobs (500-2000)
- Increase community's tax base
- Positive Economic Impact as measured by independent study.
EIP linkages.
- Use of Covenants and Eco-Performance Standards
- Design guidelines being developed
- Active citizen participation processes
- Use of Advisory Board
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Recruiting process.
- We have a committee developing a target industry strategy. This includes
working with Businesses for Social Responsibility (BSR), local businesses
and Realtors and an active multimedia promotion campaign.
- Existing Anchor tenants who will promote the park to like-minded corporations.
Resources available.
Town of Londonderry owns the land. Stonyfield Farms Inc. and Londonderry
provide staff and seed money. Advisory Board includes EPA Region I, NH Charitable
Foundation, MIT; NH Public Health; the Business Environment Network; UNH
College of Life Science and Agriculture's Sustainable Living Core Group;
the Nature Conservancy, Businesses Social Responsibility and Area Citizens.
Strategy to continue progressing.
- Complete covenants and organizational structure
- Public Hearing for Town Council to ratify above
- Begin marketing
What is missing?
Model covenants, screening procedures for tenants, targeting, environmental
performance standards all would be useful. Ownership models, lease, incubators,
would all be useful.
Goals for the upcoming workshop.
Input from colleagues and other model.
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Case Study Source: Eco-Industrial Park (EIP) Workshop, Cape Charles,
Va., October 17-18, 1996.