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Articles/Publications The Port of Cape Charles
Sustainable Technologies Industrial Park The Environment for Excellence 
Development Mission National Development Model:
Development that is good for business, good for the environment and good for the people. Build a strong and lasting economy that protects natural, cultural and historic assets for current and future generations. Jobs:
Create family-wage employment with benefits, advancement and training opportunities for local residents throughout Northampton County. Environment:
Protect and enhance natural resources, including water quality, migratory bird habitat, and cultural resources, including historic town, historic sites. Demonstrate conservation and efficient use of resources in industrial design and operations. Develop an industrial ecology where the waste of one industry serves as another industry’s raw material. Economic Base:
Provide highly competitive sites, infrastructure, facilities and services to support private business and industrial development and the revitalization of the local economy. Competitive Advantage:
Develop the first of the next generation of industrial facilities. Create a national prototype which showcases businesses modeling profitable approaches to resource efficiency, pollution prevention and ecologically-based industry. Fiscal Responsibility:
Increase tax base without increasing taxes. Development Partnership | Lead Partners: | Northampton County and Town of Cape Charles | | Public/Private Partners: | Industry, Local, Regional, National, State, Federal | | Development Administration: | Joint Industrial Development Authority of Northampton County and its Incorporated Towns | | National Demonstration Project: | President’s Council on Sustainable Development | Corporate Commitment
Bayshore Concrete Products Company: existing plant on site
Eastern Shore Railroad, Inc.: existing yard and facilities on site
Solar Building Systems, Inc.: Currently operating in temporary factory until phase 1 completion Development Master Plan | Total Land Area: | 579 acres | | Phase One: | 50 acres | | Natural Area: | 260 acres | Features/Landmarks:
Business Development Center, African American Heritage Center, Chesapeake Bay access trail and overlook, Coastal Dune Habitat Preserve, Integrated Technology Center/Conference Center, Regional Transit Center, Water Recovery Facility. Transportation:
Highway, Rail, Port, Bicycle/Pedestrian, Public, less than one hour to Norfolk International Airport. Utilities/Communication:
Solar Aquatics treatment system for recycling of wastewater for industrial use, fiber optics, telecommunication center. Design:
Responsive to diverse industry needs, flexible site size, integrated with historic town and industrial harbor, includes new development land and redevelopment of former industrial land, facilitates industrial ecologies where one industry’s waste will serve as another industry’s raw material. Progress to Date - County-wide Sustainable Development Action Strategy developed and adopted
- Community-designed Master Plan developed
- First company committed—Solar Building Systems, Inc.
- 100% of Phase One construction funding committed
- Phase One land contracted
- Industrial Park zoning adopted
- Road access right-of-way committed
| Development Funding | | Funds Committed | Master Planning and Design:
US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration,
Northampton County, Town of Cape Charles, Virginia Department of Environmental Quality/Virginia Coastal Program | | $ 146,000 | Phase One Land Acquisition:
Northampton County | | to be announced | Phase One Construction:
US Department of Commerce/Economic Development Administration, US Department of Agriculture/rural Economic & Community Development,
Virginia Department of Transportation. | | $1,130,732 | Phase One Promotion/Amenities:,
US Department of Commerce/National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration,
Virginia Department of Environmental Quality/Virginia Coastal Program | | $ 139,200 | Coastal Dune Habitat Preserve:
US Department of Interior/US Fish & Wildlife Service,
Virginia Department of Conservation & Recreation | | to be announced | Harbor Area Redevelopment Planning/Site Assessment:
US Environmental Protection Agency | | $ 200,000 |
| Total Funding Committed | .............................. | | $2,613,932 | For more information, contact: Mr. Tim Hayes, Director of Sustainable Development Northampton County Department of Sustainable Economic Development P.O. Box 538 Eastville, Virginia 23347 Phone: (804) 678-0477 Fax: (804) 678-0477 The Northampton County Department of Sustainable Economic Development is funded in part by a grant from the United States Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Virginia Coastal Program. Reprinted by permission from the Port of Cape Charles Sustainable Technologies Industrial Park.
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