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Londonderry ac-ui ' ,
<br /> industrial ~arI. .L'_ q ,red sl~hdy more than .
<br /> phase ~£~J' ~. Lg'°ugn tax Mrec/o . 100. acres for/ts
<br /> ~n .... .f~..m ex,sting industrial ~..l.s~ on ~he unbuilt late
<br /> r~7~", ~or progressive socbl ~t~u~acent to a firm
<br /> ;eS'~7;s f°gurt. In 1995, St]~]~,~austrial practices.
<br /> o~rUmng to the nard ~ -, ~yuc~u approached .~ .' ....
<br /> Otonv~ela,- r ~ ~ Ptastlcs reo,cl:-- , ],,c town about
<br /> ~ y u ~ wasrewarer to ~1~__ · z ,.ug plant that co
<br /> t~evelonin .... ~ , ~,cau Irs n[~r;~ m. .. uld use
<br /> ~ r ,~ *ucn ecological i~a. . q ....... x ne Iaea of
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<br /> . - ~e~egas /ant o er =r~lnuustrial ar '
<br /> pnvarclvow~a..~:,. P P atedbvA~e _~ . P
<br /> ,,-~t aamufist ..... ~', /'.'H~nY, tounde.t ~_ . ,, ~ ~ rattiest
<br /> r~o-ortne U.S E~,.:- ~ ~ aussell IYain
<br /> (EPA). Its aviation' r .... -on Agen~
<br /> percent e~cien~, engine already Produces
<br /> about double elecrrici~ ac 58
<br /> that °leo.ye. rio.al coal-fired
<br /> plants, according ro Lowitt. But adding to its ef~cienc i
<br /> use °f its pr°cess steam by other firms such as a hydro~o~
<br /> grower that needs hot Water and "may even use the carbon
<br /> ~h/oTfie ci~, wl~ich plans to sell ~ut . se
<br /> dioxide ro enhance its ~rowing edium." . .
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<br /> park to private investor~ ;~ __:~ . 20 p~rcent ownerShl oft
<br /> , .~ u~mg preterenti~ ~ .... P he
<br /> tc ~rructures to
<br /> att[act ~rher tenants who accept the park~ COvenant st
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<br /> ' ~'" ~2~6), (The 'A .... L ~- , '~vl[~nme~tal mann e '
<br /> ~A ~ $1re s l'ublic I~ . fi meat
<br />~'planning. org/info/
<br />infoguid,html, includes an "tOrmanon sect/on,
<br />
<br /> art/cie by consultant Ron Bass
<br /> on ISO 14001, a voluntary
<br /> standard for EMSs established
<br /> by the International
<br />Organization for
<br />Standardization [ISO]. More
<br />than 1,300 companies
<br />Worldwide have developed
<br />systems that conform to ISO
<br />140013
<br /> Lowitt adds that
<br />
<br /> I he idea behind
<br /> ecological industrial
<br /> design is... to mimic
<br /> natural systems by
<br />eliminating both
<br />extractive raw material
<br />
<br /> ~o. ndond, er~y is also "takin inputs and
<br /> _ elghbon, ng cornmunitv'~ g a disposal
<br /> prerreated sewer Water ~n~/ COSTS.
<br /> solving their combined sew
<br /> ourfall "robie- · er · · · · ·
<br /> million~.a._ '" oy Pumping 4 -
<br /> How~'_'°ns,~°,c°ol'' the power
<br /> g:~_ 'y2es a, this re/ar ..... v
<br />
<br /> oC~ .,, o ~ cstlons invol..~a . . ~, .eld in
<br /> ~uUiiOJ~ES ..... ~ . vcu site setb~m._ . .
<br /> usin .... ~ ' ~ Low, ir, "One ~z-, "~ ?d the dustcrin~
<br /> .... uts as the tool to
<br /> -~c an LiP
<br /> wo~k:" In effect, throuRh co ·
<br /> an~ the develo~ , ~ operatlon be~eon --
<br /> New Ha~..~er'.tile park would re--I-- .~ .truants, the ci~
<br /> ..... L"~°mre, the ide. ;o ._ ~ O~*are ltselL I .... 7'
<br /> possible "~1 .... - ,~ .o ~eep "as limb- ~ ~ '; ~'use~atwe
<br /> COnvincing the private sector that. it should 'Sum in"
<br /> regulatou process, he sa s
<br /> thanpolici.~ n ~ Y, must s~ri-~e P · The
<br /> "8, certormance_basea ;~ ,'8.ffom parrnershi r
<br /> ~ '.~enuves will ourper~r~rher
<br /> covenants and regulation.',
<br /> Still, the communi~ deve . .
<br /> process, and they are insr ..... ]°P~,a set ofpnnclo/~ to
<br /> COmmuni~ a-A ~-, -~ctrve, I hey incl,,~ ,, ' / 6u,ue ~e
<br /> monitore~f,~ ~tq, er tenants in the ~.~. ,~ reporting to the
<br /> . u uccause Cra .... · ~-~A, SO that ~ .... ,
<br /> prmciMe is ~h .... ',~paren~ ~s Cmc' " . r'o8tess can be
<br />.k~_ b "?" CO.ce. trail . ~a , 1~, Lowtrrsa s.
<br />mctel/rig tile residential den ' '
<br /> dc ~ns~deratlon ~s the possibiliD,°~/cN
<br />ZOne SUrroundm~ die Ar:~ _lsl~~st ootsJde t~e ~at,,--I
<br /> ,.~o pJant m order to --~ . --us OUner
<br /> ~a~e aavantage oFthe
<br />
<br /> process steam for resident/a/heating. AES ,s placing 30 of the 40
<br /> acres it is buying into a conse · ' '
<br /> conservancy is Ao.,~i · , /'vat/on easerne r .~a , ,
<br /> resident;.lL ~,,,~=Lopmg blcvcle trna- .L n]:.ua., lu a lOCa~
<br /> nad-o ~/'~ areas,. We feel tha~it's .... :-,at will link to neath
<br /> '- '~' ~'nnected to the co .... v,e,? ~rnportant to have
<br /> p rk s development/ed v, ,~ow/tt says.
<br /> as to the COmmunity's selection by
<br /> EPA one o£nine C°mmuniries to participate in an/SO 14000
<br /> training and certification r
<br /> adop'ted SOme growth rna-p ograrn. The comrnuni,~. ~ ,
<br /> comprehensive irn-a ~ "agernent measures, in~l.~.zfi~as alreacly
<br /> engage in EIP a p, ct tee program Corn .... ~murng a
<br /> uevelo . ' u~unltles seek'
<br /> own EMS i ...... prnent are hkelv to e-- - . lng to
<br /> ,,:. ~ ' ~J ,~Ll~lltlon to -~- . . < -,,u mat ad~--:
<br /> · ~tal to enhamq.~ .~ ~ .~qulnng them i~ .~.L ~'pung their
<br /> ..... ,,~; tnt etlective .~o ~c.~ ·" P~'~ covenants, is
<br /> Private sector, n~oo u~tueir Par~nershi the
<br /> Less Is Morel
<br /> /f° ?°Yn;4]gi: 2~yb~ea'P'~iT~t°sustainable industr~witk_
<br /> Londondem, re~__. ,. Wyour Om,orr__:_. 7. - ~ega,u
<br /> · r ~,.nonsmp with Ston[,~'.u]~"ues' as the
<br /> productive opportunities can exist both outside and inside an
<br /> EIP. WE[ suggests that these iz ..... z"arms suggests,
<br />
<br /> physical, such ...... synerg es can be virtu
<br /> a ..... ~c envision d ;, .k~ ~ al as well
<br /> EIP, taking advantage of er ,_. . as
<br /> · .. e ......c ~rownsville, Texas,
<br /> m nelghbonng Matam a~°~b~rder °pPortunltles w'
<br /> or_~, ~vxexlco. 1th firms
<br /> d ~ut being Opportunistic in encouraging sustainable
<br /> evelopment does not mean , ,
<br /> ~ayes, d/rector ofsusrainab~err~gulatmg, cauuons Ti
<br /> L~y::h°se own EIP is ;]~elop~ent for Northa~yf~y
<br /> r ,/-~t, cae COunt's ~,.. ~uy Unae~av in ~ ~/r
<br /> follow its ..... ;~ ~n experience as ~ 5 ~a~e Charles.
<br /> ~"- rmes and those of~n- - ~ develofler, havin t
<br /> -,c ~own, made clear rog o
<br /> officials that "/Ewe're going to do develo
<br /> ? ~one, we should make .k~_ . ,, pment the
<br /> to ao SOmerhin~ ~,_ _ -,at eas~er, Ha ..... ~ay we want
<br />
<br /> he intent ...... . iai district. The
<br /> Londonder~, firms adhere/~,n?? and In the tact that, as in
<br /> performance standards, restncnve COven~ts and
<br /> co?USt~ig,able industri~ devdopment has chan ed t
<br /> mpatibiliWofindust~wit ' · g he
<br /> Hayes asseru. The E~ ~- hjts neighbors in Caoe ok
<br /> - auuts the rn-.-'~ t. . -- ~uarles,
<br /> i~ason ~venue, which itself'~ - ~Y" ~.mstonc main street,
<br /> ntegrat, on of re,xed uses. O~e~2~ ~'g~ of wholesale
<br /> contains a retail ~ake~ shop .... ,c omming, Hayes notes,
<br /> housin~ u in its storefront,
<br /> .. 8 pstain, and a gout · . residential
<br /> which is spurring the b~ig:~t~ba~ng mix manufact,~.
<br /> other side of the pa& wi/?'"g s restorauon, m the back. ~e
<br /> soon host
<br /> Course development in "co ,~ new.residential golf
<br /> industrial uses, which/,.,?2f°r~b{e P?x,m/~ to the
<br /> operations and the ~aIf-mJle be~eea
<br /> · the Chesape~e the industrial
<br /> Bay lies a wildlife refuge for
<br /> migrato~ birds. Residents can hike or bi.cie through the entire
<br /> mix of uses on a newly developed trail system. Hayes adds that
<br /> the coun~ is reassessine irs own zoning ordinance to make it
<br /> more compatible with ~he sustainable aims the Cape Charles
<br /> ordinance sterns ro be facilitating.
<br /> ~his reassessment is nor unique· Ann Coulter,
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<br /> ' - ·
<br />develo~me glo~al Planmng A~ency,
<br /> ned efforts at sUStainable
<br /> g nr are promnrin ..... .
<br /> so that it doesn't lookS~ 8 ~ ~oun,~,de rethmkm ofzo
<br /> · 'ke zonin ~ ' ' g nino
<br />~[beaper°p~iarenessfortbe.:~ .
<br /> g lne three pr/mary issues ~
<br /> goseo ~ev , ...... Y[? eqv~ronmental impacts of
<br /> el°r~ .... -, ann neighborhood character
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