Environmental Resource Program (ERP): Camden County, NC

In 2008, the Institute for the Environment (IE), with support from the Golden LEAF Foundation, led a UNC team in assessing the feasibility of developing a "green" industrial park in Camden County, North Carolina. You can access presentations and summaries of community meetings, facilitated by the ERP, through these links.

Project Documents

This project was administered by IE, and led by Dr. Douglas Crawford-Brown, then IE director, from inception through March 2008. Dr. David Salvesen, Deputy Director of IE's Center for Sustainable Community Design (CSCD), assumed leadership in March 2008.

Research was conducted by UNC teams focused in three areas�business opportunities, environmental quality, and governance/finance. The Center for Competitive Economies in the Kenan-Flagler Business School's Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise researched the local and regional economic climate as well as business opportunities in the region; IE's CSCD researched the potential environmental impacts of development and ways to mitigate those impacts through green design and operations; and the Environmental Finance Center in the School of Government researched governance and finance options for a green industrial park. In addition, a community engagement team from the ERP facilitated discussions that identified the interests and concerns of a range of potential stakeholders regarding potential development in Camden County. Finally, a team of landscape architects created drawings that convey a vision for future green development in Camden County.