Charlotte. Crews are pulling out 180,000 pounds of metal - including
stainless steel and copper - from this once abandoned textile dye
manufacturing facility. Instead of going to waste, these metals will
be put back to use in traditional and non-traditional ways - all of
which are detailed below.
The visionaries behind ReVenture Park plan to recover an estimated 1.5
million pounds of metal from 15 shuttered industrial buildings located
on the 667-acre site. "We are working diligently to ensure as much of
it is sold and put back to work as possible," says Tom McKittrick,
President and Founder of Forsite Development. "In the first building
alone, we estimate we salvaged over 7,000 linear feet of two inch
stainless steel piping that we will use on other projects."
Most of the buildings also have extensive piping, racking, tanks, and
other processing equipment that will be harvested and recycled. Once
those spaces are cleared, the developers will renovate them into low
cost space for all types of innovative clean energy technologies and
companies.
Not only will the metals be reused and recycled for new industry,
ReVenture Park developers are working with UNC-Charlotte art students
on an innovative new beautification project. These creative students
will be transforming some of the salvaged material into metal
sculptures that will ultimately be displayed throughout the site. "We
are both honored and excited to tackle a project of this scope. We
will be crafting an explicit, tangible and, yes, beautiful expression
of the metamorphosis about to begin at ReVenture Park." Michael Haag
and Joseph Bondi, UNC- Charlotte art students (in photo).
The Environmental Protection Agency is also spotlighting ReVenture
Park for being a development site that reuses existing materials
rather than building from new materials. You can download the full
report at: http://www.epa.gov/superfund/programs/recycle/pdf/martinmarrieta-success.pdf
As the developers of ReVenture Park, Forsite Development Inc. has
retained NELCO Recycling and Aggregate of Mooresville, NC to manage
the interior demolition and recycling of metals.
About ReVenture Park™
ReVenture Park is an ambitious plan to transform a 667 acre former
Superfund Site along the Catawba River in Charlotte, NC into the
region's largest Eco-Industrial Park. This project will create one of
the most dynamic and multi-faceted renewable energy developments
currently being developed in the United States. Featuring multiple
clean-energy projects, ReVenture Park will advance the Charlotte, NC
region's environmental goals and economic growth by attracting a
myriad of renewable energy and alternative fuel projects. For more
information: http://www.reventurepark.com
