Eco-industrial parks such as this are building new bridges between a healthy environment and a sound economy. Eco-industrial parks originated in Kalundborg, Denmark. Several American communities are adapting the model to their locales. Manufacturers in eco-industrial parks use each other's byproducts as their raw materials. Solar Building Systems, a company that makes roofing and siding material containing solar panels, is the first tenant at the Cape Charles eco-industrial park.
Negotiations are underway with a second potential tenant.