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Project Description Because of its magnitude of scope and size, the CSP’s creation will be carried out in phases. The first phase of the Park will address water sustainability and reduce dewatering of the adjacent Verde River by treating municipal effluent to drinking water standards. This water will then be used as “non-potable reuse” water for irrigation, aquifer recharge and such non-potable uses as secondary water in commercial buildings (toilet flushing, etc.). Producing the energy required for this process on-site will be included in the first phase. Subsequent phases will welcome other technologies, businesses and educational/research facilities to the Park. The project will become a public-private partnership, and will be sustained primarily by profits on the sale of several renewable energy products. Educational tuitions, water treatment fees, tourism opportunities, and local excise and property taxes will also contribute to revenues. The focused goal will be a production of roughly 50 megawatts of clean, renewable, and carbon-neutral to carbon-negative energy to the grid and production of liquid fuels from a suite of renewable energy-producing tenants. The commercial, industrial, educational and related business tenants working in concert and, in support of each other, is a critical factor in the organic nature of the Park’s concept. Management’s adherence to the standards developed will require dedication to the vision of the Park. We anticipate that the Park will generate solid job growth for Clarkdale and the Verde Valley, primarily using current local workforce development. The Town of Clarkdale and the surrounding region will experience a dramatic boost in sustainable economic development from the Park itself and its ancillary businesses. The result for the citizens of the Town of Clarkdale will be improved services, stabilized taxes and a better quality of life. |
| Last Update 05/12/10 | |
